Federal Communications Commission	DA 26-XXX


DA 26-490
Released:  May 18, 2026

MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DEADLINES FOR AUDIBLE CRAWL RULE FNPRM

MB Docket No. 12-107

Comment Deadline:  June 15, 2026
Reply Comment Deadline:  June 29, 2026

On April 30, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Matter of Accessible Emergency Information, and Apparatus Requirements for Emergency Information and Video Description: Implementation of the Twenty-First Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (Third FNPRM). MB Docket No. 12-107, Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 26-31 (rel. May 1, 2026).
  In the Third FNPRM, the Commission proposes to amend the Audible Crawl Rule 47 CFR § 79.2(b)(2)(ii).
 to specify that compliance with the rule is met if a video programming distributor or provider provides textual crawls that convey emergency information duplicative of or equivalent to the information conveyed by the visual image, if those textual crawls are conveyed aurally.  The Commission set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 45 days, respectively, after publication of the Third FNPRM in the Federal Register. See Third FNPRM at 1.


By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau announces that the Third FNPRM was published in the Federal Register on May 15, 2026. See Federal Communications Commission, Accessible Emergency Information, and Apparatus Requirements for Emergency Information and Video Description: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, 91 Fed. Reg. 27895 (May 15, 2026).
  Comments must be submitted no later than June 15, 2026.  Reply comments must be submitted no later than June 29, 2026.  Comments should follow the filing instructions provided in paragraph 22 of the Third FNPRM. Third FNPRM at para. 22.
  The Third FNPRM is available on the Commission’s website. See https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-26-31A1.docx (Word),
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-26-31A1.pdf (Acrobat).
 

For additional information on this proceeding, contact Diana Sokolow, Diana.Sokolow@fcc.gov, of the Policy Division, Media Bureau, 202-418-2120. 

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