NCTA Objects to Proposed Video Description Expansion
Expanding the number of nonbroadcast networks covered by the video description rules would be “inconsistent” with the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), NCTA told staff from the FCC Media Bureau and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau…
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in a meeting Thursday, said an ex parte filing posted Tuesday in docket 11-43. NCTA also objected to a “no backsliding rule” for video description, which would require companies covered by the video description rules to continue providing the service even if their size or subscribership declines below the thresholds that trigger the rules. “The video description rules do not, and should not, apply to programming offered on a Video-On-Demand basis,” NCTA said. The FCC also shouldn't adopt new rules for accessing caption display settings, which NCTA said would be outside agency authority. “Any such action would risk negative consequences, and is unnecessary given that companies are already developing interfaces that provide easy access to accessibility settings in an intuitive manner,” NCTA said.