Comments on: Gossip Girl and Cable Choice http://www.frcblog.com/2008/05/gossip-girl-and-cable-choice/ The Blog of Family Research Council Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:09:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: nigel http://www.frcblog.com/2008/05/gossip-girl-and-cable-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-995 nigel Wed, 14 May 2008 00:03:22 +0000 http://new.frcblog.agathongroup.com/?p=432#comment-995 I would love to only pay for the channels I want without the others, but I am opposed to big government regulation to achieve this. Personal responsibility and market force is the answer. ......."At times like this I think: wouldn't it be nice to have the power to tell my cable provider that I don't ever want the CW network to be seen in my house again?"..... You do have that power. <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/parents/channelblocking.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.fcc.gov/parents/channelblocking.html</a> Apparently you can not only block specific shows/content but also entire channels. I would love to only pay for the channels I want without the others, but I am opposed to big government regulation to achieve this. Personal responsibility and market force is the answer.

…….”At times like this I think: wouldn’t it be nice to have the power to tell my cable provider that I don’t ever want the CW network to be seen in my house again?”…..

You do have that power.

http://www.fcc.gov/parents/channelblocking.html

Apparently you can not only block specific shows/content but also entire channels.

]]> By: JamesR http://www.frcblog.com/2008/05/gossip-girl-and-cable-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-994 JamesR Wed, 07 May 2008 16:34:30 +0000 http://new.frcblog.agathongroup.com/?p=432#comment-994 Gossip Girl sponsors link: <a href="http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/shows/Advertisers.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/shows/Advertisers.asp</a> doesn't report any sponsors for that show. Their response is: "We're sorry, there are no records for "" for the last 60 days". Gossip Girl sponsors link:

http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/shows/Advertisers.asp

doesn’t report any sponsors for that show.

Their response is: “We’re sorry, there are no records for “” for the last 60 days”.

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