01-6819. Video Description

AGENCY:

Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:

Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY:

This document is a correction to the final rule portion regarding Video Description of Video Programming published in the Federal Register of February 1, 2001. This document corrects that rule.

DATES:

Effective April 1, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cyndi Thomas or Eric Bash, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau, at [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This contains a correction to the Commission's Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration (“MO&O”), MM Docket No. 99-339, FCC 01-7; 66 FR 8521 (February 1, 2001). This document corrects the Federal Register as it appeared in rule FR Doc. 01-2754. The Commission is correcting § 79.3(c)(2) of its rules.

Correction

§ 79.3

[Corrected]

In § 79.3, on page 8529, in the second column, paragraph (c)(2) is corrected to read as follows:

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(2) In order to meet its fifty-hour quarterly requirement, a broadcaster or MVPD may count each program it airs with video description no more than a total of two times on each channel on which it airs the program. A broadcaster or MVPD may count the second airing in the same or any one subsequent quarter.

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Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.