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"Bruce L. Bergman" <blPYTHONbergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
news:p8rip2h49druhesa8564uaaovr7269pf8p@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:01:19 -0500, "Wickeddoll®"
> <wickeddoll1958diespammersdie@yahoo.com> wrote:[color=green]
>>"BCDrums" <bcdrums@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:dI2dndBEHuATkATYnZ2dnUVZ_q-vnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=darkred]
>>> mark_digital© wrote:[/color][/color]
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>>>> By my atomic wristwatch last night's New Year's Eve countdown was
>>>> behind
>>>> by 7 seconds. When there was only one minute to go, the spread
>>>> shortened
>>>> to 3 seconds. Now unless the original signal has to travel 7 X 186,000
>>>> miles to reach my TV set I don't see why there was so much of a time
>>>> difference.
>>>
>>> It is possible that the broadcast was on a delay to allow the network to
>>> snip any wardrobe malfunctions or language that might sneak into the
>>> live
>>> broadcast.
>>>
>>> The FCC fine for airing something "indecent" or "obscene" is currently
>>> $320,000 per incident, per station. So if ABC owns ten stations, and a
>>> partygoer hangs a moon, it could mean a fine of $3.2 million just for
>>> ABC.
>>> Then it affiliates (about 200 stations) may be liable as well, at
>>> $320,000
>>> each.
>>>
>>> Broadcasters are on the defensive since the Janet Jackson episode and
>>> the
>>> subsequent raising of the FCC fine from $32,000 to $320,000.[/color]
>>
>>AH - that makes sense. They should have taken it off during the final
>>countdown - that was damned distracting.[/color]
>
> Which would have been RIGHT when they got nailed. Most people
> aren't standing in front of the television with a stopwatch...
>
> And when they're doing it in public and the last minute countdown is
> on tape (along with the fireworks show soundtrack that starts as the
> big moment hits), all it takes is the guy hitting the START button to
> flinch and it throws their timing off a bit, and you can't fix it then
> without re-racking the tape. There is no "Take Two".
>
> Don't sweat the small stuff. And it's almost all small stuff.
>
> --<< Bruce >>--
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Oh it's absolutely small, but I think it trashed a tradition. Nothing new,
plenty of those have been trashed recently.

Natalie