US TV embarks on fight against indecency crackdown
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U.S. television broadcasters Fox and CBS Corp. this week argued that a Federal Communications Commission crackdown on fleeting TV profanity and nudity was unconstitutional and a big change in how the agency handled similar cases.
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Americans are being subjected to more sex, violence and profane language during the traditional, early-evening "family hour" of broadcast television viewing, a U.S. watchdog group said on Wednesday.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Wednesday passed legislation boosting fines on broadcasters and  entertainers who violate on-air decency rules to as much as  $500,000 per incident.
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Nearly one-third of US TV stations affiliated to the ABC network dropped Oscar-winning film Saving Private Ryan for fear of facing indecency fines.
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The Democratic Party is attempting to stop a US television company airing a critique of John Kerry's Vietnam record.
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WASHINGTON - Federal regulators proposed nearly $1.2 million in indecency fines Tuesday against Fox Broadcasting Co. for its reality series "Married by America."   The Federal Communications Commission cited the network for an April 7, 2003, episode that included scenes from Las Vegas bachelor and bachelorette parties featuring strippers and various sexual situations...
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In a major victory for TV networks, a  U.S. appeals court on Monday overruled federal regulators who  decided that expletives uttered on broadcast television  violated decency standards.
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U.S. communications regulators are turning their sights on protecting children from indecency on mobile telephones after cracking down on television and radio stations for indecent antics.
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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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Legislation aimed at raising fines tenfold for indecent acts on broadcast television and radio is due to be unveiled today by Senator Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican, his spokesman Aaron Groote said yesterday. Brownback's legislation would raise the maximum possible fine to $325,000 per violation with a maximum of $3 million per continuing violation, according to a draft of the ...
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The Federal Communications Commission could fine broadcasters up to $500,000 for indecency violations under a bill passed overwhelmingly by the House Wednesday.
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Lawmakers last night derailed legislation that would have substantially increased the amount the Federal Communications Commission can fine broadcasters for airing indecent material, giving media companies at least a temporary reprieve after months of scrutiny and public outrage.
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The House of Representatives, worried by abuse of Internet-age technology, has moved to crack down on video voyeurism by adopting a bill that makes secret production and distribution of pictures of people caught in their &quot;private moments&quot; punishable by fines and up to a year in jail.
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LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON  - Fearful of  the FCC crackdown on indecent broadcasts, at least 18 ABC  affiliates plan to pre-empt the network's unedited broadcast of  the film "Saving Private Ryan" at 8 Thursday night.
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The police watchdog finds a US-led crackdown on internet paedophiles is stretching police resources in Scotland.
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Television broadcasters won a temporary victory yesterday when a federal appeals court told the Federal Communications Commission not to enforce an indecency ruling it imposed on several television shows earlier this year.
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BEIJING -- Citing concerns over the rising prevalence of pornography, the Chinese government recently launched a nationwide crackdown against Internet smut sites and pornography peddlers using new media outlets such as cellphone text messaging.