NAB, NCTA and MPAA failed to prove it would serve public interest...
NAB, NCTA and MPAA failed to prove it would serve public interest to delay effective date for video description rules, which take effect April 1, FCC said in order released Tues. Industries had said rules should be stayed pending…
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U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., review. Commission said industries didn’t show they would be irreparably harmed if stay weren’t granted, although they had said it would cost millions of dollars to comply. In opposition, National TV Video Access Coalition (NTVAC) had argued that TV and cable already had made most of investments necessary to provide description, which benefits visually impaired. Parties also had argued visually impaired wouldn’t be harmed by delay because not all of them supported rules, and many of those who did weren’t ready to receive description in form of secondary audio program. FCC also said parties provided essentially no arguments that stay would benefit public interest, other than to restate their claim that they were likely to win in court.