Stevens To Hold Summit On Television 'Decency'

[SOURCE: CongressDaily, AUTHOR: Molly M. Peterson]
Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) plans to hold a Capitol Hill summit later this month in the hope of finding common ground among stakeholders on television decency legislation. Sen Stevens has tentatively scheduled the summit for Tuesday, Nov. 29, during Congress' Thanksgiving recess. The session will not be a hearing, but an aide said it will be open to the public. Sen Stevens plans to invite cable and broadcast industry representatives to participate -- along with telecommunications companies that are rolling out fiber-optic video services, groups such as the Parents Television Council and the National Religious Broadcasters, and ratings organizations such as the Motion Picture Association of America. The summit also might include demonstrations of new parental control technologies that help to block racy material.
http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb-LZYO1131574790578.htm...

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[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Why might we need an indecency summit?
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6282739?display=Breaking+News...
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