Bill to Bring A La Carte, Indecency Regs to Cable 274
An anonymous reader writes "A bill introduced this week would force cable operators to offer à la carte cable and so-called family-tiers of service. Those opting for à la carte programming would get refunds on their cable bill, but the legislation would also extend broadcast indecency standards to cable and satellite TV for the first time: 'In accordance with the indecency and profanity policies and standards applied by the [FCC] to broadcasters, as such policies and standards are modified from time to time, not transmit any material that is indecent or profane on any channel in the expanded basic tier of such distributor except between 10pm and 6am.' As Ars points out, 'With the parental controls built into every television set, set-top box, and DVR being sold these days, the need for such legislation seems questionable at best. Unlike broadcast television, which is available to anyone with a TV and an antenna, people subscribe to and pay for cable/satellite.'"
Bill? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Will we really save money? (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, people pay for cable (Score:5, Funny)
There are rumors that one reason the parental controls aren't being used is because the parents who want them are also dependent on their children to set them up.
Re:I want a'la carte, but (Score:1, Funny)
That's the toned-down version. The original bill also wanted to "force viewers to register their viewing plans online with the Department of Homeland Screwiness 48 hours in advance".
Excellent! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Will we really save money? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:It's political. (Score:3, Funny)