COMMENTARY: Are the 9(1)(h) mandatory carriage, fees days over? What do you think? Let us know!

WHAT TURNED INTO A banal little experiment happened when I tuned into AMItv last month while guide-surfing. The Bourne Identity caught my eye and I stopped there to give it another look. At first, I didn’t realize I was on Accessible Media’s must-carry TV channel and was momentarily puzzled by the on-air commentary telling me what the characters were doing. After I clued in, I did something I’m sure many others must have also tried. I closed my eyes. In very short order, I realized that without the described video commentary, anyone without sight would be completely baffled by what...