Comments on CEA and Entertainment Software Association requests for FCC waivers,...
Comments on CEA and Entertainment Software Association requests for FCC waivers, across classes of products, of advanced communications services (ACS) disabilities rules are due June 14, replies June 25, in docket 10-213, commission public notices said. The CEA wants a…
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waiver for Web-enabled TVs and DVRs. The ESA wants one for videogames. Groups representing the deaf have said the petitions cover too broad an array of products and services (CD March 27 p4). “CEA’s petition states that although both types of equipment allow consumers to access and use ACS, they are designed primarily to display video content rather than to provide access to ACS, and therefore qualify for a waiver,” a notice said of IPTVs and Web-enabled DVRs. ESA says “ACS-type features, where they exist in game industry products and services are subordinate to, and typically used to enhance and support the primary purpose of game play rather than ACS, and therefore qualify for a waiver,” another notice said.