France cancels baby tv shows
French infants are going to have to go elsewhere if they want to get their Baby Einstein fix.
France has banned its broadcasters from airing TV shows aimed at children under three years of age.
A ruling published Wednesday by the High Audiovisual Council, the French broadcast authority, bans such programming in an effort to protect the very young from what it described as the harmful effects of television.
“Television viewing hurts the development of children under three years old and poses a certain number of risks, encouraging passivity, slow language acquisition, over-excitedness, troubles with sleep and concentration, as well as dependence on screens,” the ruling said.
The ruling follows a public debate in France over channels such as BabyFirstTV and Baby TV, which broadcast programming aimed at the under three set 24 hours a day.
Information from: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/08/20...
