The Parents Television Council called Verizon’s announcement that it will drop cable bundles a “distinction without a difference,” and urged the company to embrace giving consumers a la carte cable choice.
“Verizon’s announcement that it will drop the requirement for consumers to purchase full cable...
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The Parents Television Council issued a statement of support for Maine’s law that requires consumers to have the ability to choose and pay for only the cable networks they want. Comcast, Disney and other cable industry behemoths have...
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“Nickelodeon isn’t just SpongeBob Squarepants: It’s a gateway station to crotch- grabbing MTV. With millions of viewers, Nickelodeon offers the perfect cross-marketing vehicle for Viacom: Kids love it; parents trust its programming.” -Christine Parsons, San Francisco Chronicle
Last night marked the 35th annual Video...
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We know that children are influenced by what they see on TV and in the movies. Sometimes this is for the good; but reality – and scientific research – proves that children can be negatively influenced, even harmed, by the media they consume.
Parents have...
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The PTC calls on Viacom to rate next Monday’s MTV Video Music Awards TV-MA, for Mature Audiences only, if it contains graphic content.
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The Parents Television Council issued an urgent warning to parents and schools about the content found in Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” Season 2, which was just released on the platform last Friday, and has called on Netflix to pull the series entirely because of the potentially...
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What’s worse than an MTV reality series? An MTV reality series starring stars of other reality series.
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Today the Parents Television Council released a study of Streaming Video On Demand (SVOD) services and Over-The-Top streaming delivery devices called “Over-The-Top or a Race to the Bottom: A Parent’s Guide to Streaming Video.”
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Network bosses are desperate to keep ad dollars on TV, but they’re promising far more than they can deliver – especially in terms of “objectionable” content.
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By the end of season 3, more than 90% of the program’s corporate advertisers were gone, according to PTC data.
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Verizon FiOS customers in central New York planning to watch this year’s Super Bowl had better make other plans. Because of a carriage dispute between the Telecom company and the owner of Fox Syracuse, Verizon FiOS subscribers in...
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The PTC is calling on Congress, the FCC, and the incoming Trump Administration to move swiftly on four key FCC-related issues.
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The Parents Television Council issued a statement in response to the news that AT&T is purchasing Time Warner Inc., for $85.4 billion.
“AT&T’s purchase of Time Warner will create an entertainment behemoth, and no doubt the corporate spin-masters will...
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The Parents Television Council called for greater consumer Cable Choice, following the season premiere of AMC’s The Walking Dead.
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Dating Naked is sadly typical of the programming produced by Viacom’s various cable networks…to the corporation’s detriment.
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