Getting 'Housewives' To Speak Spanish Can Turn Desperate
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Brooks Barnes brooks.barnes@wsj.com]
December 2005
Cellphone Rulings could mean Billions in tax Refunds
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR: Dennis Cauchon]
Cellphone technology rings in pornography in USA
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR: Gary Strauss]
Cable Operators May Offer Family-Friendly Package
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Arshad Mohammed]
At this morning's Senate Commerce Committee hearing on indecency, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association apparently plans to announce that some cable operators -- including giants Comcast and Time warner -- intend to offer packages of family-friendly channels. Just what may be in these packages is unclear and will be decided by the companies on their own.
'Family Friendly' Plan Sets Cable Rift
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Joe Flint, Peter Grant and Amy Schatz ]
The Economics of Indecency
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John M. Higgins]
Cable TV Pressured to Clean Up Offerings
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 12/9, AUTHOR: Sallie Hofmeister]
NCTA's Pres. McSlarrow Warns Cable Against Further FCC Involvement
[SOURCE: MediaWeek 12/8, AUTHOR: Anthony Crupi]
Minority Groups Oppose A La Carte
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Sixteen organizations representing minority interests have written the leadership of the House and Senate Commerce Committees opposing any attempt at a la carte cable legislation. "According to overwhelming evidence on the public record," wrote the groups "such 'pay-per-channel' regulations would likely result in price hikes for consumers while decimating minority and other new cable programmers who are now able to air programming focused on African-American and Hispanic audiences."
PTC: Confine "Indecency" To Cable
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable 12/7, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]