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If the FCC requires video clips transmitted over the Internet to be closed captioned, it should allow a grace period of several hours for excerpts from live or near-live shows, representatives of various CBS entities told FCC staffers according to…

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an ex parte filing (http://bit.ly/1wmDqll). Without the grace period, CBS would have to wait until such clips are captioned, creating an opening for a third party’s uncaptioned clip of the same event to go viral, CBS said. Not allowing the grace period could discourage programmers from posting clips that would otherwise be made available, CBS said. The networks also requested an exemption for advance promotional clips, the ex parte filing said.