NAB Wants Delayed Implementation for Expanded Video Description Rules
Delay implementation of proposed expanded audio description of video requirements to Oct. 1, 2021, because of COVID-19, said NAB in a call last week with staff from the FCC Media and Consumer and Governmental Affairs bureaus, according to an ex…
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parte filing posted Tuesday in docket 11-43. “The COVID-19 national emergency is causing substantial economic harm to the broadcasting industry, and the requested delay would provide affected stations more time to pivot onto firmer financial ground once the emergency hopefully subsides,” NAB said. The extra time could help stations “to better accommodate the costs of audio description in their annual budgets,” the filing said.