FCC Should Wait for Closed Caption Menu Rules, Says EchoStar
FCC-proposed requirements for “top level menu access of closed caption display controls” are “premature,” EchoStar said in a letter posted in docket 12-108 Monday. “Rather than adopting additional regulations, the Commission should encourage innovative accessibility features and designs for set…
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top boxes and digital apparatus that are in-process." The FCC should “reconsider the need for any additional rules after all stakeholders have had a chance to assess the results of these new features,” EchoStar said. It also said the FCC should “provide maximum flexibility in developing usable, compliant solutions, and reject 'single step' solution mandates that are not warranted.” AT&T and NCTA Monday also expressed concerns on a draft set-top box order now on circulation (see 1609190048).