(DOWNLOAD) "Family-Friendly Programming: Providing More Tools for Parents." by Federal Communications Law Journal * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Family-Friendly Programming: Providing More Tools for Parents.
- Author : Federal Communications Law Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2003
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 259 KB
Description
Since then-Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Newton Minow dubbed television a "vast wasteland" in 1961, the medium has changed dramatically. Consumers today have so many programs from which to choose that the complaint is rarely a lack of high-quality television shows. Rather, the concern for many consumers is how to navigate these teeming waters. This course-plotting can be a particular challenge for parents who desire to watch television together with their children. I therefore encourage the television industry to provide these parents more navigational tools. Consumers today have exponentially more viewing options, and they can choose from a remarkable array of programs, both on broadcast and on subscription television. They can view these programs using digital technology that produces a crisp, clear color picture far surpassing the fuzzy black-and-white world of 1961. Importantly, the burgeoning competition among television networks has resulted in some of the best programming ever produced. It also has enabled such diversity that niche channels, which devote 100% of their time to science, art, or history, can be successful.