[Electronics-talk] descriptive TV

[A. Chew]

On August 25, 2011, the FCC was finally able to vote (unanimously) to 
reinstate video description, effective July 1, 2012.  ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, 
USA, the Disney Channel, TNT, Nickelodeon, and TBS are each required to 
provide 50 hours of video-described prime time or children's programming per 
calendar quarter.

full text may be found at below link
http://www.acb.org/adp/tv.html

at the bottom of the linked page will be links to file a complaint with the 
FCC.

I was surprised to received a call from Comcast a few weeks after filing a 
complain.
issue is still open... (not resolved)  but Comcast claims they are working 
on it....


A. Chew

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] descriptive TV


> Hi all,
> this is bad news. You're saying that time warner and
> Comcast are not providing descriptive audio when its now the law.
> I cannot speak for cox cable as I have not asked. But I suspect when I do, 
> they will have no clue.
> what it is either.
>
> My parents can read the options on the screen and we never see descriptive 
> audio. So like
> Mariea said, I suspect that descriptive tv doesn't exist either for me.
>
> If I cannot get it, is there a way to file a complaint with the FCC and 
> how?
> Is there a way to download descriptive tv shows from online? even if its 
> paid, I'd like to have old shows.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mariea Harris
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 7:04 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] descriptive TV
>
> Time Warner Cable doesn't support audio description either. When I read up
> on audio description, it said that cable companies use analog and that
> satellite uses something else, but I forget what. It seems that the only 
> way
> you can get audio description here in the states is via satellite TV. We
> turned on SAP on our TV and nothing happens. I doubt Time Warner has any
> clue what audio description is either, so I've not bothered asking.
>
>
> Mariea and Valiant
>
>
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