Makers of consumer electronics lobbied the FCC to delay the...
Makers of consumer electronics lobbied the FCC to delay the deadline for video programming distributors (VPDs) to include closed captioning functions on upgrades and new releases of video player software issued after Sept. 30, as the Digital Media Association (DiMA)…
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seeks for VPDs. A Jan. 1, 2014, deadline instead would mean “harmonizing the deadline for VPDs that rely on software” with the date when apparatus manufacturers must be compliant, representatives of Amazon.com, Apple, DiMA, Microsoft and Sony said during meetings with aides to all FCC commissioners and with front-office Media Bureau staff. That change “will better ensure a smooth transition since the entire online video ecosystem will be solving the same problem at the same time,” said an ex parte filing posted Tuesday to docket 11-154. There’s a “tremendous amount of technical work required to implement the user configuration and formatting requirements set forth in Section 79.103(c) for VPDs’ own applications, plug-ins, and devices,” the filing said (http://xrl.us/bnccvq). TV broadcasters and cable companies have also backed DiMA’s requests to change Internet Protocol captioning rules (CD June 14 p12).