This is not a test – a US media regulator is proposing millions in fines against three media companies that aired a movie trailer that included tones from America’s emergency alert service.
The Federal Communications Commission on Monday (local time) proposed a total of US$1.9 million (NZ$2.3 million) in fines against NBCUniversal, Viacom and ESPN for airing the trailer for last year’s summer popcorn flick Olympus Has Fallen, which depicts a terrorist attack on the White House.
The 30-second commercial included tones from the Emergency Alert Service – most commonly used to warn Americans about extreme weather – as well as the words, “THIS IS NOT A TEST” and “THIS IS NOT A DRILL”.
