How can we find out what shows each channel describes? It is great news,
although for us as cable subscribers, we cannot access this feature
ourselves.
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From: "Linda Coccovizzo" <[email protected]>
To: "'Adaptive technology information and support.'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 1:29 AM
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
•
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
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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) • 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)
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