Video Description

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Federal Communications Commission 47 CFR Part 79 [MM Docket No. 99-339; FCC 01-7] AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule; petition for reconsideration. SUMMARY: This document concerns rules and policies designed to make television programming more accessible to the many Americans who have visual disabilities by bringing video description to the commercial video marketplace. The intended effect of this action is to clarify and resolve issues raised in petitions for reconsideration pertaining to the application of the Commission's video description rules. DATES: Effective April 1, 2002. ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington DC 20554. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cyndi Thomas or Eric Bash, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau, at (202) 418-2120. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration (“ MO&O ”) in MM Docket No. 99-339, FCC 01-7, adopted on January 4, 2001, and released on January 18, 2001. The full text of this decision is available for inspection and copying during regular business hours in the FCC Reference Center, 445 Twelfth Street, SW, Room CY-A257, Washington DC, and also may be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Service, (202) 857-3800, 445 Twelfth Street, SW, Room CY-B402, Washington DC. The complete text is also available under the file name fcc01007.doc on the Commission's I…