The FCC shouldn’t apply emergency video description rules...

The FCC shouldn’t apply emergency video description rules to devices that deliver video over IP, said CEA in an ex parte filing Thursday (https://bitly.com/). The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act limits the application of those rules to video from broadcast or multichannel video programming distributor sources, CEA said. If the commission does apply the emergency video description rules to IP video devices, manufacturers should get at least a two-year “phase-in” period to follow the rules, longer if a new technical standard is required, CEA said. CEA also urged the commission not to impose specific customer service requirements for companies with devices covered by the emergency video description rules. The FCC should give companies “the opportunity to integrate customer support services for emergency information and video description into their other customer care operations,” it said. As covered entities implement the new rules, they “will be able to assist customers who are blind or visually impaired with navigating between the main and secondary audio streams,” CEA said.