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From: "Linda Coccovizzo" <[email protected]
To: "'Adaptive technology information and support.'"
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Date sent: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 01:29:32 -0500
Subject: Re: [ATI] Fw: July 1, 2015 Video Description
Hi Reg and all. First of all, I want to thank you for bringing
this to attention, as I think folks who have lived in one of the
top 25 markets have had this service available to them for so
long that it is second nature. This is a very exciting day for
those of us lower on the television market totem pole. I
actually think FOX decided to make description available to all
of it's viewers. I may be wrong, but I've heard from folks who
live nowhere near top TV markets that they have been receiving
that description since around April. It should be noted as well,
that Nickelodeon was replaced by the history channel. Also, ABC
has had some things described, so I'm not sure if they just got
an early start in the top 60, or if they are doing that all over
as well. Does anyone know how they choose which shows are
described by the networks? We were watching Shark Tank awhile
back, and we didn't even realize our SAP was on until we heard
the description. It's not a show I would choose over others to
have described, because really there isn't much other than some
facial expressions and stuff to be described. I would pick a
show with a lot more detail, but it may be a popularity thing.
-----Original Message-----
From: ATI [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Reginald
George
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 12:06 AM
To: [email protected]; Adaptive technology information and
support.
Subject: [ATI] Fw: July 1, 2015 Video Description
Today is an important day for TV stations that are in the top 60
markets in the United States. Before today, only stations in the
top 25 markets were required to carry video description for the
shows that have that as an option.
July 1, 2015 extends the list from the top 25 and now includes
the top 60. Kansas City is 31 on that list.
If you have cable or satellite, the controls to switch to the
described audio will be in your cable box or satellite receiver.
If you are watching an over the air digital broadcast with an
antenna, the setting will be in your television.
Not every television show is described but I've been watching The
Simpsons, Bob's Burgers etc... on Fox 4 without any problem on
AT&T Uverse for about a month or so.
Here is some info from the FCC.
⢠The requirement to provide video description is extended to
local TV station affiliates of ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC located in
the top 60 television markets beginning July 1, 2015.
The top five non-broadcast networks - Disney Channel,
Nickelodeon, TBS, TNT and USA - must provide 50 hours per
calendar quarter (about 4 hours per week) of video-described
prime time and/or children's programming.
⢠Subscription TV systems (offered over cable, satellite or the
telephone network) with 50,000 or more subscribers must carry
video description.
⢠Subscription TV systems with fewer than 50,000 subscribers
also may provide video description. Check with your subscription
TV provider.
How to access video description
Video description is provided through the TV or set top box
"secondary audio"; feature, which some TV controls identify as
"SAP"; or "secondary audio program."; The secondary audio may
also be identified as a language feature, such as "Spanish"; or
"SPA,"; because it is also used to provide Spanish or other
language translations of English language TV programs. Depending
upon the program being viewed, when listening to the secondary
audio, you may hear the primary audio with video description,
Spanish or other language translation, a duplicate of the primary
audio, or silence.
Your TV user manual may provide information about activating the
secondary audio feature, or you may contact the customer service
department where you bought the TV or the customer service
department of the TV manufacturer for assistance. If you have a
set top box for subscription TV service, you may contact your
subscription TV provider for assistance in activating the
secondary audio.
Learn More
Networks, broadcasters and subscription TV systems may provide
information about the availability of programs with video
description through their websites and in program guides. Some
program guides may use the symbol (D) to indicate that the
program is video described.
For more information about FCC programs to promote access for
people with disabilities, visit the FCC's Disability Rights
Office website.
Contact the FCC
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By mail:
Federal Communications Commission
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Consumer Inquiries and
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445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
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Here is a list of stations in the top 60 markets.
New York (#1)
⢠Los Angeles (#2)
⢠Chicago (#3)
⢠Philadelphia (#4)
⢠Dallas-Fort Worth (#5)
⢠San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (#6)
⢠Boston (Manchester) (#7)
⢠Washington, D.C. (Hagerstown) (#8)
⢠Atlanta (#9)
⢠Houston (#10)
⢠Phoenix (Prescott) (#11)
⢠Detroit (#12)
⢠Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota) (#13)
⢠Seattle-Tacoma (#14)
⢠Minneapolis-St. Paul (#15)
⢠Miami-Fort Lauderdale (#16)
⢠Denver (#17)
⢠Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne (#18)
⢠Cleveland-Akron (Canton) (#19)
⢠Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto (#20)
⢠St. Louis (#21)
⢠Pittsburgh (#22)
⢠Portland, OR (#23)
⢠Charlotte (#24)
⢠Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) (#25)
⢠Baltimore (#26)
⢠Indianapolis (#27)
⢠San Diego (#28)
⢠Nashville (#29)
⢠Hartford & New Haven (#30)
⢠Kansas City (#31)
⢠Columbus, OH (#32)
⢠San Antonio (#33)
⢠Salt Lake City (#34)
⢠Milwaukee (#35)
⢠Cincinnati (#36)
⢠Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson (#37) ⢠West Palm
Beach-Fort Pierce (#38) ⢠Austin (#39) ⢠Grand
Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek (#40) ⢠Las Vegas (#41) â¢
Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News (#42) ⢠Birmingham (Anniston
and Tuscaloosa) (#43) ⢠Oklahoma City (#44) â¢
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York (#45) ⢠Greensboro-High
Point-Winston-Salem (#46) ⢠Albuquerque-Santa Fe (#47) â¢
Jacksonville (#48) ⢠Louisville (#49) ⢠Memphis (#50) ⢠New
Orleans (#51) ⢠Buffalo (#52) ⢠Providence-New Bedford (#53)
⢠Fresno-Visalia (#54) ⢠Wilkes-Barre-Scranton-Hazleton (#55)
⢠Little Rock-Pine Bluff (#56) ⢠Richmond-Petersburg (#57)
⢠Albany-Schenectady-Troy (#58) ⢠Mobile-Pensacola (Fort
Walton Beach) (#59) ⢠Tulsa (#60)
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