- From: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:52:19 +1100
- To: public-texttracks@w3.org
FYI: the US FCC now requires that video previously captioned and distributed via broadcast, cable or satellite television when published over the Internet to provide captions of at least the same quality (in terms of "completeness, placement, accuracy, and timing") as the televised captions for the same programming. The schedules are tight for it, too. Silvia. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Geoff Freed <geoff_freed@wgbh.org> Date: Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 1:57 AM Subject: [Text] FCC's Internet Protocol Captioning Rules To: "public-html-a11y@w3.org" <public-html-a11y@w3.org> Timed-text enthusiasts of all types will want to know (if they don't already) that on January 13, 2012, the US Federal Communications Commission released its rules defining the captioning of videos distributed over IP. The rules cover only materials previously captioned and distributed over broadcast, cable and satellite television. The complete 112-page ruling can be found at http://www.fcc.gov/document/closed-captioning-internet-protocol-delivered-video-programming-0 . NCAM has released a four-page summary of the ruling at http://ncam.wgbh.org/file_download/137 . One note of particular interest to this group is that SMPTE-TT has been designated as a "safe-harbor" format for use as an interchange and delivery standard, although other timed-text formats are also allowable. Geoff/NCAM
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