Playboy will try to convince the Supreme Court on Nov. 30 that it is unconstitutional to require cable operators to limit adult programming to late hours.

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 1999

Playboy will try to convince the Supreme Court on Nov. 30 that it is unconstitutional to require cable operators to limit adult programming to late hours. Provisions in the 1996 Telecommunications Act required cable operators to run the channel only from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. unless the cable operator could guarantee that the feed's audio and video were fully scrambled.

Last year, a federal district court overturned that law. That court found that another provision in the Telecommunications Act, which requires cable operators to provide subscribers with the capability to fully scramble any programming upon request, adequately protects cable subscribers. The government appealed that finding and the Supreme Court accepted the case last July.