United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2011_register executive 2011-09-08 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7ff54c6 D09002ee1c7ff594b United States Federal Communications Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This Order reinstates the video description rules adopted by the Commission in 2000. "Video description," which is the insertion of audio narrated descriptions of a television program's key visual elements into natural pauses in the program's dialogue, makes video programming more accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired. The Order reinstates the requirement that large-market broadcast affiliates of the top four national networks, and multichannel video programming distributor systems ("MVPDs") with more than 50,000 subscribers, provide video description. It also reinstates the requirement that that all network-affiliated broadcasters (commercial or non-commercial) and all MVPDs pass through any video description provided with network programming they carry, to the extent that they are technically capable of doing so and when that technical capability is not being used for another purpose related to the programming. 76 FR 55585 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-09-08/2011-22878 2011-22878 fr08se11-16 6712-01-P MB Docket No. 11-43 FCC 11-126 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-09-08/2011-22878 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-09-08/html/2011-22878.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-09-08/pdf/2011-22878.pdf Civil Defense Communications Equipment Defense Communications Education Equal Employment Opportunity Foreign Relations Incorporation by Reference Mexico Political Candidates Radio Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Television Cable Television 22 p. 55585 55606 76 FR 55585 Title 47 Part 73 47 CFR Part 73 Title 47 Part 79 47 CFR Part 79 Video Description: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010; Federal Register Vol. 76, Issue RULE 2011-22878 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 2011-10-11 MB Docket No. 11-43 FCC 11-126 6712-01-P 2011-22878 Final rule.

This Order reinstates the video description rules adopted by the Commission in 2000. "Video description," which is the insertion of audio narrated descriptions of a television program's key visual elements into natural pauses in the program's dialogue, makes video programming more accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired. The Order reinstates the requirement that large-market broadcast affiliates of the top four national networks, and multichannel video programming distributor systems ("MVPDs") with more than 50,000 subscribers, provide video description. It also reinstates the requirement that that all network-affiliated broadcasters (commercial or non-commercial) and all MVPDs pass through any video description provided with network programming they carry, to the extent that they are technically capable of doing so and when that technical capability is not being used for another purpose related to the programming.

Effective date: October 11, 2011, except for 47 CFR 79.3(d) and (e), which contain information collection requirements that have not been approved by OMB. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of October 11, 2011. Lyle Elder, Lyle.Elder@fcc.gov of the Policy Division, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2120. Civil Defense Communications Equipment Defense Communications Education Equal Employment Opportunity Foreign Relations Incorporation by Reference Mexico Political Candidates Radio Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Television Cable Television Video Description: Implementation of Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 , fcc504@fcc.gov Lyle.Elder@fcc.gov http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-fds_name=EC0700A1&-geo_id=&-_skip=600&-ds_name=EC0751SSSZ5&-_lang=en http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=600&-ds_name=EC0751SSSZ5&-_lang=en http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-_skip=900&-ds_name=EC0751SSSZ4&-_lang=en http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-fds_name=EC0700A1&-_skip=700&-ds_name=EC0751SSSZ5&-_lang=en http://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/quarter/welcome.html http://www.atsc.org/standards.html http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517110.HTM#N517110 http://www.census.gov/naics/2007/def/ND517919.HTM http://www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IBQTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-fds_name=EC0700A1&-_skip=600&-ds_name=EC0751SSSZ5&-_lang=en http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/ http://www.fcc.gov/complaints http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0211/DOC-304594A1.pdf http://www.fcc.gov/mb/ovs/csovscer.html http://www.tvb.org/market_profiles/131627 Vol. 76, no. 174 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2011-09-08 continuing daily deposited born digital 235 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-09-08 P0b002ee180dfa760 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr08se11 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-09-08 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-09-08/pdf/FR-2011-09-08.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-09-08/xml/FR-2011-09-08.xml fdlp 55553 55777 DGPO 2011-09-08 2024-06-04 FR-2011-09-08 machine generated eng FR FR-2011-09-08 76 174