Broadcasting & Cable articles from May 2005

Broadcasting & Cable archives from May 2005

Where to be and what to watch ...(B&C WEEK)
May 2, 2005... Monday, May 2 It was double-take time when we clapped eyes on the description of tonight's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: How'd They Do That? (ABC, 8 ET). The guy getting the new-house treatment is James Dolan, the victim of a workplace...

Busy week for 'Idol'.(Corey Clark)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... First, ABC's Primetime Live, looking for a sweeps-ratings spark on the eve of the fall schedule announcements, hyped a May 4 special criticizing the Fox phenomenon. The special will reportedly involve charges that Idol judge Paula Abdul...

VNR Bill introduced.(video news releases)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Democratic Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts and Frank Lantenberg of New Jersey have introduced their bill requiring visible disclaimers on all government-produced pre-packaged video news releases (VNRs). The bill, christened the Truth in...

What networks need this fall: a night-by-night look at strengths and gaps.
May 2, 2005... In two weeks, the broadcast networks will begin parading their new schedules in front of advertisers. But between now and May 16, when NBC starts the process by unveiling its prime time, frazzled network executives will look at dozens of pilots...

Woodruff leaving CNN.(Judy Woodruff resigned from Cable News Network)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Judy Woodruff is leaving Cable News Network, she told colleagues April 28, although she will remain a consultant and sometime contributor. "I'm discussing several long-form projects in television," she said. "I'll also teach, do some...

CNN posts some gains.(Cable News Network)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... CNN can finally crow about something in its ratings struggle against the still-dominant Fox News. In April, CNN's total-day viewership jumped 11% to an average 531,000 viewers, Headline News jumped 21% to 235,000 total viewers, while Fox...

AT&T's off-the-hook book: a manual on how to botch a media mega-deal.(End of the Line: The Rise and Fall of AT&T)
May 2, 2005... Executives don't really need any more lessons about how to do big deals badly. Sumner Redstone's machinations at Viacom have been a good primer. But a graduate course is the soon-to-be published book about AT&T's disastrous plunge into media....

The B&C: week of April 22-28.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 2, 2005... WEEK OF APRIL 22-28 THE B&C 10 WEEK YTD -3.2% -6.4 BROADCAST TV GROUPS WEEK YTD -1.2% 8.9% CABLE OPERATORS WEEK YTD -2.3% -3.8% RADIO ...

Paxson plunges.(Paxson Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... 23% Remember when talk about a takeover of Paxson Communications caused its penny stock to nearly double a few weeks ago? Well, the financial power of former talk-show host Byron Allen seems to have been overwhelmed by Pax TV's switch to more...

'Queer Eye' for the naked guy.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Queer Eye for the Straight Guy ran into a daunting challenge last week while shooting an episode for the summer season. How do you make over a nudist? Clotheshorse Carson Kressley could have been expected to throw up his hands over the...

Reality check.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Where can a production company turn when it needs to find just the right reality-TV contestant? The same place where Flash! scored a sublet apartment and a used, slightly scratched iPod: Craigslist.org. Our recent trolling of the New York and...

Interview deja vu.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Like any network, CNBC is proud of its scoops, proclaiming an interview "First on CNBC" when its producers score a good CEO or government official. The problem is that it's not always true. On April 26, CNBC scored a live interview with Add...

Exit strategy.(management at National Broadcasting Company Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... We found it strange that NBC News' No. 2, Bill Wheatley, was promoted from VP to executive VP after he announced he was retiring in June. Then we recalled that NBC had upped MSNBC VP Phil Griffin to NBC News senior VP in the Today show...

Stevens' FCC pick first in line.(Ted Stevens backs Christine Kurth for president's post in Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Christine Kurth is now the front-runner for Michael Powell's vacant FCC seat. Kurth is deputy staff director of the Senate Commerce Committee, with a specialty in telecommunications issues. Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) is...

Top techies push DTV deadline.(WASHINGTON WATCH)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... To convince wary lawmakers that a quick switch to all-digital TV is necessary, many of the biggest U.S. technology companies have formally teamed up to push a "hard" deadline for shutting off old analog signals. With House legislation...

Norfolk gets rarity: new TV station.(WASHINGTON WATCH)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... The first major-market TV station to be built from scratch in more than a decade will soon get a green light from the feds. As early as this week, the FCC is expected to let local developer Robert O. Copeland build a station to operate on...

Activists aim at Adelphia deal: coalition seeks conditions on approval.(NEWS & COMMENT)(Adelphia Communications Corp.)
May 2, 2005... Media activists, with major union backing, are preparing an all-out assault on the Adelphia deal, where Comcast and Time Warner plan to divvy up the spoils of their $17.6 billion purchase of the troubled operator. Leading the charge are...

Ratings 4/11-17/05: Nielsen Media Research.(SYNDICATION)(Illustration)
May 2, 2005... Top 25 Shows HOUSEHOLDS PROGRAM AA GAA 1 Wheel of Fortune 8.3 NA 2 Jeopardy! 7.1 NA 3 Everybody Loves Raymond...

L.A. berth pains: Buena Vista can't be sure where Danza will run.(SYNDICATION)(Buena Vista Television)
May 2, 2005... Lightning has stuck twice for Janice Marinelli, president of Disney's Buena Vista Television. Eighteen years ago, BVT rolled out a talk show with Regis Philbin using a very unusual sales strategy: launch it in the graveyard shift on KABC...

Syndie stays in sunny daze.(IN FOCUS)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Access and early-fringe shows rebounded a bit in Nielsen's national rankings the week ended April 17 but mostly stayed in the dark as the second week of daylight-saving time continued to hurt viewing levels. In access, Everybody Loves...

Local news taps into cable VOD.(STATION TO STATION)(Video on Demand)
May 2, 2005... When the local news anchor sings out, "Welcome to live, local news at 6 p.m.," on some TV sets, the clock in a viewer's living room might actually read 6:48 p.m. or 10:22 p.m. Viewers in about a dozen markets are watching local news on their...

Martin pushes self-control: industry efforts not quite good enough.(NEWS & COMMENT)(Kevin Martin)
May 2, 2005... FCC Chairman Kevin Martin promised lawmakers last week he will pressure TV execs to clean up programming themselves, rather than relying on mounting government fines to scrub sexual scenes and crass language from prime time. True to his...

At a glance.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 2, 2005... The Market DMA Rank 63 Population 1,298,000 TV Homes 492,000 Income Per Capita $16,587 TV Revenue Rank 61 N...

Shoring up the market: Mobile-Pensacola area rebuilds after Ivan.
May 2, 2005... Nine months after Hurricane Ivan battered the Alabama coast and Florida panhandle, the region is still cleaning up. The most ferocious storm since 1998 had mixed effects on the local economies in Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., the No. 63 TV...

Networks switch, but not viewers.(WALA Mobile)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... WALA Mobile-Pensacola is not your typical Fox station. The Emmis Communications-owned VHF outlet is more akin to traditional affiliates, with heavy local news and top-notch syndicated fare. On weekdays, WALA offers 4.5 hours of local news...

The demos.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 2, 2005... THE DEMOS SHARE OF WHO POPULATION INDEX * White 76% 92 Black 20% 167 Hispanic 4% 32 Asian 1% 35 * Index is...

Universal helps NBC keeps its balance: in some mergers, timing is everything.(National Broadcasting Company Inc. )(Interview)
May 2, 2005... If NBC were to mark the one-year anniversary of the takeover of Vivendi Universal with a TV movie, picking a title capturing the importance of the deal would be easy: Just in Time. NBC completed the $14 billion deal on May 11, 2004. Just...

One year later, Wright likes the view from his studio.(Bob Wright )(Interview)
May 2, 2005... The NBC Universal pairing creates flexibility and new opportunities While other media companies cancel top execs almost as readily as they drop bad reality shows, NBC can boast one long-running executive hit: the Bob Wright show. Wright has...

The prime time race.(Illustration)
May 2, 2005... Top 10 Basic Cable Shows April 18-24 Total Households (in millions) PROGRAM DATE NET HHS 1. NFL Draft 4/23 ESPN 3.8 2. WWE Raw...

Nielsen ratings: April 18-24.(evaluation)(Illustration)
May 2, 2005... NIELSEN APRIL 18-24 RATINGS abc MONDAY Week 31 5.3/8 8:00 65. Extreme Makeover Home Ed: 8:30 How'd They Do That? 4.3/7 9:00 40. The Bachelor ...

Coming to a small screen near you: in an uncertain time for advertisers, movie studios still find TV crucial.
May 2, 2005... Over the next couple of months, Hollywood will give movie fans super villains, an alien invasion and a trip to the Dark Side. Studios will bombard TV viewers with commercials for Batman Begins, War of the Worlds and the last of the Star Wars...

Live TV on your cellphone: a much improved service could be in hand next year.(TECHNOLOGY)
May 2, 2005... Today, cellphone users can watch prerecorded TV snippets on Sprint and Cingular's MobiTV or Verizon's Vcast. But by next year, they may be able to watch live TV content from a variety of cellular phones. As a step toward inaugurating its...

Grass Valley eyes competitors: new strategies as big players get bigger.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... When it comes to driving the global TV-production market with the right product introduction, there is little doubt that Thomson, particularly its Grass Valley division, is at the top of that game. Headed up by President Marc Valentin, the...

Deals.(acquisition contracts)
May 2, 2005... TVS K14LJ LAUGHLIN, NEV. PRICE: $10,000 BUYER: NBC/GE (Jay Ireland, president, TV stations) SELLER: Summit Media LP (Scott Gentry, president) FACILITIES: Ch. 14, 10 kW, ant. 2,316 ft. COMMENT: Purchase price is...

Datebook.(Calendar)
May 2, 2005... THIS WEEK MAY 2 THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY 26TH ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY AWARDS Frederick P. Rose Hall/ Lincoln Center, New York. Contact: Tanya Lopez, Goodman Media 212-576-2700 ext. 230 or tlopez@goodmanmedia.com MAY 3 BEACON...

Never two busy: Bravo/Trio's Zalaznick always has a couple of projects going.(PEOPLE)(Biography)
May 2, 2005... Lauren Zalaznick tackles her tasks in twos. She had both premed and English concentrations in college, worked on film and TV careers, took charge in marketing and programming positions, and is now president of two NBC Universal cable networks,...

KUSI San Diego.(Douglas Friedman appointed)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN, partner, Malibu Marketing, Calabasas, Calif., joins KUSI San Diego as director, creative services.

E! Networks.(PROGRAMMING)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... NEIL BAKER, senior VP, advertising sales, E! Networks, New York, named executive VP, E! Networks and Comcast network sales, New York.

Fox Cable Networks.(Claudia Teran promoted at Fox Cable Networks Group)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... CLAUDIA TERAN, VP, business and legal affairs, Fox Cable Networks, Los Angeles, promoted to senior VP.

Comedy Central.(Val Boreland appointed)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... VAL BORELAND, VP, scheduling, planning and acquisitions, Lifetime Television, New York, named VP, program and promotion scheduling, Comedy Central, New York.

Fox Television.(Steven Kuo appointed at Fox Broadcasting Co.)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... STEVEN KUO, senior VP, business development, Fox Television, Los Angeles, appointed senior VP, digital media and technology.

Bill Bell, director/producer, Baltimore Orioles/Washington Capitals, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Bethesda, Md., promoted to director, operations.(PROGRAMMING)
May 2, 2005... BILL BELL, director/producer, Baltimore Orioles/Washington Capitals, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Bethesda, Md., promoted to director, operations. Promoted to VP/creative director, marketing, at Discovery Networks, U.S., Silver Spring,...

Universal Studios Home Entertainment.(Lea Porteneuve appointed)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... LEA PORTENEUVE, public relations consultant, named VP, publicity, Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

National Lampoon.(Douglas S. Bennett, Lorraine Evanoff, Sara Rutenberg appointed)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... At National Lampoon, Los Angeles: DOUGLAS S. BENNETT, president, adds chief financial officer; LORRAINE EVANOFF, controller, TAG Entertainment Corp., Los Angeles, named VP, finance and chief accounting officer; SARA RUTENBERG, consultant,...

World Christian Broadcasting.(Paul Ladd appointed)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... PAUL LADD, morning-drive news anchor/producer, Metro Networks Nashville, named director, follow-up, World Christian Broadcasting, Franklin, Tenn.

Fox News.(Irena Briganti promoted Fox News Network L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... IRENA BRIGANTI, senior director, media relations, Fox News, New York, promoted to VP.

ESPN Bristol.(Katina Vlahadamis Arnold promoted at Entertainment and Sports Programming Network)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... KATINA VLAHADAMIS ARNOLD, senior director, affiliate and new technologies communications, ESPN Bristol, Conn., promoted to VP, affiliate and international communications.

MZA Events.(David W. Harleston appointed)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... DAVID W. HARLESTON, executive producer/business and legal affairs consultant, MZA Events, Los Angeles, appointed general counsel/ senior VP, business and legal affairs, Current, San Francisco.

Good Morning America.(Chris Sheridan appointed)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... CHRIS SHERIDAN, supervising producer, Today (NBC)/senior producer, The News With Brian Williams (MSNBC), Los Angeles, named executive producer, World News Now and World News This Morning/coordinator, overnight news segments, Good Morning...

CNN.(John King appointed at Cable News Network)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... JOHN KING, senior White House correspondent, CNN, Washington, named chief national correspondent.

Goodman Media International Inc.(Liane Ramirez Swierk promoted)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... LIANE RAMIREZ SWIERK, senior account director, Goodman Media International Inc., New York, promoted to VP.

Bader Rutter & Associates.(Colleen Grams, Sabrina Kahler, Joel Patrick Kennedy appointed)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... At Bader Rutter & Associates, Milwaukee: SABRINA KAHLER, media analyst, Kohl's, Milwaukee, joins as media buyer/ planner, media group; COLLEEN GRAMS, meteorologist, WDJT Milwaukee, joins as account executive, public relations group; FRED...

Dayport.(Lon Bencini, Tom Guzik appointed)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... At Dayport, Mankato, Minn.: TOM GUZIK, founder/CEO, Computer Mind Ltd. and Air Communications, Thunder Bay, Ontario, named senior VP/GM, business development, streaming and IP solutions; LON BENCINI, director, media services/VP, group account...

Wine Network Inc.(Ann Mather appointed)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... ANN MATHER, executive VP/CFO, Pixar, Emeryville, Calif., joins board of directors, Wine Network Inc., San Francisco.

CABLEready.(Sabrina Sachez-Ayala appointed)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... SABRINA SANCHEZ-AYALA, director, program marketing/ Latin programming specialist, CABLEready, Norwalk, Conn., promoted to VR sales and marketing.

Greater Media Inc.(Mat Mills became the member at National Association of Broadcasters)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... MATT MILLS, VP/GM, Greater Media Inc., Boston, elected board member, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington.

Family Friendly Programming Forum.(TECHNOLOGY)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... HELEN GRIFFIN, distribution analyst, Fairchild Publications Inc., New York, appointed coordinator, Family Friendly Programming Forum, Association of National Advertisers, New York.

O'Brien returning to 'insider'.(FAST TRACT)(Pat O'Brien)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Pat O'Brien, the former CBS sportscaster who left Access Hollywood last year to co-anchor Paramount Television's Entertainment Tonight spinoff, The Insider, will return to the gossipy entertainment newsmagazine May 5, Paramount said. ...

FCC gets new indecency czar.(FAST TRACT)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has named Kris Monteith as his point person overseeing the agency's crackdown on broadcast indecency. As chief of the FCC's enforcement bureau, she also will be charged with investigating alleged violations of...

Sundance cuts staff, shifts direction.(FAST TRACT)(Sundance Channel L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Cable network Sundance Channel has laid off 10 staffers, mostly in programming, which a Sundance spokeswoman says was part of a shift in focus away from internal production and toward commissioning, licensing and marketing more films, multipart...

Rigases agree to pay $71.5 million.(Adelphia Communications' Rigas)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Adelphia Communications' Rigas family has agreed to settle a federal fraud investigation by paying $715 million to an investor fund. U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that Adelphia founder John Rigas and his family have agreed to...

ABC picks up 'Jim,' 'Videos'.(FAST TRACT)(American Broadcasting Companies Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... ABC has given early-season pickups to sitcom According to Jim and reality vet America's Funniest Home Videos as it prepares its new fall schedule. Jim, already in its fourth season, has been ABC's top sitcom this season in households and...

L.A. marks the spot for X games.(FAST TRACTS)
May 2, 2005... ESPN's X Games will remain in Los Angeles through 2009 under a deal with AEG, owner and operator of the Staples Center and The Home Depot Center, the games' two main venues, confirming industry speculation that ESPN had been hunting for a...

Kids upfront drags feet.(FAST TRACT)(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Major advertisers responsible for 80%-90% of kids-TV spending have finalized their budgets and submitted them to networks to begin negotiations. Turner's Cartoon Network has closed a few deals, and a spokesman for Nickelodeon expects to close...

NBC adopts content ratings.(FAST TRACT)
May 2, 2005... NBC has joined ranks with the rest of the networks on the TV-ratings system. The network said last week that it will immediately begin including content descriptors in its TV ratings--"V" for violence, "S" for sexual content, "L" for...

A good symbolic gesture.(EDITORIAL)
May 2, 2005... After holding out against the full monty V-chip rating system, NBC last week joined the other broadcast networks and cable industry to put the system in place. It will add so-called descriptors--like V for violence or L for language--to its...

The news is over.(AIRTIME)
May 2, 2005... There is a dramatic revolution taking place in the news business today, and it isn't about TV-anchor changes, scandals at storied newspapers or embedded reporters. The future course of the news, including the basic assumptions about how we...

Where to be and what to watch ...(television programs)(Calendar)
May 9, 2005... Monday, May 9 Did you miss last night's premiere of CBS' four-hour Elvis miniseries? Not to worry! Viacom has declared this "Elvis Week." And, besides, you know how the Presley story turns out: His posthumously acquired former son-in-law...

The real threat to 'Idol'.(NEWS & COMMENT)
May 9, 2005... Talk about a media spectator sport. Little in recent memory has been more amusing than the spat between ABC and Fox over "Fallen Idol," an oh-so-special edition of ABC's Primetime Live that chronicled allegations of an affair between American...

Court strikes broadcast flag.(FAST TRACK)(broadcasting rules)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Federal judges Friday struck down FCC rules aimed at preventing broadcast-TV programming from being illegally duplicated over the Internet and other computer networks. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington ruled that the FCC overstepped...

Fox News wants to double fees.(FAST TRACK)(Fox News Network L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Cable operators are already bracing for tough negotiations to renew Fox News Channel, but News Corp. is signaling just how tough. The network is looking to at least double the license fee it charges DBS and cable systems to carry the...

Sony, Tribune team on first-run.(FAST TRACK)(Sony Pictures Television)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Tribune Co.'s 26 TV stations, its syndication arm Tribune Entertainment, and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have agreed to develop and produce a first-run syndicated program, with the joint venture working on a daytime program for the Tribune...

Apollo panel to launch.(FAST TRACK)(Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven B.V)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Arbitron and Nielsen parent VNU are creating a panel of 6,000-plus households to test Project Apollo, a new service to integrate viewership with product-purchasing information. The service, which is based on Arbitron's portable people...

A "crucial" rural cable subsidy nobody wants.(FLASH!)
May 9, 2005... Never underestimate Washington's ability to conjure up pressing national problems that can be solved only by the heroic application of taxpayers' dollars, funneled through expensive government programs. The latest example (OK, maybe not the...

Brown out.(NEWS & COMMENT)(Tina Brown quits Consumer News and Business Channel Partnership)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... CNBC announced late Friday that Tina Brown was giving up her talk show Topic A With Tina Brown in order to work on a book about the legacy of Princess Diana. But alarm bells had been ringing all week at NBC Universal after the performance of...

'Deadwood' f-tally stalls.(NEWS & COMMENT)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Deadwood fans and admirers of the flamboyant use of the f-word were bereft last week: Jeff Nay went camping. That meant Kay's episode-by-episode tally of the number of f-words used in HBO's Old West cuss-a-thon was suspended, pending Kay's...

ViaSlow vs. ViaGrow: Sumner Redstone fine-tunes his plan to split Viacom.(MONEY TALKS)
May 9, 2005... As Viacom divvies up its assets into two companies, a single piece has turned up as foster child: Showtime Networks Inc. Why is Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone taking billion-dollar cable network Showtime from cable czar Tom Freston and handing...

The B&C: week of April 29-May 5.(NEWS & COMMENT)(broadcasting industry)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
May 9, 2005... THE B&C WEEK OF APRIL 29-MAY 5 THE B&C 10 WEEK YTD 2.2% -4.5% BROADCAST TV GROUPS WEEK YTD 2.5% -6.6% CABLE OPERATORS WEEK YTD 1.4% ...

Watch ValueVision.(NEWS & COMMENT)(ValueVision International Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... -10% Hey, NBC's not the only network around 30 Rock with problems. Check ValueVision, of which NBC owns 38%. Its ShopNBC saw first-quarter sales slip 2% and negative cash flow double to $7 million. One problem: watches. They're just not...

Networks plot to restore summer's sizzle: Tommy Lee, Ashton Kutcher and Paris Hilton's mom are recruited to the cause.(NEWS & COMMENT)
May 9, 2005... In rolling out their summer hopefuls starting next month, broadcast networks face the daunting task of dreaming up concepts that can reignite viewer interest in a season that was, for a short period, a TV hit-making machine. It has been a...

Ex-FCC, NAB counsels build media practice for Wilmer Cutler.(appointment)( Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr )(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Powerhouse Washington law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr has tapped two veteran media lawyers to build a media-policy practice. The firm, which successfully defended the 2002 campaign-finance-reform law before the Supreme...

Ferree urges "balance" in media diets.(Ken Ferree)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... In his first public appearance since becoming acting president of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), Ken Ferree took some swipes at commercial broadcasters for offering up the programming equivalent of "fried foods and desserts."...

Dummies sort out DTV confusion.(WASHINGTON WATCH)(Digital television)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... To alleviate Washington concerns that digital-TV buying is a nightmare, RCA has teamed with the publisher of the Dummies how-to series. The goal is to help decipher options and technical jargon that many in the industry think is scaring set...

Adelstein skeptical of cable family tier.(Cable Television Public Affairs Association)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein isn't ready to join critics who want to make cable operators offer family-themed tiers or "a la carte" channels to protect children from inappropriate programming. In a speech to cable-industry...