FCC Issues Order on Emergency Video Description

摘要

The FCC issued an order Tuesday mandating video description of emergency video crawls butnleaving open the question of waivers for small cable systems and with requirements for small media players,nand tablets and smart phones to be addressed in a further notice of rulemaking (http://bit.ly/17pi9uK).n“I look forward to reviewing the record that will be compiled on this difficult issue over the next fewnmonths,” FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai said in a statement on the order. It appeared late Tuesday afternoon,nleaving most industry observers still examining it at deadline. Commissioner Robert McDowell,nwho is leaving the FCC, did not vote.