Broadcast Writer

1906 The first commercial stenotype machine was invented by Ward Stone Ireland, an American stenographer and court reporter.

The Communications Act of 1934. See glossary.

1949 The Fairness Doctrine See glossary.

1952, the FCC sets aside channels for non-commercial, public broadcasting.

1961 FCC Chairman Newton Minnow makes his famous “vast wasteland” speech.

September, 26, 1973 The Rehabilitation Act (1973) See glossary.

November 27, 1975 November 27, 1975 Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) See glossary.

April 5th, 1977 The 504 sit-ins took place. See Glossary.

1987 In the spirit of deregulation, the FCC drops the Fairness Doctrine.

March 22, 1988 Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987 See glossary.

August 30, 1988 The Congressional Task Force on the Rights and Empowerment of Americans with Disabilities See glossary.

March 12th, 1990 The Capital Crawl for the ADA
ADAPT (Americans Disabled for Accessible Public Transit) See glossary.

July 26, 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) See glossary.

The Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990 – Effective July 1, 1993.

1996 Telecommunications Act of 1996 Federal closed captioning laws.

April 3, 1997 FCC decides that commercial TV stations must launch DTV by 2002 and non-commercial educational stations by 2003.

January 1, 2014 OTT must comply with CEA-708 format and provide an Advanced User Interface

October 20, 2011 End of Religious Exemption for Closed Captioning

March 30, 2014 45 days to get broadcast captions online (CVAA)

March 31, 2014 OTT CC as good as broadcast CC

FCC phases in a requirement of the FCC’s Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) requires that online video that previously aired on television have captioning “of at least the same quality as when such programs are shown on television.”

April 30, 2014 Closed Captioning Quality

https://www.fcc.gov/document/closed-captioning-quality-report-and-order-declaratory-ruling-fnprm

Closed Captioning Quality Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, FNPRM effective 4/30/14.

Full Title: Closed Captioning of Video Programming; Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc

March 30, 2015 OTT content with Bcast CC must be captioned online within 30 days

FCC phases in the next requirement of the CVAA. Any video in a distributor or provider’s library that previously appeared on TV with captions must be captioned within 30 days of being placed online.

January 1, 2016 IP Delivered Video Clips CC The FCC requires Closed Captioning of IP Delivered Video Clips if the associated video programming was shown on television with captions. Single excerpt clips from captioned television programs must be captioned.

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-requires-closed-captioning-ip-delivered-video-clips

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March 30, 2016 IP Delivered Video Clips CC

FCC phases in the next requirement of the CVAA. Any video in a distributor or provider’s library that previously appeared on TV with captions must be captioned within 15 days of being placed online.

January 1, 2017 IP Delivered Montages CC

“Closed Captioning of IP Delivered Montages.” Montages made from captioned television programs must be captioned online.

July 1, 2017 IP Delivered Video Clips Time Limit 8 or 12 Hours

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-requires-closed-captioning-ip-delivered-video-clips

“Closed Captioning of IP Delivered Video Clips.” Time sensitive video clips must be captioned, including live and near-live programming. Live programming has a 12 hour grace period after the clip appears on TV before the clip must be captioned online; near-live programming has an 8 hour grace period.

Time sensitive video clips must be captioned, including live and near-live programming. Live programming will have a 12 hour grace period after the clip appears on television before the clip must be captioned if placed online; near-live programming will have an 8 hour grace period. The ruling does not extend to video clips that are in distributors’ online video libraries before the applicable compliance deadline.

In past, there was a 15-day grace period to upload online captions.