On July 18, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") adopted a Report and Order ("R&O") imposing new rules on manufacturers and multichannel video programming distributors ("MVPDs") requiring them...more
On September 29, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Enforcement Bureau released an Order adopting a Consent Decree to resolve an investigation into Pluto, Inc., and its parent company, ViacomCBS Inc., over...more
UPDATE: The FCC released its Second Report and Order on February 19, 2016. The advisory below has been updated to reflect the details of the order. At its Open Meeting on February 18, 2016, the Federal Communications...more
At its February 2014 Open Meeting today, the FCC approved new regulations governing the quality of closed captions that must appear in television programming. As noted in our earlier advisory, the long-awaited rules stem from...more
The next phase of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requirements implementing the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) is set to kick in for closed-captioning video programming delivered via...more
On April 9, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established requirements for the video description of emergency announcements presented on-screen during TV programs, so that the blind and visually impaired can...more