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WASHINGTON Univision has agreed to pay a record $24 million fine as part of a deal over allegations that the nation’s largest Spanish-language network broke rules for educational children’s programming.
The penalty is part of a consent decree that would pave the way for Univision to complete a $12.3 billion sale to private investors. For the sale to go through—and Univision’s broadcast license transferred—a majority of the FCC’s five commissioners must vote for it.
FCC chairman Kevin Martin, who has been an aggressive enforcer of the nation’s content regulations on indecency and is now giving the kidvid rules the same treatment, supports the deal.
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