NAB attorneys met with FCC Media Bureau and Consumer and...
NAB attorneys met with FCC Media Bureau and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau staff to push for “flexibility” in delivering accessible emergency alerts to viewers, an ex parte notice shows (http://xrl.us/boax5m). The rules involve providing audio alerts to make on-screen…
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emergency messages more accessible to people who can’t see them. They also asked the officials to delete school closings, changes in school bus schedules and non-imminent weather condition alerts from certain accessibility requirements. “These types of information, which are not of immediate urgency, should not be required to be transmitted aurally on the second audio stream, although broadcasters certainly should continue to have the flexibility and discretion to transmit them aurally if appropriate,” the notice said.