Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorViacomCBS-owned Pluto TV will pay $3.5 million to settle an FCC investigation that found the free, ad-supported video streaming service violated the commission’s accessibility rules.According to the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, in addition to paying the civil penalty, Pluto TV 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 the agency’s rules.Reps for Pluto TV did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The FCC said the action against Pluto TV reflects the first consent decree — and first enforcement action — related to closed-captioning rules applied to internet-based services since.
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