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NCTA Backs Captioning Certification Exemption

NCTA supports an FCC proposal exempting some video programmers from captioning registration and certification requirements when another entity, such as a programming network, has filed the relevant certification, the cabler said in comments posted Wednesday in docket 05-231. “Adopting the…

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proposed exemption would relieve numerous program suppliers, including many small businesses, of needless paperwork obligations,” NCTA said. “Removing this regulatory burden will have no impact on the substantive captioning obligations for nonbroadcast programming.” The agency should make filing such certifications on behalf of multiple networks easier, NCTA said.