FCC Announces Comment and Reply Deadlines for Video Description Expansion Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

On April 1, 2016, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in MB Docket No. 11-43 that seeks comment on both tentative conclusions and proposals regarding additional video description rules, including their costs and benefits. The Commission set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 60 days, respectively, after publication of the NPRM in the Federal Register. A summary of the NPRM was published in the Federal Register on May 27, 2016, which established deadlines of June 27, 2016 for comments and July 26, 2016 for reply comments. Commenters should follow the filing instructions provided in paragraph 45 of the NPRM. The NPRM is also available on the Commission’s website.