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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