FCC Enforcement Actions
Database covers 2018 to present.
Pluto Inc. ViacomCBS Inc.
Consent Decree
Date:
2021-09-29
File/Case/Docket Number:
EB-TCD-20-00030606
Civil penalty and/or settlement amount:
$3,500,000
Category:
Closed Captioning/Video Description
FCC Bureau/Division involved:
Enforcement Bureau-Telecommunications Consumers Division
FCC Document Number:
DA-21-1183
View Delegated Authority Document
Rule/Law sections violated
- § 79.4 - Accessibility of Video Programming / Video Programming Owners, Providers, and Distributors / Closed captioning of video programming delivered using Internet protocol.
- § 79.103 - Accessibility of Video Programming / Apparatus / Closed caption decoder requirements for apparatus.
FCC Registration Number(s)
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