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Effective Date 5/26 for TV Stations to Video Describe Emergency Information on SAP Channel (NAB Petition to Extend Deadline Remains Pending) May 6, 2015

As we have previously advised, new rules are scheduled to go into effect on May 26, 2015, for television stations that air emergency information crawls and other graphics during non-news...

FCC Seeks Comment on NAB’s Request to Delay New Rule Requiring Video Description of Emergency Information Crawls and Graphics April 7, 2015

As we have previously advised, new rules are scheduled to go into effect on May 26, 2015, for television stations that air emergency information crawls and other graphics during non-news...

FCC Announces Several Date Changes: Spectrum Auction Comment Deadlines and Webinars; Closed Captioning Rules January 9, 2015

Spectrum Auction Comment Deadlines Extended In our Legal Memorandum dated December 29, 2014, we provided the deadlines for filing comments and reply comments in response to the recently-adopted Public Notice...

Countdown to May 26, 2015, Effective Date of Rule Requiring Television Stations to Video Describe Emergency Information on SAP Channel December 22, 2014

As of May 26, 2015, the FCC’s new rules requiring video description (also sometimes referred to as “audio description”) of emergency information provided visually during non-newscast programming will become effective for...

Partial Change on Jan. 15 Compliance Deadline for Closed Captioning Rules: Quality Standards Delayed Until March 16; Certain Recordkeeping Requirements Still Into Effect Jan. 15 December 19, 2014

On December 17, 2014, the NAB circulated an email memorandum advising stations that the new closed captioning quality standards that were set to go into effect on January 15, 2015,...

Three Month Countdown to January 15, 2015, Compliance Deadline for Certain Closed Captioning Rules October 17, 2014

Early in 2014, the FCC released an Order adopting significant new closed captioning rules. Following the FCC’s subsequent release of a related Public Notice in April, we distributed a detailed...

REMINDER: Deadline for Compliance with Enhanced ENT Closed Captioning Requirements June 30; Online Political File Implementation Deadline July 1 June 25, 2014

This is a final reminder that next week is a significant week for many television stations, as two important compliance deadlines arrive. First, as of Monday, June 30, the FCC’s...

New Closed Captioning Rules Will Impact TV Newsroom Practices and Engineering Departments April 17, 2014

The Commission recently released a Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Order”) regarding closed captioning of television programming. The importance of the new rules...

Commission Seeks Comment on Captioning for Television Video Clips Delivered Over the Internet January 9, 2014

The Commission’s Media Bureau has solicited input from broadcasters on the closed captioning of video clips delivered by Internet Protocol (“IP”), including the extent to which the industry has voluntarily...