Cement hey Reggie do you know if Kansas City is in one of those 60 markets area I don't know if you know figured I'd ask okay dear hope you are doing well so take care we had tornado touchdown in Lee Summit last night here so why damage so take care hon talk to you soon
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 2, 2015, at 12:05 AM, Reginald George <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > • > By phone: 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322); TTY: 1-888-TELL-FCC > (1-888-835-5322) > • > By mail: > Federal Communications Commission > Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau > Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Division > 445 12th Street, SW > Washington, DC 20554 > Accessible formats > To request this article in an accessible format - braille, large print, > Word or text document or audio - write or call us at the address or > phone number above, or send an email to [email protected]. > 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) > • Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News (#42) > • Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa) (#43) > • Oklahoma City (#44) > • Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York (#45) > • Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem (#46) > • Albuquerque-Santa Fe (#47) > • 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) > > > > > __._,_.___ > > Posted by: Steven Clark <[email protected]> > > Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New > opic • Messages in this topic (1) > Read the NUT KC blog @ http://nutkc.wordpress.com > > Visit Your Group > > > > > • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > > > > > > > > . > > > __,_._,___ > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > _______________________________________________ ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) 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