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Fox News, ESPN, MSNBC Bypass Audio Description Rules: Media Bureau

Fox News, ESPN and MSNBC are exempt from FCC audio description rules governing the top-five national nonbroadcast networks, the FCC Media Bureau said in an order in Thursday's Daily Digest. The three provide less than 50 hours per quarter of…

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prime-time programming that isn't live or near-live, the bureau said. Effective July 1, the top-five national nonbroadcast networks subject to the audio description requirements will be: HGTV, Hallmark, TLC, TNT and TBS, it added.