Media trade associations urged the FCC to grant a temporary...
Media trade associations urged the FCC to grant a temporary exemption or waiver to its IP-video closed captioning rules sought by the Digital Media Association (DiMA). The MPAA, NCTA and NAB jointly filed comments supporting DiMA’s request (http://xrl.us/bna6ki). “The current…
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unrealistic deadline for implementing the complete set of Enhance Features ... does not serve the best interests of consumers,” they said. Such “enhanced features” include technical controls that let consumers manipulate the appearance of captions, they said. “While hardware manufacturers have until January 1, 2014 to implement the Enhanced Features, video programming distributors only have until the first software update after September 30, 2012 to begin making those features available in applications or plug-ins they provide to consumers,” they said. “This much more aggressive timeframe for VPDs is unrealistic, and there is no reason to expect the task assigned to VPDs is any easier to achieve than that required of device makers."