US 'to raise TV indecency fines'
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Politicians in the US unveil tough new fines aimed at stamping out indecency on television.
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Fines of up to $500,000 per  violation for indecent material aired on broadcast television  and radio were unveiled by a top U.S. House of Representatives  lawmaker on Tuesday, renewing a campaign to clean up  broadcasting that failed last year.
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Chafing over a "wardrobe malfunction" and racy radio shock-jock programs, the House overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday authorizing unprecedented fines for indecency.
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Proposed law suggests fines, jail sentences for guilty parties.
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U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday reached a compromise to substantially raise fines for indecent radio and television broadcasts, but they are still trying to get final approval by the Senate and House of Representatives.
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Fines of up to &#36;500,000 per violation for indecent material aired on broadcast television and radio were unveiled by a top U.S. House of Representatives lawmaker on Tuesday, renewing a campaign to clean up broadcasting that failed last year.
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The U.S. penalty on CBS for  televising singer Janet Jackson&#39;s breast during the 2004 Super  Bowl halftime show will effectively censor U.S. broadcasting if  it is upheld, the network argued on Tuesday.
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Viacom will pay a record &#36;3.5 million to settle dozens of federal investigations into alleged indecency on TV and the radio, and introduce delays in more live programming to help catch troublesome material before it gets on the air.
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The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday sought to fine 169 Fox television stations a total of $1.18 million for violating decency standards when they aired an episode of &quot;Married by America.
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Federal regulators proposed a record indecency fine of nearly $1.2 million Tuesday against Fox Broadcasting Co. for an episode of its reality series "Married by America" that included graphic scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties.
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In 2005, there's a good chance you or someone you know will buy a digital television set and a satellite radio and purchase a movie at home using a remote control or laptop. In the newspapers (strike that -- on the Internet), you'll read more about radio and television indecency and may very well see the Supreme Court take the first step toward tossing out the federal regulations that have kept NBC from looking more like HBO.
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A US TV network edits BBC Films' Dirty War to avoid showing a nude woman during a fictional chemical attack.
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Media giant Time Warner Inc. will pay fines of $210 million under an agreement with the US government to be announced on Wednesday to settle charges that its America
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Government lifts ban on the channel after it apologised for showing 'indecent programmes.'
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Fox Broadcasting Co. and 155 Fox  televisions stations on Friday urged U.S. communications  regulators to rescind their proposed $1.18 million fine for  airing allegedly indecent content on the "Married by America"  show.
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WASHINGTON - Federal regulators proposed a record indecency fine of nearly $1.2 million Tuesday against Fox Broadcasting Co. for an episode of its reality series "Married by America."   The Federal Communications Commission cited the network for the April 7, 2003, program, which included scenes from Las Vegas bachelor and bachelorette parties featuring strippers and various sexual situations...
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he Federal Communications Commission issued a notice of a $550,000 fine against the CBS television division of Viacom Inc. yesterday because of an incident during the Super Bowl halftime