Cable subscriber in Md. won FCC ruling against Comcast and Court ...
Cable subscriber in Md. won FCC ruling against Comcast and Court TV over closed-captioning. Kelby Nathan Brick alleged that Comcast and Court TV failed to comply with Commission’s closed-captioning requirements in first half of 2000, when FCC’s phasing-in rules…
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called for 450 hours of closed-captioning in each calendar quarter, adding up to total 900 hours for 6 months. Brick said he filed complaint with Comcast and Court TV and was told by latter that it had captioned 15 hours per week -- 195 hours per quarter. Court TV later informed Comcast that it had failed to meet requirements but intended to make up for it in last half of year. Court TV told Commission it captioned 325-350 hours of captioned programming in each quarter and that, after taking remedial action, it more than made up for shortfall. Commission blamed Comcast for not ensuring that Court TV was in compliance, saying distributors were charged with that responsibility. FCC ordered Comcast to be more vigilant but declined to order penalties, sanctions or other remedial efforts against Court TV and Comcast since Court TV had corrected situation.