If the FCC limits the built-in functions manufacturers...
If the FCC limits the built-in functions manufacturers are required to make accessible under proposed new rules for user interfaces, CEA would support a commission proposal to apply accessibility rules for programming guides only to equipment provided by multichannel video…
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programming distributors, CEA said in an ex parte letter. Both proposed accessibility rules are part of the FCC Media Bureau’s rulemaking on implementing sections 204 and 205 of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. The American Foundation for the Blind and the American Council of the Blind -- previously at odds with CEA (CD Aug 9 p3) -- have expressed support for CEA’s proposed tradeoff. The interpretations of the rules suggested by the groups are “entirely consistent” with previous FCC treatment of MVPDs and set-top boxes, CEA said. The trade association said it “urges the commission” to resolve the issues around the scope of sections 204 and 205 (http://bit.ly/156u90M).