Disney Seeks ESPN Exemption From Video Description List

Disney wants its ESPN excluded from the list of top five national nonbroadcast networks subject to FCC video description rules. In a docket 11-43 filing posted Tuesday, Disney said the video description rules adopted in 2011 expressly excluded ESPN since it didn't provide at least 50 hours of prime-time programming per quarter that isn't live or near live, and that programming issue still holds true. ESPN said its own review of its prime-time programming for the past six quarters showed it aired 21-42 hours of nonexempt programming.