Networks say indecency policy imperils live TV
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A majority of the  nation's networks have told the Federal Communications  Commission that its policy putting TV station owners at risk of  huge fines for a slip of the tongue threatens to end live  broadcast television.
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The network didn&#39;t mean to offend you. (...Sunday nights on ABC, 9 pm Eastern, 8 o&#39;clock Central.). It understands that what it did was unsuitable for many viewers (This week on a sizzling new Housewives, Edie
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U.S. television broadcasters on Monday labeled as inadequate planned legislation to ensure millions of consumers can still watch television once broadcasters begin airing only in digital.
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The U.S. penalty on CBS for televising singer Janet Jackson'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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TV networks are desperate for a return to cameras in the courtroom
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Legislation allowing indecency fines against broadcasters to rise to more than 15 times their current level is approved.
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A U.S. law designed to prevent  children from viewing pornography online would undermine the  free speech of millions of adult Internet users, opponents of  the measure said on Monday.
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The U.S. television networks  planning live coverage of the presidential debates said on  Wednesday they would disregard ground rules set by the two  campaigns to control camera shots of the candidates.
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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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Ofcom has unveiled tighter restrictions on participation TV programmes including surprise spot checks to ensure TV broadcasters are complying with new licence conditions. By Mark Sweney
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U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill on  Thursday that would protect children from indecent television  programs by forcing cable and satellite providers to offer a  modified form of la carte programming or make other changes in  the way they operate.
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The government is violating the First Amendment by embarking on a "radical reinterpretation and expansion" of its power to punish broadcasters for indecent speech, a federal court was told yesterday by Fox Television Stations Inc.
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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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Federal regulators on Wednesday proposed a &#36;220,000 indecency fine against the owner of two Kansas radio stations for broadcasting a "Naked Twister" game with local strippers and graphic interviews with porn stars.
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When the BBC recently announced it would air "Jerry Springer: The Opera," the West End hit famous for its vulgarity and a cast of characters including transsexuals and a man wearing a diaper, no one batted an eye. In Britain, after all, the biggest-selling daily newspaper carries a photograph of a bare-breasted woman every day.
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A U.S. senator on Thursday  introduced legislation that would allow regulators to follow  through on a new rule that says expletives uttered on broadcast  television are a violation of TV decency standards.
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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. -AP