Adult rules send ops scrambling. (cable TV operators)
Multichannel News, April, 1997 by Umstead, R. Thomas
Operators last week began the tedious task of determining how best to .meet the Federal Communications Commission's May 18 deadline for compliance with adult scrambling laws. Most operators will roll back programming time for adult services Playboy TV, AdulTVision, Spice Networks and Adam & Eve to FCC-recommended "safe-harbor" hours, leaving pay-per-view networks and other interactive services to vie for part-time carriage.
"I think there's a blend of things out there," said Jim English, president of Playboy Networks Worldwide. Few MSOs will actually spend the money to scramble the adult signals. Many PPV executives were expecting to make final decisions in the next two weeks on how to comply with Section 505 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,...
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