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FCC releases new Web Closed Captioning Rules (1/13/2012)

Breakthrough in Closed Captioning Workflow

Press Conference on YouCaption at 2011 NRB Convention

21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act of 2010

MacCaption Player installed at Smithsonian National Gallery of Art

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FCC releases new Web Closed Captioning Rules

On Friday, January 13, 2012 the FCC released the implementation schedule and standards for web captioning based on the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010.

For programming that is prerecorded and not edited for Internet distribution, a compliance deadline of six months after the rules are published in the Federal Register;
For programming that is live or near-live, a compliance deadline of 12 months after the rules are published in the Federal Register; and
For programming that is prerecorded and edited for Internet distribution, a compliance deadline of 18 months after the rules are published in the Federal Register.

To see the actual FCC web captioning regulations, click below:

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0113/FCC-12-9A1.pdf

Breakthrough in Closed Captioning Workflow

ATS: Automatic Time Stamp takes closed captioning to the next level of automation. All you need is a transcript and a video file with good quality audio. ATS automatically synchronizes the transcript with the video, up to 30 times faster than real-time.

Press Release

See the ATS page for more information.

21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act of 2010

On Friday, October 8, 2010, the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 was signed into law by President Barack Obama. This new law expands the requirements for web video captioning and accessibility services. More specifically, it requires that any closed captioned television program be closed captioned when delivered over the Internet. The law also requires all devices capable of displaying video to be able to display closed captions.

See Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) comment on the passing of his bill (CC).

Click here to see how CPC software and services are ready to help you comply with the new laws.

MacCaption Player installed at Smithsonian National Gallery of Art

"When visitors to the National Gallery of Art’s new installation of Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s bizarre portraits that blend vegetables, animals and objects watch the accompanying film, they will have the option to activate closed captioning thanks to a CPC MacCaption Player system."

Read more about it in Government Video Magazine's article.

Learn more about MacCaption Player.