[adp-list] July 1st Starts New Era in Described Programming

[Joel Snyder]

ALERT!--Coming Soon to a TV Near You!

July 1st Starts New Era in Described Programming:

See If Your Favorite Shows are on the List!

 

For further information, contact:

Mark Richert, Esq.

Director, Public Policy, AFB

(202) 469-6833

MRichert at afb.net

<mailto:mrichert at afb.net>

 

Beginning Sunday, July 1, the landmark provisions of the Twenty-First
Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) requiring the
nation's leading networks to provide a combined total of at least 450 hours
of described video programming per calendar quarter will come to life.
Consumers are encouraged to begin asking their local broadcast stations and
cable providers about accessing the described programming to be provided. In
addition, given that information about which programs are to be described
and the means for accessing description can sometimes be difficult to
obtain, the Federal Communications Commission

(FCC) has recently launched a web resource to help consumers navigate
program choices, the technical means for accessing description via digital
TV and/or cable set top box, and the FCC's complaint process for consumers
to use to resolve network, station, or cable provider failure to put
described programming in consumers' hands. Visit the FCC's web resource at:

 

http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/video-description

 

An independent but more memorable web address can also be used to be
directed to the FCC's site; this more user friendly address is:

 

http://www.VideoDescription.info

 

Congratulations to the many advocates and organizations who have labored so
long for this historic expantion of TV programming accessibility. Our
community's achievement in this area is an integral part of our ongoing
effort to ensure that people with vision loss of all ages can enjoy full
participation in American life.

 

 

JOEL SNYDER

President, Audio Description Associates, LLC   

"The Visual Made Verbal"  T

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6502 Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park, MD  20912

 <mailto:jsnyder at audiodescribe.com> jsnyder at audiodescribe.com -- 301
920-0218

Cell:  301 452-1898  --  Fax: 208 445-0079

 

For more information about audio description, please visit: 

 <http://www.audiodescribe.com/> www.audiodescribe.com   

 

Director, Audio Description Project

American Council of the Blind

 <mailto:jsnyder at acb.org> jsnyder at acb.org -- 202 467-5083

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