Modified programmer compliance certifications, complaint procedures, to take effect September 22, 2016 For nearly two decades the FCC has been working to insure that television programming is appropriately accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing through closed captioning technology. In 2014 it finally got around to developing quality control standards which it applied not … Continue Reading
New captioning rules set to take effect early next year do not directly reach many, if not most, "video programmers". The FCC is considering ways to address that circumstance.… Continue Reading
For the last year or so, the law has required a sizable chunk of U.S. video programming displayed on the Internet to be closed captioned. The FCC is now thinking about expanding that requirement.… Continue Reading
Apparently lots of video programming distributors have ignored the March 22 deadline for providing hte FCC contact information in connection with the closed captioning complaint process -- so the Commission has thoughtfully sent out a reminder.… Continue Reading
Heads up! The deadline for uploading contact information for closed captioning complaints and complainants is March 22 -- and the obligation to provide such contact information applies even to VPDs who are otherwise exempt from closed captioning requirements.… Continue Reading
Long in coming, the closed captioning complaint process has finally emerged. Contact information is due to be posted, and filed by the FCC, by March 22, 2010.… Continue Reading
The FCC's re-vamped process governing complaints relating to closed captioning -- first announced in November, 2008 but still not in effect -- inched closer to implementation recently, but only after one component of the process was sent back to the drawing boards.… Continue Reading
