Both Deaf News Today and Broadcasting & Cable reported this week that the FCC has started dismissing petitions by program producers who want exceptions to…
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In March 2014, Gary Robson participated in TEDxBozeman with a talk posing the question: Does closed captioning still serve the deaf and hard-of-hearing audience for…
The Washington Post reported on May 14 that Miracom, a Kansas-based firm that has developed an app to help people who are deaf and hard…
On Feb. 20, the FCC issued its final report and order related to the captioning quality notice of proposed rulemaking, an order that had been…
On Feb. 20, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved new rules that require program creators and distributors to ensure full access for viewers who are…
On Tuesday, Dec. 10, NCRA executive director & CEO Jim Cudahy, CAE, NCRA assistant director of government relations Adam Finkel, government relations specialist Brandon Schall,…
Since broadcast captioning became a critical and expected service in this country, solutions related to captioning quality metrics have been elusive and NCRA, captioners, captioning…
Last week, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nominations of Tom Wheeler, who will take on the role of chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and…
Miracom, producer of the InnoCaption mobile communications app for the deaf and hard of hearing, is seeking approval from the Federal Trade Commission (FCC) to…
The Federal Communications Commission has extended the currently open comment period on closed captioning an additional 30 days. According to the FCC’s statement, the Telecommunications…