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New City Ordinance Turns on the Captions in Rochester

At a meeting on September 19th, 2017, the Rochester City Council (New York) approved a new city ordinance that will…

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A Positive Approach to Captioning in Higher Education

Over the past couple of years – and after several lawsuits filed against a few Ivy League schools – a…

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Facebook Live Improves Accessibility by Adding Closed Captioning

The instant popularity of live video streaming apps like Periscope, Snapchat, and Facebook Live proves that authentic, in-the-moment content effectively…

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Closed Captioning Internet Video: Live & Near-live Programming

The final deadline of the FCC’s Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) pertaining to online videos is quickly…

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NRB Proclaim 17 Learning Arena Talk

Earlier this month at NRB Proclaim 17, we hosted a brief talk with broadcasters regarding the most updated FCC laws…

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Closed Captioning Internet Video Clips: "Montage Clips"

It has been a year since the FCC published updated guidelines pertaining to the closed captioning requirements for online video…

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Final Rule: Title III of the ADA Requiring Movie Theaters to Provide Closed Captioning, Audio Description

Amidst the growing number of accessibility discrimination lawsuits being filed against US movie theater chains, the Department of Justice announced…

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Regal Cinema’s Closed Captioning Glasses

Earlier this month, a team of Aberdeen caption editors took an educational field trip to the cinema! We were excited…

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FCC Shared Responsibilities: Caption Quality & Certification

A few weeks ago, we announced that the FCC published their final ruling on the responsibilities related to the provision…

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FCC Shared Responsibilities: Defining the Roles

On February 18, 2016, the FCC implemented amendments to its rules on closed captioning of televised video programming to help…

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