Four more years: broadcasters fear more content regulation could be on the way; cable isn't worried.(President Clinton re-elected)

Broadcasting & Cable, November, 1996 by McConnell, Chris

It was the administration that implemented the Cable Act, championed new TV programming rules, advocated cable-in-the-classroom initiatives and most recently signed the 1996 Telecommunications Act. And now broadcasters and cable operators will have to contend with President Clinton's vision for U.S.

telecommunications policy for four more years. That worries broadcasters, who fear that the administration that championed the V-chip and a three-hour children's TV mandate will continue to keep an eye on what broadcasters are and are not broadcasting - whether it be children's programing, alcohol ads or millions of dollars, worth of political advertising. The issues top a list of broadcaster worries that also includes the Justice Department's...

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