Smaller Cable Providers Have Limited Resources for Accessibility Compliance on User Displays, Says ACA
Small and medium-sized cable providers have limited resources and little leverage with manufacturers and programmers to come up with solutions for meeting new accessibility regulations, the American Cable Association said in a meeting with staff from the Media Bureau, Consumer…
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and Governmental Affairs Bureau, and the Office of General Counsel Friday, recounted a filing in docket 12-108. Proposals to increase the amount of video description pay-TV carriers must provide and the customer service obligations for video description should be considered in light of those limited resources, ACA said. The industry has made progress in delivering multiple audio streams without the need for additional regulation, the association said: The FCC shouldn't make pay-TV carriers responsible for allowing consumers to readily access user display settings for closed captioning.