[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Fwd: [RP-Miami] FCC reinstates TV Video Description in unanimous decision!

[Nallym Bravo]

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> From: "Milagros" <Milagros910 at comcast.net>
> Date: August 25, 2011 9:59:52 PM EDT
> To: "Nallym Bravo" <nbrav003 at fiu.edu>
> Subject: Fw: [RP-Miami] FCC reinstates TV Video Description in unanimous decision!
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alan Dicey
> To: RP-Miami Group
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 8:12 PM
> Subject: [RP-Miami] FCC reinstates TV Video Description in unanimous decision!
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> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 5:03 PM
> From Eric Bridges,ACB Governmental Affairs Director:
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> FCC Reinstates TV Video Description In Unanimous Decision
> 
> Please see the note below from COAT. There will be more information to come.
> Eric Bridges, ACB Governmental Affairs Director
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> From: coataccess at yahoogroups.com [mailto:coataccess at yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Jenifer Simpson
> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 1:50 PM
> To: coataccess at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [coataccess] HOORAY! FCC reinstates TV Video Description in 
> unanimous decision! WE ARE AWESOME!
> 
> COAT story at http://www.coataccess.org/node/10045
> 
> FYI. The FCC reinstated TV video description rules today via a unanimous
> vote. This was a key piece of the 21st Century Comms & Video
> Accessibility Act of 2010 that we all worked so hard to achieve. Please
> see FCC Commissioner Clyburn's statement below who says she "is ecstatic"
> about these rules! So are we! Hooray! We did it! Thank you everyone that
> wrote letters, sent emails, met with their representatives, educated
> others, didn't give up, talked with key people, sent emails, wrote
> letters again, etc. etc. Feel the DISABILITY POWER! You did it!
> 
> STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MIGNON L. CLYBURN
> TO APPROVE
> Re: Video Description: Implementation of the Twenty-First Century
> Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Report & Order
> 
> In restoring the video description regulations that the Commission
> previously adopted in 2000, we further expand access to video programming
> and take another step toward the fulfillment of the rulemakings sought by
> the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010
> (CVAA). In responding to the full intent of Congress, we have acted in a
> manner that will enable certain citizens among us to reap the benefits of
> televised content in an even more complete way, ending a wait that has
> gone on for far too long.
> 
> I often speak about the rich diversity of this country, and when doing so
> I am usually making mention of varying ethnicities or my fellow female
> citizens. However, the beneficiaries of the rulemaking we release today
> are part of a group that isn't often included under the umbrella of
> diversity in this context, but it should be. Our blind and
> visually-impaired family members, friends, and neighbors have been
> waiting for user-friendly communications services that address their
> needs in an equal and thorough way, and this action gets them one step
> closer to enjoying something that so many of us take for granted.
> 
> In providing video description, America's blind community will not only
> be able to enjoy the entertainment that video content providers offer,
> but they will also be part of the conversations around it. I want to
> stress this, as I can imagine how left out a visually-impaired child
> feels when his or her classmates are discussing what happened on a
> popular show the night before, and to not be a part of that conversation
> or be able to follow along. The same is true for blind adults, for whom
> the proverbial water cooler chats about TV shows hold little meaning or
> enjoyment. This item will assist those individuals in getting even
> closer to the mainstream when it comes to popular culture, and we are a
> better and more complete nation for it.
> 
> The July 1, 2012 date of enactment will allow users of video description
> to enjoy the new TV shows of next fall from the beginning, which is an
> integral component of the social importance of this item. Further, with
> the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities
> Act falling on July 26, 2012, I am ecstatic that the video description
> improvements we implement via this Order will be in place.
> 
> I want to congratulate the visually-impaired community for their tireless
> and extraordinary efforts toward this historic development, and am
> honored to be part of the culmination of such determination and passion.
> 
> Jenifer Simpson
> Senior Director for Government Affairs
> American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
> Washington, DC USA
> http://www.aapd.com
> 
> AAPD is a founding and steering committee member of COAT.
> 
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