Word: fin
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...fin-syn" rules have caused years of squabbling between the studios (which maintain that the networks, as gatekeepers of the airwaves, should not be allowed to own shows) and the networks (which view the rules as an outmoded relic of the days when the networks were the only game in town). The FCC has finally come down on the networks' side. "Broadcast television is doing great against all its competitors," says FCC chairman Reed Hundt. "((The agency)) wants to make sure they have the opportunity to exercise all of their competitive energies...
...alliances between networks and producers at least apportion the risks and rewards more equitably. With an ownership stake in shows they air and the change in fin-syn rules, the networks for the first time can share in the money that a show generates in its afterlife. The producers, in the meantime, get the networks to take on more of the up-front costs. In a landmark deal last fall, ABC entered into a joint venture to create a new TV studio with Hollywood moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. ABC has a 50% stake in the company...
...into the country. But plenty slips through, and a recent study published in Science suggests that some of it comes from whales that can't be hunted legally. Investigators bought whale meat in retail markets all over ! Japan. Using DNA tests, researchers found that some of it came from fin whales, humpbacks and other protected species. "We were stunned to find humpback being sold in a Hiroshima supermarket," says Don White, president of Earthtrust, the Hawaii-based group that sponsored the study. "They've been protected since...
Using molecular genetics tests similar to those used in crime investigations, researchers discovered that several samples of whale meat for sale in Japan came from illegally hunted species, including fin and humpback. The report in the current Science found that only 8 of 17 samples were genetically consistent with those from legal catches...
There's a new use for DNA testing: tracking illegal whaling practices, according to a report in Science magazine. Researchers used portable equipment to test whale meat being sold in Japan, where the product is an expensive delicacy. The presence of protected minke, fin and humpback whales as well as dolphin were found in several of the samples, indicating that banned meat was being sold. The genetic test could provide a policing mechanism in the future...