RE: UltraViolet and captions

Non-DECE members can review the DECE specifications under NDA. (see http://www.uvvu.com/contact-us.php, tick the box for Evaluation Specifications and Licensing Information. You will be sent an NDA and company identification form to be signed and returned)

From: public-html-a11y-request@w3.org [mailto:public-html-a11y-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Freed
Sent: 14 January 2011 18:27
To: HTML Accessibility Task Force
Subject: UltraViolet and captions


Of the many things breathlessly announced at CES this year, UltraViolet (http://www.uvvu.com/ ; a sort of unified method for distributing movies, where you purchase the rights to view a movie, rather than only purchase the movie itself; you can then view the movie on any number of devices) may hold some interest to members of the task force:

http://www.etcenter.org/2011/01/dece-announces-ultraviolet-rollout/

One thing not mentioned about UltraViolet is that SMPTE-TT has been adopted as its captioning format.  Sean, chime in if you have other info.

Geoff/NCAM