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Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010
Rosaline Crawford
National Association of the Deaf
Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology
November 17, 2010
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Overview
Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT)
Twenty-first Century Communicationsand Video Accessibility Act of 2010
Focus on Video Programming Captioning
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Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT)
Over 300 national, state, and community-based organizations.
Advocates for legislative and regulatory safeguards to ensure full access by people with disabilities.
Access ensures equal opportunities to education, employment, telecommunications, information, entertainment, etc.
Universal design benefits everyone – closed captioning, vibrating cell phones, talking caller ID, cell phones with audio output.
www.COATaccess.org
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Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010
Public Law 111-260
October 8, 2010
Title I – Communications
Title II – Video Programming
“Video programming” means programming by, or generally considered comparable to programming provided by a television broadcast station, but not including consumer-generated media
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Video ProgrammingCaptioning Overview
Captioned video programming on television to be captioned when distributed over the Internet
Apparatus with screens of any size to be capable of displaying the closed captions
Recording and playback equipment to be capable of transmitting closed captions for display
A mechanism that is reasonably comparable to a button, key, or icon designated for activating the closed captioning
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Video ProgrammingAdvisory Committee
FCC to establish Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee (VPEAAC) within 60 days (by 12/8/10) (nominations closed 11/1/10)
VPEAAC initial meeting within 6 months (by 4/8/11)
VPEAAC to submit first report on closed captioning within 6 months after initial meeting (by 10/8/11)
VPEAAC to submit second report on video description, emergency information, user interfaces, and video programming guides and menus within 18 months after enactment (by 4/8/12)
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Video ProgrammingAdvisory Committee Captioning Report
VPEAAC first report to recommend:
Deadlines for the provision of closed captioning over Internet protocol (IP)
Technical capabilities needed to permit content providers/distributors, ISPs, software developers, and device manufacturers to provide IP closed captioning
Regulations necessary to ensure compatibility between video programming delivered using IP and devices capable of receiving and displaying programming
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Video ProgrammingCaptioning Rules
FCC to issue rules within 6 months of VPEAAC first report (by 4/8/12) for captioned programs shown on television after the effective date of the regulations, to contain captions when shown over the Internet
Establish appropriate schedule of captioning deadlines, considering prerecorded and edited, and live or near-live not edited programming for Internet distribution
Define “near-live programming” and “edited for Internet distribution”
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Video ProgrammingCaptioning Rules
FCC may waive or delay compliance for live programming, if economically burdensome
May provide exemptions for certain programming or equipment, if deemed economically burdensome
FCC must act on requests for exemption within 12 months of receipt
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Video ProgrammingCaptioning Rules
Clarify that distributors and providers include entities that make video programming over IP available directly to the end user
Describe responsibilities of video programming providers or distributors and owners
Establish mechanism to inform providers and distributors about covered video programming on an ongoing basis
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Video ProgrammingCaptioning Rules
Consider providers and distributors in compliance if they
enable the rendering or pass through of closed captions, and
make a good faith effort to identify covered video programming using the established mechanism
De minimis (relatively insignificant) failure permitted
Alternate means of compliance permitted
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Video Programming EquipmentCaptioning Requirements
FCC to issue rules within 18 months of VPEAAC second report (by 10/8/13)
Requires video programming apparatus with screens smaller than 13 inches to have circuitry or capability to display closed captions, if achievable
Covers recording devices so viewers can turn closed captions on/off when played back, if achievable
Covers interconnection mechanisms and standards for digital video source devices
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Video Programming EquipmentCaptioning Requirements
Apparatus with display-only video monitors with no play-back capability are exempt
FCC may waive
Equipment primarily designed for other activities
Equipment designed for multiple purposes where essential utility is derived from other purposes
Alternate means of compliance permitted
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Video Programming EquipmentCaption Button, Key, or Icon
FCC to issue rules within 18 months of VPEAAC second report (by 10/8/13)
Apparatus designed to receive or play back digital video programming, including IP, must enable activating closed captioning through a designated mechanism that is reasonably comparable to a button, key, or icon
Alternate means of compliance permitted
Grants minimum 2-year waiver, from date of final rules, for mobile DTVs
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Video Programming EquipmentCaption Button, Key, or Icon
FCC to issue rules within 18 months of VPEAAC second report (by 10/8/13)
Navigation devices (set-top boxes) with closed captioning capability must enable activating closed captioning through a designated mechanism that is reasonably comparable to a button, key, or icon
Permits maximum flexibility to achieve compliance
Provides minimum of 2 years after adopting regulations to comply
Applies only to navigation devices manufactured or imported after the effective date
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Contact Information
Rosaline Crawford
National Association of the Deaf
301-587-7730