Reporting on the status Reporting on the status of captioning in Spanishof captioning in Spanish

Ricardo López

José Bertrán Dicapta –Advisory Group meeting

March, 2014

Testimonies Testimonies

ObjectiveObjective

Bring to the conversation the lack of compliance with the FCC regulations among Spanish programming providers

Evaluate the participation of the deaf community in this process

Analyze the effect of the FCC ¨Report and Order for captioning quality standards and technical compliance rules¨

According to the FCC regulation, all new Spanish language TV programs as per January 2010, must be captioned, with some exceptions.

Federal Communications CommissionNon-exempt Spanish video programming

A FactA Fact

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The reality The reality

Spanish language stations do not always caption their programming and the compliance procedure is not working in our community

Most of the captions are poorly produced (see QC report)

TV stations lack empathy for the needs/benefits of captioning

National Association of the DeafImproving Closed-Captioning

Federal Communications CommissionNon-exempt Spanish video programming

Office of the Ombudsman for Persons with Disabilities (OPPI)

Bill 80 - June 9, 2002

Quality Standards and Quality Standards and Technical Compliance RulesTechnical Compliance Rules

On February 20, 2014 the FCC adopted rules for quality standards and technical compliance.

• Quality: accuracy, synchronizing, program completeness, placement

• A certification from video programmers must be obtained by cable or satellite distributors

Quality Standards and Quality Standards and Technical Compliance RulesTechnical Compliance Rules

• Requirements for Electronic Newsroom

Technique-Teleprompter (*)

• A certification from video programmers must be obtained by cable or satellite distributors (**)

(*)One year ENT Report including Consumer groups(**)Best Practices

Quality Standards and Quality Standards and Technical Compliance RulesTechnical Compliance Rules

• Petitions for exemptions are required to be filed

electronically

• On demand programming must comply with captioning regulations

Is the Deaf Community Is the Deaf Community involved in Spanish language involved in Spanish language compliance?compliance?

• Strategy for active participation

• Strategy for comments and analysis of captioning issues to support FCC efforts

REFERENCESREFERENCES

FCC-Rules, guides and reportshttp://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/closed-captioning-video-programming-television