FCC Must Respond To Disney Rules Challenge

The D.C. Court of Appeals has asked the FCC to respond to Disney's request that the commission weigh in on various complaints about its new kids TV rules before it implements them Jan. 1. The company had asked the court Tuesday to force the FCC by Nov. 15 to rule on Disney and others' petitions to change the kids regs, or alternatively to enjoin Disney from enforcing them until the FCC did reply. Instead, the court gave the FCC until Oct. 25 to respond to the Disney court petition, then gave Disney until Nov. 1 to respond. While saying it remains "steadfastly dedicated to providing creative, entertaining and compelling programming that enriches the lives of children," Disney says the kids rules as written would cause "irreparable harm to its First Amendment rights, as well as unrecoverable economic losses." Disney says it would have to make major modifications to its business in order to comply with the new rules, then would have to undo those if the FCC ultimately decides to change the rules per the petitions it has yet to rule on.
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
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