Article: Congress Seeks Advanced Parental Controls for TV -- Parents Flood FCC with Requests for Foul Language Filtering Technology.

Rogers, Ark., Apr 22, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Is foul language filtering the next parental control for TV? An FCC request for comments on new advanced parental controls prompted nearly 10,000 comments specifically requesting the foul language filtering technology from TVGuardian. This advanced technology had been offered for free to leading cable and satellite providers but was rejected, leading the company to now turn to Washington.

"Studies show more people are bothered by foul language on TV than by sex, nudity, violence or depictions of drug use," said Britt Bennett, President of TVGuardian LLC. "So here we have one of the biggest problems on TV...and ...

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