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France bans Baby TV cable channels
Paris | August 21, 2008 12:01:13 AM IST
French television authorities say they've banned programming aimed at toddlers and babies as possibly hurtful to small children's development. The issue arose earlier this year with the advent in France of two U.S. channels, BabyFirstTV and Baby TV, which feature programming geared to children under 3 years old. On Wednesday, the French High Audiovisual Council ruled to ban such programming in order to protect children under 3 from the effects of television, The Times of London reported. In issuing the ruling, the council quoted health experts' warnings that interaction with other people is crucial to early child development, the newspaper said. Television viewing hurts the development of children under 3 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. Guy Oranim, chief executive of BabyFirstTV, said he respectfully objects to the council's ruling, contending the channel is meant to be watched together by parents and babies, not used as a baby-sitter. (UPI)
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