§79.106. Audio description and emergency information accessibility requirements for recording devices.
47 C.F.R. § 79.106
Effective May 26, 2015, all apparatus that is designed to record video programming transmitted simultaneously with sound that is provided by entities subject to §§ 79.2 and 79.3 and is manufactured in the United States or imported for use in the United States, must comply with the provisions of this section except that apparatus must only do so if it is achievable as defined in § 79.105(b)(3).
All apparatus subject to this section must enable the presentation or the pass through of the secondary audio stream, which will facilitate the provision of audio description signals and emergency information (as that term is defined in § 79.2) such that viewers are able to activate and de-activate the audio description as the video programming is played back on a picture screen of any size.
All apparatus subject to this section must comply with the interconnection mechanism requirements in § 79.105(c).
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[78 FR 31798, May 24, 2013, as amended at 85 FR 76486, Nov. 30, 2020]
Source
Source: 78 FR 77251, Dec. 20, 2013, unless otherwise noted.
Authority
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152(a), 154(i), 303, 307, 309, 310, 330, 544a, 613, 617.
Source
Source: 62 FR 48493, Sept. 16, 1997, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[78 FR 31798, May 24, 2013, as amended at 85 FR 76486, Nov. 30, 2020]