FCC at Forum Calls for à La Carte Todd Shields MediaWeek Magazine
MAY 10, 2006 http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/networktv/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002500764 The Federal Communications Commission used a forum on televised indecency on Wednesday to press for à la carte selection of pay TV channels. Leslie Marx, the agencys chief economist, spoke at a forum sponsored by the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., after the planned speaker, FCC special advisor Penny Nance, withdrew citing a family emergency. Marx was pitted on a small stage against Jack Valenti, former head of the Motion Picture Association, who is leading a cross-industry $300 million campaign publicizing parental controls over TV. He pressed without results for an explanation of FCC policy that led to more than $3 million in proposed fines against broadcast networks in March. After Nance bowed out early Wednesday, the FCC settled on sending Marx because of her expertise in à la carte, said an agency official. If you truly are concerned about empowering parents, shes the best person (to speak), said an FCC official. The Cato Institute, a think tank, advertised the event as a discussion of the Valenti-led effort. It called the panel Parental Power: TV Indecency, the FCC, and the Medias Response. ================================ George Antunes, Political Science Dept University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204 Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927 antunes at uh dot edu Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _____________________________ MEDIANEWS mailing list medianews@twiar.org To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
