FCC Settles Accessibility Rules Violation With Pluto, ViacomCBS

The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau settled an investigation with Pluto Inc. and its parent company, ViacomCBS Inc., regarding violations of FCC accessibility rules, according to a statement from the Commission.

Key Excerpts

• In addition to paying a $3.5 million civil penalty, Pluto Inc. agreed to enter into a compliance plan to ensure that non-exempt video programming that Pluto streams over the internet includes closed captioning in compliance with Commission rules
• The Enforcement Bureau’s investigation confirmed that Pluto failed to comply with the IP closed captioning rules when distributing video programming on numerous platforms used to disseminate Pluto TV

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