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| 2015-16324 | Accessible Emergency Information, and Apparatus Requirements for Emergency Information and Video Description | Rule | In this document, the Commission adopts additional rules under the authority of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) to make emergency information in video programming accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired. First, the document requires multichannel video programming distributors to pass through a secondary audio stream containing audible emergency information when they permit consumers to access linear programming on second screen devices, such as tablets, smartphones, laptops, and similar devices. Second, the document requires manufacturers of apparatus that receive or play back video programming to provide a mechanism that is simple and easy to use for activating the secondary audio stream to access audible emergency information. | 2015-07-10 | 2015 | 7 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/07/10/2015-16324/accessible-emergency-information-and-apparatus-requirements-for-emergency-information-and-video | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-07-10/pdf/2015-16324.pdf | Federal Communications Commission | 161 | In this document, the Commission adopts additional rules under the authority of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) to make emergency information in video programming accessible to individuals who are... |