The FCC should consider “advance” programming, clip caption...
The FCC should consider “advance” programming, clip caption quality and other matters on requiring closed captioning for IP-delivered video clips, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and other representatives of the deaf and blind communities said in an…
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ex parte filing in docket 11-154 (http://bit.ly/1sSi542). The FCC should cover “advance” or “archival” clips under its rules, “rather than postponing doing so until later in this proceeding,” it said. The groups also urged the FCC to reject a proposal by Association of Public Television Stations and the Public Broadcasting Service to limit the coverage of video clips to only those clips that aren’t available in captioned full-length format. It shouldn’t be incumbent on viewers “who are deaf and hard of hearing seeking to view a clip to scour the Internet for the corresponding full-length program,” said the filing. It was on a series of meetings with staff from all the FCC commissioners’ offices, and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.