Not the Same as it Ever Was Part I
February 09, 2009
The group was formed in 1998 with one main goal in mind: to ensure greater opportunities for family-friendly programming on network TV. That mission worked well for the first decade. But in a world in which digital content is so versatile, the Alliance is broadening its focus to include all media, including nontraditional venues such as the Internet, video games and mobile phones.

Not the Same as it Ever Was Part II
February 09, 2009
This year, an additional twist to this effort is to be more active in the social causes that families care about most and work with programmers to examine these issues. The Alliance will seek out and partner with pro-family, cause-related, nonprofit organizations. This direction, according to Schering-Plough's Meringolo, "could help us take existing content and turn it into a tool to educate people and initiate a dialogue on a number of issues impacting our society," including obesity, safe teen driving, bullying, etc.

A Hallmark of Family Programming
February 09, 2009
Few TV entities have had as big an impact on the face of family-friendly programming as Hallmark Channel. And the cable network, along with its sister channel, Hallmark Movie Channel, are not expected to disappoint this year, either.

Wii Are Family
February 09, 2009
If you watched the ANA Alliance for Family Entertainment's award show on The CW last December 12 and didn't get the idea that the group was broadening its mission beyond just network TV, you might want to get yourself a double espresso. Stat! Because one of the big winners that night was not an entertainer in the traditional sense of the word nor was it a TV show. Heck, one of the big winners wasn't even alive.

ANA Group Heads into its Second Decade
February 09, 2009
In 1998, a group of seven advertisers came together and did something that was, at the time, quite revolutionary: They told the big broadcast networks that they wanted to see more programming options that featured family-friendly, multigenerational TV. But they didn't just ask. They created the Family Friendly Programming Forum, which collectively promoted and helped developed the kind of TV series that the whole family could enjoy together.