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Caption Now: Netflix: Make Films Accessible for the Deaf & HOH http://t.co/SdQdNbpH via @change
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Caption Now: YouTube brings human-enabled closed captioning to live video for Google I/O http://t.co/Woh8mtfF via @engadget
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Caption Now: Regal Entertainment Group teams up with Sony to bring subtitle glasses to US theaters http://t.co/Lm3D5v59 via @engadget
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Caption Now: FCC Releases Internet TV Closed Captioning Notice of Proposed Rulemaking! http://t.co/Cxd525Vi
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Caption Now: The State of Streaming Video http://t.co/rntljQdS
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Caption Now: Netflix Violates ADA, National Association of the Deaf Files Suit http://t.co/lYMpBk4
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Caption Now: Netflix Faces Two Class Action Lawsuits over Captions & Customer Data http://t.co/CI6JQxp
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Caption Now: @Netflix officially separates DVD, streaming pricing; $15.98 and up for both engt.co/nfRBCF via @engadget Insulting on us
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Caption Now: Editorial: @Netflix was too cheap before, but now it's just wrong engt.co/pQ57dB via @engadget What if we don't want streaming
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Caption Now: Netflix, Time Warner sued by deaf groups over lack of closed captions http://bit.ly/iBj2d1
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Caption Now: The National Association of the Deaf Sues Netflix for Supposed Lack of Subtitles - @Gizmodo http://t.co/ENOinZu
COAT Leaders Brief Cable & Broadband Attorneys about H.R. 3101
On March 2, 2010, Rosaline Crawford, Director of the Law and Advocacy Center of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), spoke on H.R. 3101 at the “Broadband & Cable Industry Law 2010″ forum sponsored by the Practicing Law Institute (PLI). On the panel entitled “Developments in Cable Technology,” targeted to attorneys in the cable television industry, Ms. Crawford’s segment focused on “how will persons with disabilities access new technologies and services over the Internet, video, and phone? Will new regulation be required?”
Previously, Karen Peltz Strauss, co-chair of COAT, had presented a similar briefing in New York City on January 26, 2010 at PLI’s New York city conference center. PLI courses provide continuing education credit for practising attorneys.
The COAT leader presentations were part of an overall forum looking at the state of broadband and cable voice competition, raising topics such as:
• What will the National Broadband Plan say about net neutrality and other policies?
• Will the advent of online video affect cable regulation?
• What are the current regulatory and policy issues invoice competition?
• Will Congress or the agencies impose new privacy requirements on broadband and video providers?
The accessibility/usability provisions in H.R. 3101 are clearly part and parcel of the overall current focus on broadband and the issues associated with greater expansion and new technologies. What is significant is how much COAT has been able to introduce disability accessibility concerns and influence the policy dialogue in various communities looking at broadband topics.
COAT Leaders to Speak on Accessibility In the National Broadband Plan
On March 10, 2010, leaders from five COAT organizations –Jenifer Simpsonof AAPD, Eric Bridges of ACB, Ari Ne’eman of ASAN, Rosaline Crawford ofNAD, and Larry Goldberg of WGBH Media Access Group — will address various topics in regard to accessibility and the imminent release of the National Broadband Plan by the FCC. Co-sponsored by Silicon Flatirons, ITIF, the FCCand AAPD, the conference brings together people with disabilities, government officials, industry groups and academics to discuss fulfilling the vision of including people with disabilities in the National Broadband Plan. Participants will talk about accessibility, affordability, innovation, collaboration and the need for legal, policy and regulatory changes.
To be held at Washington DC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Library, speakers will include Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the FCC, Joel Gurin, Chief of the FCC Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau,Vint Cerf of Google, and other key people. See Agenda & Full List of speakers for more information.
