TDI Applauds FCC Report and Order on Internet Captioning Happy New Year! TDI is pleased to begin the year 2012 with a welcome announcement from the FCC. The FCC issued a Report and Order requiring that video programs previously shown…
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Founder of Rockville deaf services company gets nine years for fraud
Founder of Rockville deaf services company gets nine years for fraud Yeh and his brother also ordered to pay $20M each by Kevin James Shay, Staff Writer Note: You can watch John Yeh’s video statement at court on YouTube.com here.…
New Information on the Emergency Alert System “EAS”
NEW INFORMATION ON THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM “EAS” One important change has happened to the EAS Test that is different from what we sent out last week: The test will be less than30 seconds. Not THREE minutes. * Updated News:…
NAD eNews – Emergency Test on Nov. 9, Interpreting Survey, Deaf Truck Drivers
NAD E-Newsletter Tuesday, November 8, 2011 NAD Issues Notice About November 9th Television Emergency Alert System Test On November 9, at 2:00 pm EST, all televisions in the United States will show an Emergency Alert System (EAS) test. Two federal…
FCC Adopts Rules Requiring Certain VoIP Providers to Contribute to TRS Fund
FCC Adopts Rules Requiring Certain VoIP Providers to Contribute to TRS Fund On October 7, 2011, the FCC released new rules requiring interconnected and non-interconnected voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service providers to participate in and contribute to the Telecommunications…
FCC cracks down on religious broadcasters
FCC cracks down on religious broadcasters By BROOKS BOLIEK October31, 2011 If a church broadcasts the word of God on TV without closed captions, it risks incurring the wrath of the FCC. Some 300 small- to medium-sized churches can expect…