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https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/fcc-proposes-major-kids-tv-rule-changes
This discussion was bound to happen though also on Commercial TV the shows that meet the E/I standards currently are coming from Litton productions the syndicated arm of Hearst Television as of 2018.
This discussion was bound to happen though also on Commercial TV the shows that meet the E/I standards currently are coming from Litton productions the syndicated arm of Hearst Television as of 2018.
. The NPRM would:
"Tentatively conclude that the requirements that Core Programming be at least 30 minutes in length and regularly scheduled weekly programming be eliminated.
"Seek comment on whether to expand the timeframe when Core Programming can be aired.
"Tentatively conclude that noncommercial stations should no longer be required to identify Core Programming with the “E/I” symbol, and seek comment on whether to continue to require commercial stations to identify Core Programming with the “E/I” symbol.
"Seek comment on whether to retain the requirement that broadcasters provide information identifying children’s programming to publishers of program guides.
"Tentatively conclude that the Children’s Television Programming Report, FCC Form 398, should be filed on an annual rather than quarterly basis and seek comment on ways to streamline this report
"Seek comment on whether to modify the three-hour per week safe harbor processing guideline for determining compliance with the children’s programming rules.
"Seek comment on the creation of a framework under which broadcasters could satisfy their children’s programming obligations by relying in part on special sponsorship efforts and/or special non-broadcast efforts, and propose to allow Media Bureau staff, rather than the full Commission, to approve the renewal applications of licensees relying on such special efforts.
"Propose to allow multicasting stations to choose on which of their free over-the-air streams to air their required Core Programming hours and tentatively conclude that the additional Core Programming guideline applicable to multicasting stations should be eliminated.
"Seek comment on whether the policies governing the preemption of children’s programming should be revised or whether other rule changes proposed in the Notice would provide broadcasters sufficient flexibility to schedule their Core Programming so as to avoid the need for preemptions."
Signaling the proposed kids TV dereg might leave a void that noncommercial TV could fill, America’s Public Television Stations president Patrick Butler said following the NPRM's release: “America’s public television stations stand ready to work with all interested parties to ensure that the educational and informational needs of America’s young people are fully met with all the scholastic, technological and policy tools we can devise and devote to our most fundamental mission.
“Public television provides the only free, over-the-air national television service for children -- offering more than 20 shows that support kids’ learning -- and now reaches more than 95 percent of U.S. television households all day every day, reaching the 54 percent of America’s children who don’t receive any formal preschool education," he said, adding that it could do even more with "more financial resources, whether from governments, foundations, corporations, individuals, or fellow broadcasters..."
