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ACMA, Australian Communications and Media Authority
Government proposes to end caption reporting by free-to-air broadcasters
Repealing captioning red tape: Captioning of repeats on multichannels
Repealing captioning red tape: Caption reporting
Repealing captioning red tape: Caption quotas on subscription TV
ACMA finds Nine cricket coverage breached caption quality rules
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The ACMA’s standard, which came into effect in July 2013, states that captions must be readable, accurate and comprehensible. The breaches related to the pre-game segments of programs which went to air on 12 and 17 January.
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Caption reports hide great access story
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Developments that benefit viewers, stations, advertisers and content providers should be celebrated and publicised. Instead the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) puts out reports that hide innovation and the power of the market to deliver more under a spirit of healthy competition.
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ACMA finds Prime and GTV9 breached caption regulations
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Under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (BSA), television license holders must provide captioning for all programs broadcast on primary channels between 6 pm and 10.30 pm, and these captions must meet standards determined by the ACMA relating to readability, comprehensibility and accuracy.
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US regulator dismisses captioning exemption petitions
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According to the notice issued by the FCC on 2 June 2014, after representatives of the programs lodged initial petitions for exemptions, they were asked to provide further information. As they had failed to do this to the FCC’s satisfaction, it dismissed the petitions, which means that the programs have 90 days to meet captioning requirements. The programs include Zomboo’s House of Horror Movies, The Norm Prouty Real Estate Show and several religious programs.
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ACMA grants subscription TV caption exemptions
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Under theBroadcasting Services Act, the ACMA has the power to grant exemption or target reduction orders to television services if providing captions for them would cause ‘unjustifiable hardship’.
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