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Captioning in the 21st Century: Digital TV, Online and Mobile

Captioning in the 21st Century: Digital TV, Online and Mobile. Larry Goldberg, Director WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) September 29, 2013. Agenda. C urrent laws and regulations governing TV and online media How and where to access captioned media

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Captioning in the 21st Century: Digital TV, Online and Mobile

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  1. Captioning in the 21st Century: Digital TV, Online and Mobile Larry Goldberg, Director WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) September 29, 2013

  2. Agenda • Current laws and regulations governing TV and online media • How and where to access captioned media • How to advocate for captioning (in public places)

  3. Laws and regulations • TV Decoder Circuitry Act (1990) • Telecommunications Act (1996) • "21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act” “CVAA” (2010) • Caption quality petition before the FCC (since 2005!)

  4. CVAA and Captioning • Sept. 30, 2012: prerecorded TV programming not edited for Web • March 30, 2013: live and near-live programming • (recorded less than 24 hours before air time) • Sept. 30, 2013: prerecorded programming "substantially" edited • for Web (i.e., not just changing sponsorship messages) • March 30, 2014: Archives - content already available on the Web • must be captioned if shown on TV again after that 3/30/14; • 45-day grace period; 2015: 30 days; 2016: 15 days • Plus, user control over display: Jan. 1, 2014

  5. How and where to access captioned media • TV: Live, on demand, DVR • Online: Web sites, collections (Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, ...) • Mobile: tablets, smart phones • Movie theaters: 3 devices (CaptiView, Sony Glasses, Rear Window)

  6. Online and Mobile • PBS • CBS • CNN • Netflix • Hulu • iTunes • and now for some demos...

  7. How to advocate • FCC complaint form: http://www.fcc.gov/complaints • FCC database: http://esupport.fcc.gov/vpd-search/ • Cable company, broadcaster, program provider (see FCC list or company’s web site) • TDI (http://tdiforaccess.org) • Captioning (CART) in public places: Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning • http://ccacaptioning.org • ccacaptioning@gmail.com

  8. Oh, by the way... • www.WGBH.org • Are you a member?

  9. Contact Larry Goldberg WGBH Larry_Goldberg@wgbh.org

  10. Questions?

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