[NABS-L] Sign My Petition Requiring All TV Channels In The United States To Provide Video Description Services For The Blind - The Blind Advocate

[Garrett Kearns]

This is a good idea in theory, but I think your plan would be more
effective if you focused on larger networks like HBO. Even in
countries where audio description is more prevalent on cable
programming (i.e. the UK) there are only a certain number of hours
that are provided with description. The FCC is extremely corrupt at
the moment, so even if this petition became popular enough to get
their attention, I doubt they would listen.

On 7/24/19, Armando Vias via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> https://theblindadvocate.com/advocacy/petition-to-fcc/
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> Sign My Petition Requiring All TV Channels In The United States To Provide
> Video Description Services For The Blind
> The Blind Advocate	July 24, 2019	Edit
> As a blind person who likes to watch TV, I rely on video-description to know
> what’s going on in a TV show. Video description is defined as the insertion
> of narrated audio into key elements.
>
> Did you know that most channels on TV, such as channels offered via cable,
> Satellite, etc do not have an SAP channel, (Secondary Audio Programming),
> that streams the video description track of a program? Some examples of
> channels that doesn’t have a SAP stream are: A&E Network, Game Show Network,
> (GSN), HBO, etc.
>
> I have started a petition to the Federal Communications Commission, (FCC),
> requiring all TV channels, no matter how big or small, to provide
> video-description services for the blind. If you agree with me, please sign
> the petition and share it far and wide by clicking the link below!
>
> Click here to visit my petition to learn more on why I want the FCC to
> update the Video-Description rules.
>
>
>
> Armando
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