No Need for FCC Action on Kidvid Accessibility, Says NAB
The 2019 changes to kidvid rules “have had little to no impact on the availability of children’s programming that is accessible to children with disabilities,” said NAB in comments posted Friday in docket 18-202. As of Friday afternoon, NAB was…
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the sole commenter responding to the Media Bureau’s call for feedback (see 2109070035). The rule changes allowed broadcasters to satisfy part of their kidvid obligations with multicast streams and short-form content. As part of that proceeding the Media Bureau was directed to seek comment after two years on possible effects on accessible programming. “Most, if not all, children’s programming aired on multicast streams also is closed captioned,” the filing said. “The programming aired on primary streams is closed captioned and audio described to the same extent it was before the 2019 revisions,” NAB said. “Accordingly, there is no need for further Commission action at this time,” NAB said.