{"id":19757,"date":"2012-08-26T21:11:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T02:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=19757"},"modified":"2012-08-26T22:10:16","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T03:10:16","slug":"web-tv-needs-to-have-captions-starting-next-month-the-fcc-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/08\/26\/web-tv-needs-to-have-captions-starting-next-month-the-fcc-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Web TV needs to have captions starting next month, the FCC rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Web TV needs to have captions starting next month, the FCC rules<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Janko Roettgers<\/p>\n

August 21, 2012<\/p>\n

Deaf and hard-of-hearing web video viewers have long pressed for a
\nfaster adoption of closed captioning, and it looks like the FCC got
\ntheir back: Content also shown on TV will have to have closed captions
\nwhen streamed online starting next month, the commission recently
\nruled.<\/p>\n

TV networks and web video sites will have to start providing closed
\ncaptions for any TV content available online by the end of September,
\nthe FCC ruled a few days ago (PDF of the ruling). The ruling reaffirmed
\nthe Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of
\n2010, which was signed into law by President Obama in October of 2010,
\nas well as an FCC ruling from earlier this year. However, the industry
\ngot a bit of a break, with the FCC ruling that they won\u2019t have to
\nprovide customizable captions until early 2014.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/transition.fcc.gov\/Daily_Releases\/Daily_Business\/2012\/db0817\/DA-12-1354A1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/gigaom.com\/video\/congress-passes-closed-captioning-bill-for-online-tv<\/a><\/p>\n

Captions for web video have been a bit of a hot button issue for some
\ntime: Disability advocates have been arguing that web video providers
\naren\u2019t doing enough to make their clips accessible to disabled viewers,
\nand have actually sued both CNN and Netflix over missing captions.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/gigaom.com\/video\/glad-vs-cnn-captions-lawsuit\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/gigaom.com\/video\/netflix-captions-lawsuit\/<\/a><\/p>\n

They also successfully pushed for the Twenty-First Century
\nCommunications and Video Accessibility Act, which largely focuses on
\nthe way traditional TV networks and their online distribution partners
\npresent their fare on the internet. The law itself didn\u2019t actually
\ncontain any firm deadlines for TV networks to adopt online captioning,
\nbut instead authorized the FCC to do so. The Commission set a September
\n30 deadline earlier this year, but the Digital Media Association, whose
\nmembers include Amazon, Apple and YouTube, argued that the industry
\nneeded more time.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.digmedia.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The FCC didn\u2019t agree, and is sticking with the September 30 deadline \u2013
\nwith one big exception: Distributors of TV content will have to render
\nclosed captions, but they won\u2019t have to provide the raw captioning data
\nto the web video player to allow for further customization. What does
\nthat mean? The original FCC rule included a mandate that would have
\nallowed consumers to change the font size and color of captions to
\nimprove readability. These requirements now have been postponed for
\nanother 16 months. Starting September 30, deaf and hard-of-hearing
\nconsumers will have a right to access to basic captions, without these
\nkinds of bells and whistles.<\/p>\n

Of course, many sites already offer closed captioning for at least a
\npart of their web video inventory, and that likely won\u2019t change at the
\nend of next month. The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video
\nAccessibility Act only covers programming that\u2019s also shown on TV, and
\nexempts any online-only programming. Even TV news clips that have been
\nedited for the web don\u2019t fall under the requirement \u2013 but that likely
\nwon\u2019t stop disability advocates from going after providers of these
\nkinds of video.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/gigaom.com\/video\/closed-captions-fcc-ruling\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Web TV needs to have captions starting next month, the FCC rules By Janko Roettgers August 21, 2012 Deaf and hard-of-hearing web video viewers have long pressed for a faster adoption of closed captioning, and it looks like the FCC…<\/p>\n

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