Audio Description
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CBS To Offer Audio Description For The Blind of "The 75th Annual Tony Awards"
By George Winslow published
It is the first time an audio description will be provided for the live broadcast of the Tony Awards
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Audio, Visually Impaired Pitch FCC on Expanding Audio Description to Streaming
By Michael Balderston published
Streamers are not currently mandated to provide audio description
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Cable News Networks, ESPN Get FCC Audio Description Exemption
By Michael Balderston published
Exemption based on having less than 50 hours of non-live of prime time programming
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Fox News, MSNBC Seek Audio Description Rule Exemption
By Michael Balderston published
Networks argue they fall under exemption given to predominantly live or near-live programming
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NAB to FCC: Audible Accessibility Waiver Still Needed
By John Eggerton published
Says five years in there is still no practical technological fix
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FCC Expands Audio Descriptions for Broadcast TV
By John Eggerton published
Unanimous decision was unopposed by industry
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FCC Puts White Spaces, Audio Descriptions on October Meeting Agenda
By Michael Balderston published
Votes planned on devices operating in TV white space and expansion of audio description rules
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