The data were analysed against the schedules for C periods
provided by each broadcaster to the ACMA.
«The figures
provided by broadcasters show clearly that once female presenters hit 50, their days on - screen are numbered,» Harman said.
Not exact matches
Broadcasters are considered
by their stockholders to be acting in an economically responsible way if they
provide programs that are produced very cheaply — even if the programs contain much unnecessary violence — if, in doing so, they reach the largest possible audience and make the largest number of sales and highest possible profits.
For example, as the result of law suits instituted
by public - interest groups, the courts held that whenever
broadcasters present a particular point of view on a matter of public importance, they also must
provide opportunities for opposing viewpoints to be presented.
When faced with the reality of meeting expenses of $ 1 million each week or else beginning the downward spiral of reducing the syndication of one's program, a
broadcaster becomes very sensitive to the audience feedback
provided by one's mailroom.
Their willingness to compete against other religious
broadcasters in the open market blended nicely with the spirit of free enterprise and gave the television industry an unexpected financial blessing
by enabling it to sell time for religious broadcasts rather than
provide time without charge.
There appear to be three main reasons for the concentration of religious programs on Sundays: (1) Sunday is the traditional day of Christian worship and therefore seemed most appropriate for Christian broadcasts; (2) Christian broadcasts on the networks were originally conceived as alternatives for those, such as shut - ins, who could not attend regular services at a church; (6)(3) Sunday morning was the period of lowest audience for
broadcasters and therefore was the least commercially damaging for stations in fulfilling their FCC obligations
by providing free air - time for religious broadcasts.
Far from being a complementary service to the local church, therefore, religious
broadcasters appear to be
providing an overlapping service, one traditionally
provided by the local church.
Chaired
by Professor Lis Howell, this exciting conference will
provide an update on the research into women in UK broadcast news and will ask what more needs to be done to ensure fair representation, both
by broadcasters and
by government.
The numbers
provide new support for efforts
by broadcasters, cable channels and multichannel providers to
provide second screen apps or synch apps that can enhance the viewing experience of live TV.
Depiction releases typically contain language which not only allows a producer to make use of footage and photographs of a TV show participant, but which also specifically precludes the participant from suing the producers or
broadcasters of the show for any reason — one previously unsettled issue was the extent to which such language (which is generally
provided to participants on a «take it or leave it» basis) would be enforced
by the courts.