Viacom, Disney Settle with FCC
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Children's cable TV channels owned  by Viacom Inc. VIAb.N and Disney Corp. DIS.N have agreed to  settle allegations they violated federal advertising  restrictions for children's programing, U.S. regulators said on  Thursday.
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The two companies said they had agreed to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit over a portable music player sold by XM that enables users to make digital copies of music.
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An online advertiser that drove traffic to its Web sites by sending out spam with misleading subject lines has agreed to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)&#160;complaint charging that it failed to tell consumers they had to spend money to receive so-called free products, the FTC announced Wednesday.The settlement requires Member Source Media to disclose the costs and obligations associated with the advertised products and services, and bars the company from sending e-mail that violates the CAN-SPAM Act, which regulates the sending of unsolicited e-mail. The company must also pay $200,000 in civil penalties, according to the settlement approved Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.Member Source Media -- doing business as ConsumerGain.com, PremiumPerks.com, FreeRetailRewards.com, and GreatAmericanGiveaways.com -- and the company&#8217;s owner, Chris Sommer, used deceptive spam and online advertising to lure customers to its Web sites, the FTC alleged.The company used e-mail subject lines such as, &quot;Congratulations. You&#39;ve won an iPod Video Player,&quot; &quot;Here are 2 free iPod Nanos for You: confirm now,&quot; and &quot;Second Attempt: Target Gift Card Inside,&quot; the FTC said in a press release. The company&#39;s Web-based ads contained similar offers: &quot;CONGRATULATIONS! You Have Been Chosen To Receive a FREE GATEWAY LAPTOP.&quot;When consumers arrived at Member Source Media&#39;s Web pages, they were led through a series of ads for goods and services from third parties.To qualify for their &quot;free products,&quot; consumers would have to first wade through pages of &quot;optional&quot; offers. Once they navigated those pages, they had to participate in a series of third-party promotions requiring them to do things such as purchase products, subscribe to satellite television service, or apply for multiple credit cards, the FTC said.Member Source Media&#39;s failure to disclose material facts was deceptive and violated the FTC Act, the FTC said. In addition, the agency charged that deceptive subject lines in Member Source Media&#39;s spam e-mails violated the federal CAN-SPAM Act.The settlement requires that Member Source Media clearly disclose in its ads and on its Web pages that consumers have to spend money or incur other obligations to qualify for a free product or service. The settlement also requires the company to provide a list of the obligations a consumer is likely to incur to qualify for their chosen item -- such as applying for credit cards or purchasing products.
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Federal regulators reached consent decrees with Viacom and Disney on Thursday for violating the rules limiting the amount and type of commercials the networks aired on children&#39;s&#39; TV shows.
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Walt Disney Co. and Comcast Corp on  Tuesday said they have reached a long-term, comprehensive  distribution agreement that places Disney programming and  services on Comcast's cable TV menu.
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Janet Jackson&#39;s split-second Super Bowl flash dance will cost Viacom $550,000. The FCC this week levied the maximum indecency fine of $27,500 for each of the 20 Viacom-owned CBS affiliates.
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CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. Chairman  Sumner Redstone has settled a lawsuit with his son, according  to the online edition of the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
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Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. agreed Tuesday to license television shows and movies to Joost, the new online video distribution channel launched by the founders of Kazaa and Skype.
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Viacom and Disney agreed Thursday to pay a total of &#36;1.5 million to settle government charges the companies violated advertising limits for children's television programming.
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Viacom, whose properties include MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Comedy Central and Paramount Pictures, ran out of patience after months of discussions with Google and YouTube, the company said in a statement.
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The Walt Disney Co. agreed Monday to settle federal regulators' charges that it failed to disclose benefits received by some directors and their relatives, including former directors Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold, who led a shareholder revolt this year against chief executive Michael Eisner.
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Four U.S. broadcast companies, together owning more than 1,500 radio stations, tentatively agreed to pay $12.5 million in fines in a pay-to-play music scheme.
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Media companies including Viacom  , Microsoft Corp. , News Corp.'s  Fox  and MySpace units and others have agreed to guidelines aimed at  protecting copyrights online, a source familiar with the matter  said on Thursday.
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Companies say they have "resolved" dispute over three voice-over Internet protocol patents. Precise amount of settlement depends on whether appeals court agrees to review case.
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Viacom Inc said on Wednesday it has selected Microsoft Corp. as its Internet advertising partner in a five-year agreement initially valued at an estimated $500 million that involves online games, shows and movies.
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The US Supreme Court yesterday agreed to decide whether cable television companies that also provide high-speed internet service must allow other Internet service
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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