The FCC shouldn’t require broadcasters to use real-time...
The FCC shouldn’t require broadcasters to use real-time closed captions for local news programming, said the NAB in an ex parte filing Tuesday (http://bit.ly/1kwywtp). “The considerable costs that would be imposed on local news operations to implement real-time captioning would…
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not necessarily be outweighed by any significant benefit to viewers.” Instead, the commission should allow broadcasters to continue to use Electronic Newsroom Technique. Phasing out ENT, which generates captions from a script stored in a station’s computer or from a teleprompter, would impose costs on broadcasters that “would likely result in a loss of competitive local news coverage,” NAB said. Securing real-time captioners costs more in smaller markets, NAB said. The commission should allow broadcasters to keep using ENT and “set a reasonable date” to evaluate the effectiveness of improved ENT systems, NAB said.