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Friday, December 10 2010

FCC Appoint Advisory Commission

FCC Appoint Advisory Commission

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced the membership of its new Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee (VPEAAC).

The 45-member committee will guide FCC policy on captions and audio descriptions for video programming and emergency services that are delivered over the Internet.

The creation of the committee follows President Obama’s signing of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act on October 8. The provisions of the act include a requirement that television content made available via the Internet must have captions and some audio description.