Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers’ behavior, even without getting them to watch less, a study has found.
Haim Saban, who helped develop the majority of the programming that filled the grid on the successful Fox Family cable-TV outlet before moving into other ventures and becoming chairman of Univsion Corp., is returning to kiddie TV. His Saban Brands has agreed to fill a five-hour Saturday-morning block on CW affiliates starting 7 a.m. on Aug. 25.
At Kid’s TV Upfronts, It’s Viacom Vs. Surging Disney
TV watchdog groups say the FCC needs to better target kids’ programs that have too many commercials, and they want the commission and Congress to strengthen oversight of the Children’s Television Act.
Renew Now To Avoid Children’s TV Fines
No, the FCC has not instituted an early-filing program so licensees can get that pesky license renewal out of the way. Instead, in 2010 it cleaned up television license renewal applications that had been hanging around since the last renewal cycle, issuing nearly $350,000.00 in children’s television fines to some 20 licensees. So, here is an update on a kidvid requirement that stations often overlook, but which the FCC does not.
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Hasbro Studios, the Los Angeles-based production and distribution division of Hasbro Inc., has reached a comprehensive programming and marketing agreement with Canadian childrenand family TV broadcaster, Corus Entertainment. The agreement […]
In TV’s battle for the hearts and minds of preschoolers, it’s Mandarin and math vs. stories and sparkle. At stake is much more than the more than $276 million marketers spent last year to advertise during children’s TV shows.
