The FCC should investigate whether video programmers are...
The FCC should investigate whether video programmers are using “anticompetitive sourcing practices” for closed captioning, said Media Captioning Services in a comment in docket 12-203 (http://bit.ly/1cNMXrX) responding to the commission’s 15th annual Video Competition Report. Video programmers have made low…
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prices for captioning services “the pre-eminent factor” in their choice of captioning provider, said MCS. This has caused captioning prices to decline “to a level close to the actual production levels of even the largest captioning company,” MCS said. Smaller captioning companies “are being shut out of the captioning business, and their ability to hire new and experienced captioners is being significantly and negatively impacted,” MCS said. The FCC should conduct a notice of inquiry within 90 days on how captioning services are sourced, MCS said.