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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1983
Held during National Children and Television Week, this hearing addressed the general topic of television and its impact on children, including specific children's television projects and ideas for improving children's television. Statements and testimony (when given) are presented for the following individuals and organizations: (1) John…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Childrens Television, Commercial Television, Educational Television
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. – 1989
For this document the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation reports favorably on the Children's Television Act of 1989 and recommends that it be passed. The aims of the legislation are to increase the amount of educational and informational television programming available to children and to protect children from…
Descriptors: Certification, Childrens Television, Commercial Television, Educational Television
Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC. – 1974
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Report and Policy Statement on Children's Television Programs summarizes the findings of a series of hearings held in response to a petition of Action for Children's Television (ACT), urging that the FCC prohibit sponsorship and commercials in children's programing, forbid product mention by program…
Descriptors: Commercial Television, Educational Television, Federal Legislation, Programing (Broadcast)
Choate, Robert B. – 1975
This testimony presents evidence of children's television advertising excesses and abuses. The testimony points out that the average TV-watching child sees more than 22,000 commercials a year, and that on the programs most popular with children large numbers of over-the-counter drugs and hazardous products are advertised. The history of private…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Child Advocacy, Children, Childrens Television
Hooks, Benjamin L. – Federal Register, 1974
Three Federal Communications Commissioners (FCC) filed supplementary statements to the FCC Children's Television Report, elaborating on their individual views. Commissioner Benjamin L. Hooks concurred in the proposed limit on commercial minutes in children's programs, but suggested a lower figure. He also suggested that commercials be…
Descriptors: Children, Educational Television, Programing (Broadcast), Television Commercials
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1993
The hearing transcribed in this report is focused on how television broadcasters have been meeting their obligations to the child audience as described in the Children's Television Act of 1990 and how the Federal Communications Commission has been enforcing the law. The report contains testimony from: (1) Peggy Charren, founder, Action for…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Broadcast Television, Childrens Television, Commercial Television
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
Testimony presented at this hearing focuses on ways in which television can have a positive impact on children's education, what is known about the impacts of television programming on children, and what Congress can do to promote television's positive educational values. Witnesses include the following: John D. Abel, senior vice president,…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Educational Television, Government Role, Hearings
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1988
This report provides transcripts of two hearings held 6 months apart before a subcommittee of the House of Representatives on three bills which would require the Federal Communications Commission to reinstate restrictions on advertising on children's television programs. The texts of the bills under consideration, H.R. 3288, H.R. 3966, and H.R.…
Descriptors: Advertising, Childrens Television, Commercial Television, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1982
This subcommittee hearing report presents testimony of television network officials, academic researchers, and consumer representatives concerning the social and behavioral effects of portrayed violence on television, especially as it relates to children. It also provides documents used as attachments to the oral testimony and written statements…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Children, Childrens Television
Pietras, Jesse John – 1992
This overview of educational telecommunications and distance learning in Connecticut includes information on the Connecticut Department of Education and the Connecticut Public Television statewide, two-channel, ITFS (instructional television fixed service); the Connecticut Community College system's Community College Instructional Television…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Educational Television
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. – 1994
The topic of this hearing was the Children's Television Act of 1990. This act was designed to increase the choices for children and to give parents and families the possibility of finding educational programming to supplement other children's programs. The Act has two major provisions. First, it established time limits on the amount of advertising…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Television, Educational Media, Educational Television
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. – 1989
A bill (S. 797) to establish a National Endowment for Children's Educational Television was designed to amend the Communications Act of 1934. This report contains evidence presented in support of the bill. Included are: (1) a statement of background and needs; (2) a description of the state of education in the United States, highlighting the…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Educational Television, Endowment Funds, Federal Aid
California State Legislature, Sacramento. Joint Committee on Telecommunications. – 1974
A summary of 18 months' investigation into the potential uses of telecommunications in the public interest is presented. Areas investigated include public TV and radio, cable TV, television translaters, instructional fixed television service, satellite communications and interconnections. Public hearings were held in eight cities and more than 100…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Commercial Television, Communications Satellites, Delivery Systems
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. – 1975
This text contains the transcripts of five days of hearings before the House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Communications, and it includes the texts of thirty-five statements and a substantial amount of additional material introduced for the record. The subject of the hearings was the extent and form of government subsidies to public…
Descriptors: Educational Radio, Educational Television, Financial Support, Government Publications
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce. – 1976
This text contains the transcript of a one-day hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce held in Salt Lake City to collect views on the impact of television on children. It consists of 19 testimonies, and additional articles, letters, and statements introduced into the record. (EMH)
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Children, Commercial Television, Government Role
