FCC Issues 2nd Further NPRM on Caption Quality
The FCC issued a second Further NPRM on closed caption quality standards, seeking comment on ways to make video programmer contact information readily available to video programming distributors and others in order to resolve captioning problems. Since the commission's previous…
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captioning quality notice proposed making both programmers and distributors responsible for caption quality, the FCC is seeking comment “on requiring video programmers to file contact information and certifications of captioning compliance” with the FCC, the notice said. The second Further NPRM also seeks comment on whether VPDs should be required to alert programmers that they must provide certification of caption quality to the FCC, the notice said.