U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., turned down request for stay on impleme...
U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., turned down request for stay on implementation of video description rules. Request was made by MPAA, NAB, NCTA. Court denied request March 29, but still pending is groups’ petition seeking to overturn rules. Oral argument…
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in that case is set for Sept. 6, and decision is expected in late 2002 or early 2003. Because motion for stay was turned down, FCC’s rules went into effect Mon. Rules require major broadcast and cable networks to add video descriptions to 50 hours of prime-time or children’s programming per quarter. In video description, narrator describes action and environmental aspects of program during pauses in dialog, and those descriptions are broadcast over Secondary Audio Programming channel. American Council of the Blind is major supporter of rules. FCC also turned down MPAA, NAB and NCTA request for postponement, saying it wasn’t in public interest to delay. Industry groups argued that rules impinged on First Amendment and would cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars to comply.