FCC Draft Would Require Emergency Video Descriptions in 2 Years, and on Many CE Devices

摘要

Some newer video products would need to be capable of passing on to users video descriptions fromnTV stations and multichannel video programming distributors' emergency on-screen crawls within two yearsnof a draft FCC order taking effect, agency officials said. They said the draft Media Bureau order would requirenmobile DTV products and DVR and Blu-ray players to be able to pass on audio narratives of warningsnoriginally rendered on the screens of TV station and MVPD programming viewers. The TV licensees wouldnbe responsible for converting what's in the crawls into secondary audio programming channels, and the SAPncontent would need to be available to users of the consumer electronics, agency officials said. CEA, NABnand members have sought exclusions or more time for mobile DTV equipment (CD Feb 14 p18).