top 60 TV Markets Getting Audio Description in July; See if Yours is on the List J.J. Meddaugh yesterday 6:31 PM ET July 1 is a big day when it comes to video description on television, as stations in 35 additional markets will now be required to carry described programs. NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX stations in the top 60 television markets are required by law to carry at least 50 hours of described programming each quarter, or roughly 4 hours per week. In addition, the top five cable television networks are also bound by this requirement, meaning most cable systems, regardless of location, are also required to carry described programs. An FCC order released today outlines changes that will take effect in July, including the addition of the History Channel and the removal of Nickelodeon from the top five cable networks. This all means that in addition to new described programming, 35 additional television markets will now receive the described feed. We've included a list of the top 60 television markets as of 2014 below, so you can see if yours made the cut. Note: The top 25 are currently required to carry described programming: 1. New York 2. Los Angeles 3. Chicago 4. Philadelphia 5. Dallas-Ft. Worth 6. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose 7. Boston (Manchester) 8. Washington, DC (Hagerstown) 9. Atlanta 10. Houston 11. Phoenix (Prescott) 12. Detroit 13. Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota) 14. Seattle-Tacoma 15. Minneapolis-St. Paul 16. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale 17. Denver 18. Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne 19. Cleveland-Akron (Canton) 20. Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto 21. St. Louis 22. Pittsburgh 23. Portland, OR 24. Charlotte 25. Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) 26. Baltimore 27. Indianapolis 28. San Diego 29. Nashville 30. Hartford & New Haven 31. Kansas City 32. Columbus, OH 33. San Antonio 34. Salt Lake City 35. Milwaukee 36. Cincinnati 37. Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson 38. West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce 39. Austin 40. Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek 41. Las Vegas 42. Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News 43. Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa) 44. Oklahoma City 45. Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York 46. Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem 47. Albuquerque-Santa Fe 48. Jacksonville 49. Louisville 50. Memphis 51. New Orleans 52. Buffalo 53. Providence-New Bedford 54. Fresno-Visalia 55. Wilkes-Barre-Scranton-Hazelton 56. Little Rock-Pine Bluff 57. Richmond-Petersburg 58. Albany-Schenectady-Troy 59. Mobile-Pensacola (Ft Walton Beach) 60. Tulsa Source: http://www.blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=12496 -- Warm Regards Bhavya Reach me through the following means: Mobile: +91 7506221750 E-mail id: [email protected] Skype id : bhavya.09
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