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Reporting on the status of captioning in Spanish

Reporting on the status of captioning in Spanish. Ricardo López José Bertrán Dicapta –Advisory Group meeting March, 2014. Testimonies. Bring to the conversation the lack of compliance with the FCC regulations among Spanish programming providers

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Reporting on the status of captioning in Spanish

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  1. Reporting on the status of captioning in Spanish Ricardo López José Bertrán Dicapta –Advisory Group meeting March, 2014

  2. Testimonies

  3. Bring to the conversation the lack of compliance with the FCC regulations among Spanish programming providers • Evaluate the participation of the deaf community in this process • Analyze the effect of the FCC ¨Report and Order for captioning quality standards and technical compliance rules¨ Objective

  4. According to the FCC regulation, all new Spanish language TV programs as per January 2010, must be captioned, with some exceptions. Federal Communications Commission Non-exempt Spanish video programming A Fact

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  6. Spanish language stations do not always caption their programming and the compliance procedure is not working in our community • Most of the captions are poorly produced (see QC report) • TV stations lack empathy for the needs/benefits of captioning The reality

  7. National Association of the Deaf Improving Closed-Captioning Federal Communications Commission Non-exempt Spanish video programming Office of the Ombudsman for Persons with Disabilities (OPPI) Bill 80 - June 9, 2002

  8. On February 20, 2014 the FCC adopted rules for quality standards and technical compliance. • Quality: accuracy, synchronizing, program completeness, placement • A certification from video programmers must be obtained by cable or satellite distributors Quality Standards and Technical Compliance Rules

  9. Requirements for Electronic Newsroom Technique-Teleprompter (*) • A certification from video programmers must be obtained by cable or satellite distributors (**) (*)One year ENT Report including Consumer groups (**)Best Practices Quality Standards and Technical Compliance Rules

  10. Petitions for exemptions are required to be filed electronically • On demand programming must comply with captioning regulations Quality Standards and Technical Compliance Rules

  11. Strategy for active participation • Strategy for comments and analysis of captioning issues to support FCC efforts Is the Deaf Community involved in Spanish language compliance?

  12. FCC-Rules, guides and reports • http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/closed-captioning-video-programming-television REFERENCES

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