TV Watch Extends Olive Branch To PTC

TV WATCH EXTENDS OLIVE BRANCH TO PTC
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The broadcast TV network-backed (CBS, Fox and NBC) TV Watch, which is an online effort to promote parental control of content over FCC regulation, has extended an olive branch of sorts to the Parents Television Council, which is the highest-profile pusher for more FCC control over content. In a fax to Winters dated Sept. 8, TV Watch President Jim Dyke said: "While I strongly disagree with the PTC’s efforts to use government to impose its own viewing preferences on American TV audiences, I believe that the members of PTC and TV Watch do share some important common ground." Dyke said that included that many shows aren't appropriate -- or intended -- for kids, that parents cannot monitor every moment of TV viewing, and that they should be encouraged to use parental-control technologies. "When it comes to helping parents make smart decisions about what’s right for their families," said Dyke, "we can share a common cause even if we do not agree on the government’s role in determining what all Americans can watch on TV."
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