Video Description: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010
accessibility · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2020-11-30 · Effective 2020-12-30 · 85 FR 76480
Document
Document number
2020-24897
Federal Register citation
85 FR 76480
CFR reference
47 CFR 79
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
accessibility
Publication date
2020-11-30
Effective date
2020-12-30
FCC docket
MB Docket No. 11-43
Abstract
In this document, the Commission expands its video description requirements by phasing them in for an additional 10 designated market areas (DMAs) each year for the next four years. This action is based on a finding that the costs of expanding the video description regulations to DMAs 61 through 100 are reasonable for program owners, providers, and distributors. In addition, the Commission modernizes the terminology in its rules to use the more common and widely understood term "audio description" rather than "video description." Finally, the Commission adopts its proposal to delete from the rules outdated references to compliance deadlines that have passed.