- The CVAA requires programming that is first shown on television with captions, it must also be closed captioned online. There is no requirement to caption a program that is shown originally and only online.
- The root question is whether there was a requirement to close-caption the programming in the first place. If the channel in question generates more than $3 million in annual revenue, captioning is required. If the channel does not make more than $3 million a year, then it is exempt from closed-captioning.
- CVAA does not apply to newspaper and magazine online sites because the material is not first broadcast and then shoveled online.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
What the new Closed Captioning rules REALLY mean
There is a great deal of misinformation going around about the new requirements for captioning online video in the U.S. based on the Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA). Here are a few points of clarification.