CVAA Sections 204 and 205 – Answers to Common Questions
For the second installment in our blog series on Sections 204 and 205 of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) we answer some of the most common questions on the...
View ArticleCVAA Sections 204 and 205 – Section 204 Overview
In this third installment in our blog series on Sections 204 and 205 of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) we’ll take a high-level look at the requirements of...
View ArticleCVAA Sections 204 and 205 – Section 205 Overview
Section 205 of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) covers digital apparatuses designed to receive, playback, and display multichannel video programming...
View ArticleCVAA Sections 204 and 205 – Complying with Section 205
Last week’s post in our blog series on Sections 204 and 205 of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) gave an overview of Section 205. This week we’ll take a more...
View ArticleNew Webinar Series – Navigating FCC Regulations
In the month of July SSB CEO Tim Springer and Attorney Maria Browne will be presenting a new 4-part webinar series on current FCC regulations for Accessible Communications. If you’re wondering if the...
View ArticleCVAA Video Programming Requirements – Captioning
In last week’s post on CVAA programming requirements I provided a very high level overview of the requirements. In this post I’ll dig more deeply into the specific requirements for captioning and what...
View ArticleFCC Requirements for Telecommunications Manufacturers and Providers: Section 255
The Communications Act of 1934 governs electronic communications In the United States and established the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as the regulating body over such communications. It was...
View ArticleFCC Requirements for Telecommunications Manufacturers and Providers:...
Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) allow individuals with hearing and/or speech disabilities to place and receive calls over the Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN). The national TRS...
View ArticleFCC Requirements for Telecommunications Manufacturers and Providers: Text-to-911
The legacy 911 emergency system in the United States was developed to facilitate audio communication with emergency personnel. In practice this meant that only voice communications were supported, and...
View ArticleCVAA Video Programming Requirements – Video Description
Video description (also called audio description) is audio-narrated descriptions of the key visual elements of video programming which are then inserted within the natural pauses in the program’s...
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