FCC Seeks $1.43 Million Fine Over 'NYPD Blue' Episode
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After a brief lull, the Federal Communications Commission recommenced its battle against provocative television shows late Friday, proposing a $1.43 million fine against ABC and its affiliates for a February 2003 episode of "NYPD Blue." (Read the FCC s...
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The Federal Communications Commission levied a $1.8 million fine against Fox TV for an episode of Married by America featuring Las Vegas dancers.
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LOS ANGELES  - The ABC network and its affiliates filed appeals Monday to the FCC's proposed fine of $1.4 million for a 2003 episode of "NYPD Blue."
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Fox Broadcasting Co. is appealing a record-setting $1.18 million fine for airing racy fare on a show called "Married by America," saying the government's indecency rules for broadcast television are unconstitutional because they don't apply to cable and satellite television.
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LOS ANGELES  - The Federal  Communications Commission is said to be preparing to levy a  fine of $1 million or more against Fox Broadcasting Co. and its  affiliates for running afoul of indecency regulations in April  2003 with an episode of the reality show "Married by America,"  sources said.
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Pop singer Janet Jackson's bare  breast flash earlier this year will result in a record $550,000  fine for 20 CBS television stations, U.S. Federal  Communications Commission officials said on Tuesday.
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Federal authorities have charged a Chicago man with copyright violations for allegedly uploading several episodes of Fox's "24" on the Internet before the show's season premiere earlier this year.
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A Chicago man faces up  to three years in prison for illegally uploading pirated  episodes of the Fox series &quot;24&quot; to an online video hub,  according to a criminal complaint filed by the Federal Bureau  of Investigation.
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The government on Thursday proposed fines totaling $76,000 against two broadcast companies for failing to tell viewers that programs featuring columnist Armstrong Williams were sponsored by the Education Department.
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LOS ANGELES  - A Chicago man faces up to three years in prison for illegally uploading pirated episodes of the Fox series "24" to an online video hub, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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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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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 "Married by America."
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Viacom Inc.&#39;s CBS television unit was fined a record $550,000 by the US Federal Communications Commission for airing indecent material during the Super Bowl halftime show, when singer Janet Jackson&#39;s breast was exposed.
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British media watchdog Ofcom has imposed  an unprecedented 50,000 pound fine on the BBC over a phone-in  scam on &quot;Blue Peter,&quot; one of the public-service broadcasters  most popular children&#39;s shows.
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TV network CBS fights the record $500,000 fine imposed following Janet Jackson's breast-baring incident.
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As expected, America&#39;s communications regulator - the FCC - has hit Viacom&#39;s CBS network with a $550,000 fine over Janet Jackson&#39;s infamous &quot;wardrobe malfunction&quot; during the Super Bowl half-time show.
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In a sign that the  federal airwaves police may ratchet up their campaign against  racy programming, the FCC on Friday determined that a woman's  naked backside is indecent enough to net ABC a proposed fine of  $1.43 million.