TV Watch to Participate in June 19th Kaiser Forum

TV Watch to Participate in June 19th Kaiser Forum

TV Watch Executive Director Jim Dyke to Serve as Panelist

CHARLESTON, S.C., June 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jim Dyke, Executive Director of TV Watch, will be participating in the Kaiser Family Foundation's June 19th forum in which he will represent parents who choose to make viewing decisions for their family rather than the government.

"Today, families have a variety of options at their fingertips to help them make television viewing decisions," said Dyke. "The explosion of available entertainment options has given families more TV viewing choices, while information and tools, such as TV program ratings and the V-Chip, have empowered parents to be in control of what their family watches."

The forum also marks the release of the Kaiser Family Foundation's newest survey, Parents, Children and the Media: A Kaiser Family Foundation Survey. The report is based on a national survey of more than 1,000 parents of children ages 2-17 and includes parental focus groups from six cities around the country.

Event Information

What: A panel discussion based on topics researched in the Kaiser report, Parents, Children and the Media: A Kaiser Family Foundation Survey. These issues include: parents' use of V-Chip and TV ratings, parents' views on regulation over media content, and if parents believe that certain media can be educationally beneficial for very young children.

When: Tuesday, June 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET. Breakfast and registration will begin at 9 a.m.

Where: Barbara Jordan Conference Center, Kaiser Family Foundation Building, 1330 G Street, NW, Washington D.C. (one block west of Metro Center) RSVP required: Theresa Boston at (650) 854-9400.

TV Watch was launched in May 2005 and is the leading national organization to promote parental controls and individual choices as an alternative to increased government regulation of TV content. TV Watch is a nonpartisan coalition of 27 individuals and organizations including legal and entertainment experts and political and consumer organizations representing more than four million Americans. For more information about TV Watch, visit TelevisionWatch.org or contact Emily Tyner at (843) 722-9670.

Website: http://televisionwatch.org

Source: TV Watch

CONTACT: Emily Tyner of TV Watch, +1-843-722-9670,
emily@televisionwatch.org

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