Groups Behind TV Ratings Board Say Stakeholders Largely Satisfied With System
The media associations behind the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board told FCC staff that stakeholders are largely satisfied with the ratings regime. The small number of ratings complaints, surveys and other data "indicate parents and other viewers find the system…
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helpful, reliable and responsive," said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 19-41. "There will always be a subjective element to rating expressive content, and there will be times when individuals disagree with particular ratings. The record shows that these occasional disagreements are handled appropriately." Most comments on the FCC’s congressionally mandated call for filings on the TV ratings system expressed displeasure with existing oversight (see 1903130061). Staff with MPAA, NAB and NCTA also noted to Chief Michelle Carey and other Media Bureau officials that there's a "vast array of video content available today for children and parents, accessible via a range of devices."