FCC Plans Virtual Forum on Audio Description for Online Video March 28

The FCC’s Media and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureaus will co-host a virtual forum on audio description for online video March 28, at 1 p.m. EDT, said a public notice in docket 21-140. “Consumers currently watch a large volume of video programming online, but the availability of audio description online is inconsistent,” said the PN. The event will include an introduction from Media Bureau Chief Holly Saurer, and executives from Apple, Paramount, NBCUniversal and PBS Kids, plus American Council of the Blind representatives. The forum will focus on the availability of audio description for online video and ways to enhance accessibility, the PN said. The agency had a similar forum on online captioning in December (see 2112020075).