Ad Groups Seek To Overturn Utah E-Mail Law that Protects Kids

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TBN's Acquisition Of 'Holy Land Experience' Theme Park Seeks To Change More Lives

June 9, 2007 ORLANDO -- Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), the world's largest religious broadcaster and America's most-watched faith channel, hopes to change more lives through its addition of the "Holy Land Experience" theme park in Orlando, Fl., to the TBN family. Through the acquisition, TBN will bring an integration of the powerful living recreation of ancient Jerusalem with a cutting edge facility that will be used for television production, dramas, musical concerts, special events and movies.

"This marriage will bring an unprecedented synergy to both ministries and the production that is done there will be seen by a worldwide audience. TBN's involvement made sense, because both ministries are about changing and effecting people's lives. We've been doing that for 34 years," said Paul Crouch, Jr., TBN Vice President of Administration. "We believe this opportunity was heaven sent because it bought TBN an Orlando-based facility to fulfill it's local programming obligations for WGTL CH-52 and it will provide "The Holy Land Experience" with much needed promotion to bring more people to the theme park and Orlando as a whole."

The Holy Land Experience could well be considered Orlando's most inspiring destination as visitors experience a full day of discovery that takes them 2,000 years back in time to the world of the Bible. It brings to life ancient Israel as a unique, thriving world filled with fascinating exhibits and venues. Visitors learn about the Wilderness Tabernacle and the Great Temple; discover the amazing history of the Bible; explore the city of Jerusalem in miniature; see re-enactments of Jesus' ministry, His life, death, and resurrection; and feel the power and passion of our original musical productions.

WGTL TV, Channel 52, has a reach of over four million viewers in the Orlando and Cocoa Beach metropolitan areas with TBN's wide range of innovative faith-based programming. In October of 2006, TBN celebrated the inaugural broadcast of WGTL Ch-52 in Orlando with a dedicatory service attended by TBN founders Paul and Jan Crouch, Pastor Benny Hinn, Singer and Preacher Judy Jacobs hosted by Pastor George Cope and Calvary Assembly in Winter Park, Fl.

The combination of the production facilities and the Holy Land Experience offers Orlando visitors a powerful and unique faith based experience that can be promoted worldwide through the TBN network. The promotional capability can drive visitors to the complex.

"Some of the staff was asking what is going to be the immediate effect here at the park and my answer was 'I'm planning on you having more people coming through the turnstiles this summer,'" said Crouch. "Universal Studios does the same thing. We want the 'Holy Land Experience' to be a faith-based version of that."

About TBN
TBN is the world's largest religious network and America's most watched faith network. Each day TBN offers 24 hours of commercial-free inspirational programming that appeals to people in a wide variety of denominations. Beginning in 1973 as a single UHF station in southern California, TBN now reaches every major continent via 65 satellites and more than 12,500 television and cable affiliates worldwide. In the United States, TBN is available to 92 percent of the total households. Its website receives more than 27 million visitors monthly. For more information on TBN, visit www.tbn.org

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Ad Groups Seek To Overturn Utah E-Mail Law that Protects Kids

2006-01-30 -- WDC Media News -- News Source: Media Post Publications Ad Groups Seek To Overturn Utah E-Mail Law by Wendy Davis, Mediapost.com - Westport,CT,USA A GROUP OF SIX LEADING advertising associations and civil rights watchdogs are attempting to participate in a lawsuit challenging Utah’s "Do Not E-mail" registry. The six organizations--the American Advertising Federation, American Association of Advertising Agencies, Association of National Advertisers, Inc., Email Service Provider Coalition, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Center for Democracy & Technology--earlier this month filed an application asking for permission to file a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that the law is invalid. "The ultimate outcome of this case," states the group’s court papers, is important "to all parties with a vested interest in free and unfettered availability of email as a communications channel." The group hopes to particpate in a lawsuit filed in November by The Free Speech Coalition, a trade organization representing members of the adult entertainment industry. The suit seeks to invalidate a Utah law--the Child Protection Registry Act--that prohibits e-mail marketers from sending promotions for certain material to e-mail boxes that can be accessed by children under 18. The law, which went into effect last summer, establishes a "do not e-mail" registry of children’s e-mail addresses, compiled from information submitted by parents. The Child Protection Registry Act bans marketers from sending e-mail promotions for material considered harmful or illegal for minors--including pornography, alcohol, cigarettes, or gambling--to any e-mail addresses on that registry. Utah contracted with the company Unspam, which has offices in Lansing, Mich. and Park City, Utah, to maintain the registry. Unspam also will scrub e-mail lists submitted by marketers against its registry, for which marketers must pay a fee of $.0005 per e-mail address. Unspam keeps 80 percent of the fee, according to the Free Speech Coalition’s complaint. The law’s defenders say it will prevent purveyors of pornography, alcohol, and cigarettes, among other material, from marketing to children. The groups challenging the law argue that it impedes interstate commerce, violates free speech laws, and is too vague about which types of e-mails are banned. For instance, the opponents argue, the law potentially encompasses e-mail ads for an event that’s open to children but sponsored by a marketer such as a liquor company. The law’s opponents also maintain that creating a "Do Not E-Mail" registry potentially harms minors by generating a database of children’s e-mail addresses. Should that directory fall into the wrong hands, it could be used to target children, rather than protect them. For e-mail marketers, the stakes are high. In court papers seeking permission to participate in the case, the organizations state they "are concerned the registry already is having an adverse impact on their members." The document refers to a Dec. 7 news release by Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, which states that more than 200 e-mail senders have registered to comply with the law. Dan Jaffe, executive vice president of the Association of National Advertisers, said in a statement that the law raises "serious concerns about privacy, online safety and inter-state communication." "Not only are we concerned that the legislation will do little to protect children from harmful images and messages, we fear it could actually worsen the problem, and in the process badly tangle the rules governing Internet communication," he stated. Matthew Prince, CEO of Unspam, said he was "surprised" by the attempt of groups representing mainstream marketers to get involved in the case. "I’m surprised that organizations like the Association of National Advertisers--whose boards are made up of companies like Wal-Mart and LeapFrog, and who have been at the forefront of protecting the rights of individuals and parents to choose what material comes into their homes--would support a lawsuit by the pornography industry, arguing that they have the right to send whatever and whenever they want, and to whomever they want."

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