American Community Television: California Punts on PEG Accessibility

The Office of Attorney General Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) said it will wait for the Federal Communications Commission to weigh in on whether digital cable public access (PEG) channels are insufficiently accessible to the blind and deaf community.

Harris’s office also said the FCC's ongoing implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 is reason to hold off on a decision. The American Community Television says that the blind and vision-impaired can't access the U-Verse channels through the on-screen menus and has complained about the issue before. AT&T countered when ACT first called for AG investigations that its programming can be "easily and quickly accessed, is high quality and offers many benefits."