WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Federal Communications Commission has issued a proposed rule called: Accessible Emergency Information, and Apparatus Requirements for Emergency Information and Video Description: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on May 15 by Aleta Bowers, Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.
Summary: In this document, the Commission proposes to revise the Audible Crawl Rule, which requires video programming providers and distributors to make non-textual visual emergency information provided during non-newscast programming accessible via a secondary audio stream. The revised rule would provide tha...