Goals:
To have captioning on all television shows; all internet videos made by mass media such as CNN, ABC, PBS, Netflix and BlockBuster Online; and movies in theatres.
Actions: We do these one at a time. If the FCC does not respond to our comments, then we would move on to step 2 and so on.
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Edited to add: I just saw an easier way to comment on Jamie Berke’s Outspoken blog. http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi
FCC Consumer Facts - How to Comment
The FCC just e-mailed me a pdf file explaining how to make comments on a topic. To view it, click above on FCC Comsumer Facts - How to Comment.
This is very helpful, [...]
TDI has released a quicktime video explaining about FCC approving approximately 300 requests for television shows not to provide closed captions.
http://www.tdi-online.org/FCC/FCC-CC100406_OC%2BAD.mov
For more information on FCC and how they regulate closed captions, and how you can contact FCC to complain about this go to: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/closedcaption.html
I just sent an e-mail to the FCC (fccinfo@fcc.gov) and this is [...]
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