Fox Broadcasting and Viacom have asked the federal court that ordered tobacco companies to buy advertising about the dangers of smoking to add them to the list of authorised media outlets, the Associated Press reported.

Viacom and Fox argued that limiting the corrective statement broadcasts to ABC, CBS and NBC would fail to reach audiences that do not watch the three traditional networks, the AP said. The US District Court in Washington DC initially mandated the advertising in 2006 as part of a ruling that found major US tobacco companies misled the public on the dangers of smoking.
The advertising is supposed to be broadcast, published in newspapers and on websites and printed on cigarette packs. Tobacco companies and the federal government recently agreed on how to publish the statements, an agreement that awaits court approval.