DirecTV again said the FCC lacks authority to...
DirecTV again said the FCC lacks authority to require closed captioning of video clips delivered via IP. If the commission imposed such a requirement, certain types of video clips should be exempt, DirecTV said in an ex parte filing in…
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docket 11-154 (http://bit.ly/1iTZYBs). NFL Sunday Ticket Max from DirecTV provides highlight clips within minutes or hours of the time the plays happen in live games, DirecTV said. Breaking the game feed into video clip highlights “can cause the captioning to become garbled and unrecognizable,” it said. Recreating or restoring that captioning to an acceptable level would require a new, separate captioning session for each clip, it said. It also would introduce delays and render the time-sensitive products no longer commercially viable, the direct broadcast satellite company said. At a minimum, DirecTV should be permitted to distribute the video clips without captioning, “so long as it replaces that content with a captioned version within twenty-four hours,” it said.