Message-ID: <20230202191126.GA1432493@telecomdigest.us> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 14:11:26 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: FCC proposes large fine against Fox Corp for use of EAS Alert tones during NFL commercials by Christopher R. Chase (New York) The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") has proposed a 504,000ドル fine in a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture against Fox Corporation for its broadcast network's use of the Emergency Alert System ("EAS") tones in a promotion for the Philadelphia Eagles – New York Giants game in November 2021. The hefty proposed fine results from the significance of the activity at issue and the fact that the promotion was broadcast nationwide on several Fox programming channels. Fox noted that the EAS tones were used as part of a short comedic advertisement for an upcoming game that aired as part of the Fox NFL Sunday pre-game show. The FCC argued that, even though the promotional segment incorporated a "comedic tone," Fox "apparently willfully violated" 47 C.F.R. §11.45 with the use of the EAS tones, "in the absence of any actual emergency, authorized test of the EAS, or qualified public service announcement." https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1276648?q=1803232&n=684&tp=15&tlk=4&lk=56 -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)

Message-ID: <20230203022039.GA1435524@telecomdigest.us> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 21:20:39 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: CWA: Action Alert! Support TCGplayer Workers Fighting for Their Union Big news in the tech world! A supermajority of workers at TCGPlayer’s authentication center in New York announced on Wednesday, January 25th that they are forming the TCG Union/CWA and have filed for a union representation election with the National Labor Relations Board to vote on joining CWA Local 1123. TCGPlayer, acquired by eBay late last year, is the number one online marketplace for collectible trading cards and was acquired by eBay in November 2022. The nearly 300-worker unit seeking to join CWA includes a variety of job titles, all proudly standing together to fight for their union rights and dignity and respect on the job - but already they’re facing tough opposition from management. https://cwad1.org/news/action-alert-support-tcgplayer-workers-fighting-their-union -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)

Message-ID: <20230202231918.GA1433656@telecomdigest.us> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 18:19:18 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: FCC proposes large fine against Fox Corp for use of EAS Alert tones during NFL commercials On Thu, Feb 02, 2023 at 02:11:26PM -0500, Bill Horne wrote: > by Christopher R. Chase (New York) > > The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") has proposed a 504,000ドル > fine in a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture against Fox > Corporation for its broadcast network's use of the Emergency Alert > System ("EAS") tones in a promotion for the Philadelphia Eagles – New > York Giants game in November 2021. > > https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1276648?q=1803232&n=684&tp=15&tlk=4&lk=56 In the 1990's, while I was a Systems Analyst at NYNEX, I heard a cell phone’s electronic ringer for the first time. I’ll never forget that my first reaction to the sound was the thought "They are going to put that sound in every TV commercial." It seems, at my age, that every change in the world of telecommunications brings about new, improved, more sexy, more beautiful, more perfect ... and more intrusive ways of demanding that we pay attention to the latest new gadget, cream, hair treatment, automobile, fashion, patent medicine, or politician. I used to work in the Broadcasting industry, and I learned at a young age that there are certain riffs from "classic" movies which are, to this day, licensed to advertisers for use in commercials: three, or four or five note versions of Canis Lupus Familiaris licking at our faces - all of them guaranteed to increase image retention and boost sales - and bring back the wonderful days of yesteryear when the world made sense and The Tall White Guy always knew what was best. Now, I hear imitations of ring tones and every other well-known alert tone in what seems like every new song or tv show, and I’m not kidding: the very first time I heard a cellphone ring, I could predict the future. We’re hooked. Bill Horne -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)