CBS warns of censorship if bare breast edict stays
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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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Efforts by the Federal Communications Commission to regulate indecency on broadcast TV have drawn sharp criticism from network entertainment chiefs.
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The warning concerns work done by Ecumed Health Group in Hialeah. The women are being told to seek another screening or an independent review of past film to ensure breast cancer warnings.
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CBS plans to radically overhaul its evening news program, and likely abandon a single- anchor format, after a blue ribbon panel savaged the network's handling of a controversial story about President Bush's military service, the head of CBS said on Tuesday.
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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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CBS asked a federal appeals court on Friday to set aside the $550,000 fine by the Federal Communications Commission against the broadcaster for airing Janet Jackson's breast-baring performance during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.
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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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Arts & entertainment: BBC Radio 1's decision to censor a lyric from  Fairytale of New York looks to have backfired
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By Rick Bird  It's believed a dozen or so CBS affiliates will not air the remarkable documentary "9/11" at 8 p.m. Sunday, worried about the expletives uttered in some of the footage.
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Pop singer Janet Jackson's bare  breast flash earlier this year during the nationally televised  Super Bowl football game will cost 20 CBS stations that aired  it a combined $550,000 for violating indecency rules, U.S.  communications regulators said on Wednesday.
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Models strutting catwalks at London Fashion Week should provide a certificate attesting their good health, but there should be no outright ban on wafer-thin women, the British Fashion Council said on Friday.
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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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A Pakistani Senate committee has proposed an end to the four-decade ban on showing movies from India, Agence France-Press reported. In a statement on Tuesday, the committee referred to the films when it said, âThe ban has practically become ineffective as these are being viewed uncensored in almost every household on cable TV as well as CDs and DVDs, necessitating a reappraisal to deal with the issue rationally.â.
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The FCC is set to vote unanimously for a record-setting fine against CBS-owned stations for violating broadcast decency standards with the network's January breast-baring Super Bowl halftime show, though some commissioners are expected to say the fines are not severe enough, FCC sources said. -The Washington Post
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I expect a breast to be exposed. In fact, I wouldnât be surprised if two or more pop out. It may even turn into an epidemic. The MTV Video Music Awards happen Sunday night.
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Madonna will very likely express herself under the watchful eye   of NBC censors.
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Dozens of CBS television affiliates   are balking at network plans to rebroadcast the acclaimed   documentary "9/11" for fear that coarse language by   firefighters in the film may incur stiff new fines for   indecency.