FCC Eases Captioning Paperwork Rules for Public, Educational, and Governmental Channels, Cable Networks
August 27, 2026
August 27, 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Federal Communications Commission has voted to lift registration and certification requirements for thousands of video programmers who supply content exclusively to public, educational, and governmental access channels or to nonbroadcast cable networks. The order, titled "Closed Captioning of Video Programming, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. Petition for Rulemaking; Delete, Delete, Delete" (CG Docket No. 05-231; GN Docket No. 25-133 . . .
