The FCC dismissed more than a dozen TV captioning exemption requests, and sought...
The FCC dismissed more than a dozen TV captioning exemption requests, and sought additional information from other programmers whose petitions lacked needed information. The petitions deemed “deficient” didn’t show how the captioning rules “would be economically burdensome for you,” said…
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letters from the Disability Rights Office of the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau. New requests can be made, but the programmers must start captioning their shows by May 29, said letters in docket 06-181 (http://xrl.us/bmxk93). Recipients included Boston RUIT Show and Watch Fatboy Films. In a new petition, programmers would need to submit “documentation of your financial status sufficient to demonstrate your inability to afford closed captioning -- for example, profit and loss statements or bank statement information,” said Feb. 29 letters posted in the docket Thursday and Friday. Grown Folks Dancing! and Pastor Thomas Brock of Brooklyn Center, Minn., were among those providing some but not all information the commission needs. They have until March 30 to provide more financial information, including the profit and loss statements. Those whose requests were rejected outright were invited to file a new petition. Many of the small programmers who reapplied for captioning waivers, after ones granted by the Kevin Martin FCC were rescinded, made new requests that were deficient (CD Dec 29 p6).