Minus Waivers, Accessibility Requirement Would End Some Cable Operators, ACA Says
Media Bureau waivers of FCC rules requiring accessibility of user interfaces on navigation devices for some small and mid-sized MVPDs is "very welcome" since those systems would have racked up $100,000-plus to comply, the American Cable Association said Monday. Those…
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expenses could have forced operators out of business, driving up customers' monthly bills in others, ACA said. The bureau's Friday waiver order said the limited circumstances waivers will provide relief to small cable systems that can't do the network upgrades, and the limited nature of the waivers -- covering only cable systems subject to the Dec. 20 deferred compliance deadline -- also justifies the waivers. In a public notice Monday, the bureau reminded entities not covered by the waver that the two-year deferred compliance deadline is Dec. 20.