Cable TV Could Get Its Mouth Washed Out.

Authors:
Yang, Catherine
Lowry, Tom
Dunham, Richard S.

Source:
Business Week; 5/2/2005 Issue 3931, p47-47, 2/3p, 1c

"Cable faces a formidable coalition that includes the conservative Parents Television Council and liberal Consumers Union -- along with religious broadcasters and even Walt Disney Co., which is bucking other media companies. “We don't wake up in the morning looking for indecency rules for any of our businesses,” says Disney lobbyist Preston Padden. But if there are rules, “they should be the same for broadcast and expanded basic cable programming.” (para 3)

"À la carte is a backdoor attempt to influence content by forcing cable operators to let consumers pick the channels that they want to buy. If parents could choose their channels instead of having to select one of the packages offered by the cable companies, the argument goes, then they could get the kid-friendly Disney Channel, for example, without also signing up for the more risqué MTV." (para 5)



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