New date for comments to FCC re Accessible Emergency Info & Video

[Lisa Rose]

FYI - For those of you working on stuff where the display of emergency info is
relevant, here's your opportunity to comment on FCC's plans re standards and
regulation. Have at it, folks. They really need to hear from especially you
(ok, my opinion there...)

~ Lisa

Comment Deadline: December 18, 2012
Reply Comment Deadline: December 28, 2012
This is to notify you that the above deadlines have been set for you to file

comments in response to the FCCs Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to
implement provisions of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video
Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) related to access to emergency information by
people who are blind or visually impaired and video description. This NPRM
was first released to the public on November 19, 2012.

The FCC asks for public comment on its proposal to make televised emergency

information that is conveyed visually (such as through an on-screen text
crawl) more accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired by
requiring the use of a secondary audio stream to provide that emergency
information aurally. Comment is also sought on the FCCs proposal to limit
the scope of the new rules to television broadcast services and multichannel
video programming distributor (MVPD) services, and not to Internet-delivered
video programming.

The FCC also asks for public comment on how to ensure that television

apparatus are able to make video description available and emergency
information accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired. In
addition, the FCC seeks comment on its proposal to limit the scope of the new
rules to apparatus designed to receive, play back, or record television
broadcast or MVPD services.

On November 28, 2012, the Media Bureau released a Public Notice announcing

the comment deadlines of December 18th for initial comments and December 28th
for replies. Comment filing instructions are provided in the NPRM.

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-142A1.doc
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-142A1.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-142A1.txt
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-1908A1.doc
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-1908A1.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-1908A1.txt

Mullarkey, ***@fcc.gov, of the Media Bureau, Policy Division,
[phone].
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