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FCC Acts to Expand Audio Description Requirements to All DMAs Over Next Twelve Years November 1, 2023

On October 17, 2023, the FCC unanimously adopted a Second and Report Order (the “Order”) to continue expanding the FCC’s audio description requirements at a rate of 10 DMAs per...

Media Bureau Extends Audible Crawl Waiver to November 26, 2024 May 30, 2023

In the nick of time, the FCC released a Memorandum Opinion and Order (the “Order”) granting an 18-month extension to the existing waiver of the component of the so-called “audible...

FCC Seeks Comment on Ongoing Waiver of Requirement to Aurally Describe Non-Textual Emergency Information in Non-Newscast Programming April 27, 2023

By recent Public Notice, the FCC is soliciting comment on an NAB Petition (the “Petition”) seeking a further extension of an existing waiver to one aspect of the so-called “audible...