An FCC requirement that TV shows, when put online, must be captioned took...
An FCC requirement that TV shows, when put online, must be captioned took effect Sunday, the agency said four days later (http://xrl.us/bnshcf). Shows that were broadcast on TV or carried on a multichannel video programming distributor after Sept. 30, added…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
to an online distributor’s inventory after that date and “not substantially edited for the Internet” must now be captioned, a commission news release said. “Closed captioning requirements for other kinds of video programming, such as programs that are shown on television live or near live, programs that are substantially edited for the Internet, and programs that are already part of a distributor’s inventory of Internet video programming (archival content), will be implemented at later dates.” CEA and other associations have asked the FCC to redo some other Internet Protocol captioning rules that the agency also implemented as part of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CD Sept 25 p16).