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…

This review of the literature addresses the issue of the fair use doctrine and its application to off-air taping of news and nonnews programs broadcast by radio and television. Conclusions drawn include: a temporary arrangement has yet to be reached between copyright proprietors and educators wishing to use copyrighted works for nonprofit,…

The Public Broadcasting Financing Act of 1975 gives specifications for the funding of non-commercial, educational broadcast stations. The conditions for allocation of grant funds to radio and television station are outlined with their limitations. The legislative history of the act is included. (DS)

This document begins with a summary of the proposed bill on long range funding for public broadcasting, a brief history of federal support for public broadcasting, and a statement of the financial needs of public broadcasting. A section-by-section analysis of the bill, a statement of the purpose of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB),…

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…

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…

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…

On June 3, and June 4, 1975, hearings were held before the House Subcommittee on Communications regarding the Telecommunications Facilities and Demonstration Act of 1975, H.R.4564. The bill has been submitted by the administration to provide the authority for the support of demonstration projects in telecommunications concerning the distribution…

The Senate Committee on Commerce reported H.R. 9630 out of committee with an amendment that would extend the educational broadcasting facilities program. The act would provide authority for the support of demonstrations in telecommunications technologies for the distribution of health, education, and public or social service information, and for…

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…

Summarizes three current issues in school law, including school district suits over potentially carcinogenic asbestos insulation, a California judge's finding that captionless educational television discriminates against hearing-impaired students, and the federal government's attempt to keep the Fairfax (Virginia) school system from charging…

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…

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,…

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…

This document presents witness testimony and supplemental materials from a Congressional hearing called to assess the effectiveness of federally funded educational technology programs, particularly Technology for Education, Star Schools, Ready to Learn Television, and Mathline. Other educational technologies were introduced at the hearing as well,…