Univision Communications Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to offer all of Univision Network’s primetime novelas with English-language closed captioning on CC3. This will apply to the network’s complete weeknight block, […]
Closed Captioning Exemption Deadline Looms
If you happen to be one of the 298 television programmers who lost closed captioning exemptions last October, heads up — your programming must be fully compliant with the closed captioning rules beginning Jan. 19, 2012. But take heart, you can re-apply for your exemptions. The deadline for re-filing is Jan. 18.
If a church broadcasts the word of God on TV without closed captions, it risks incurring the wrath of the FCC. Some 300 small to medium-size churches can expect letters from the commission within the next few days explaining why their closed captioning exemptions were lifted for TV shows like Power in the Word and Producing Kingdom Citizens.
