Television Regulation Quotes

I don't have a TV licence. I don't watch except on catch-up.

I'm not here to say that I want to change the TV industry.

We weren't allowed to watch TV as kids.

The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 helps address the continuing degradation on the broadcast airwaves and helps send a clear message to the broadcast industry that Alabama families, like the rest of American families, have had enough.

There was a time when the FCC tried to require a certain amount of television and media to be educational, a certain amount to be newsworthy and a certain amount of it to be public access.

My mother had to tailor what I watched.

I think if you open the door to government control of television, then you let in a host of questions about rights.

I was only allowed only to watch public television until I was 12 years old.

While I originally sought broader reforms to the Kid Vid regulations, what we have ended up with is a reasoned and balanced compromise. In the end, this effort takes modest but important steps toward a freer television market, and it's a deal for which nearly all sides can claim some measure of victory, especially the children.