TVGuardian became the first entity to seek FCC reconsideration of January’s order...
TVGuardian became the first entity to seek FCC reconsideration of January’s order (CD Jan 17 p3) requiring subscription-video and broadcast-TV shows to have captions when they're sent using Internet Protocol. The order “incorrectly” interpreted that 2010’s 21st Century Communications and…
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Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) doesn’t require video programming providers, video programming distributors and digital video source devices to pass through captioning data to consumer electronics, the company said Monday. The order makes it “impossible” for recording devices “to comply with Congress’s mandate under the CVAA to enable viewers the ability to activate and de-activate closed captions,” said the CE maker, whose products include a caption decoder. “The interpretations and rules should be revised to create an environment in which Recording Devices may comply with this CVAA mandate.” TVGuardian’s petition is in docket 11-154 (http://xrl.us/bm37ws).