Five groups opposed 11 TV captioning waiver requests on the basis that...
Five groups opposed 11 TV captioning waiver requests on the basis that applicants don’t show how captioning poses an undue burden. “The requested exemption would deny equal access” to those who are “are deaf or hard of hearing,” the Association…
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of Late-Deafened Adults, National Association of the Deaf, and Telecom for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing said in separate filings opposing each waiver. “It is essential that the Commission grant petitions for exemptions from captioning rules only in the rare case that a petitioner conclusively demonstrates that captioning its programming would impose a truly untenable economic burden. To make such a demonstration, a petitioner must present detailed, verifiable, and specific evidence that it cannot afford to caption its programming, either with its own revenue or with alternative sources.” Among those making opposed requests are Abundant Life Evangelistic Center (http://xrl.us/bmzkve), Niagara Ministries (http://xrl.us/bmzkvk) and Dawson Memorial Baptist Church (http://xrl.us/bmzkvt). The groups did, however, partly back the request of Main Street Living, which they asked get a waiver of no more than a year as it already provides “sign language interpretation and open captions,” another filing said (http://xrl.us/bmzkwb). The groups have opposed other requests in recent filings also posted to docket 06-181 (CD March 21 p16).