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CBS Successfully Appeals Janet Jackson Super Bowl Fine

Remember when the Super Bowl halftime show was worth watching? It used to be fun and exciting, but Justin Timberlake had to go and rip Janet Jackson’s shirt off and famously expose her breast. Well, we’re not the only ones who have had to suffer. CBS, the network that carried the NFL game in 2004, was sued by the FCC over the incident.  read more

House Votes to Block FCC's Net Neutrality Regulations

A spending bill was approved Thursday by House Republicans that would block the Federal Communications Commission from enacting its new rules related to net neutrality....  read more

Britain Reviews Product Placement Ban, U.S. Slowly Moves in Opposite Direction

Britain's culture secretary announced last week that he plans to relax current restrictions on product placement in British television programs. Currently in Britain, commercial product placement is banned in broadcast TV shows, though products already featured in programming imported from foreign countries are not curtailed. This proposed change in policy seems to be aimed, at least in part, at remedying British commercial TV's current economic struggles....  read more

Supreme Court Upholds FCC Fines for "Fleeting Expletitives" on Networks

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of FCC fines levied at networks over so-called "fleeting expletitives," in particular banned words used by Cher and Nicole Richie at awards telecasts on Fox. ...  read more