The Federal Communications Commission is not happy with several TV networks that played a trailer for the 2013 film "Olympus Has Fallen," which used that familiar, jarring tone also used in tests of the Emergency Broadcast System. According to The Wall Street Journal, the FCC is attempting to fine Viacom, Walt Disney Co., ESPN and NBCUniversal. As a narrative tool for the trailer, which centers on a group of terrorists attacking the White House, the tones are used in conjunction with text scroll...
Cable Companies Face $2 Million FCC Fines For 'Olympus Has Fallen' Trailer
The Huffington Post - 3 Mar 2014 23:56
The Federal Communications Commission is not happy with several TV networks that played a trailer for the 2013 film "Olympus Has Fallen," which used that familiar, jarring tone also used in tests of the Emergency Broadcast System. According to The Wall Street Journal, the FCC is attempting to fine Viacom, Walt Disney Co., ESPN and NBCUniversal. As a narrative tool for the trailer, which centers on a group of terrorists attacking the White House, the tones are used in conjunction with text scroll...
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