The department has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) which outlines several proposals that it is considering. Among these is a regulation containing a sliding compliance scale whereby the percentage of captioned and audio described screenings in cinemas rises from 10% in the first year of implementation to 50% in the fifth year.
Other issues canvassed in the ANPRM include the appropriate means for calculating percentages of captioned and audio described movies; when captioning and AD should commence (e.g. on the first day of a movie’s release); the progress American cinemas are making in moving to digital technologies; and the technologies currently available for delivering captions and AD in cinemas.
The full text of the ANPRM can be found on the Department of Justice website.
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