Subtitles and Caption FCC Caption Regulations and Compliance

Question 1

Which U.S. federal agency is primarily responsible for enforcing closed captioning regulations on television?

Accepted Answer

FCC

Answer

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) enforces closed captioning rules under the Communications Act.

Question 2

Under FCC rules, which type of programming was FIRST required to carry closed captions?

Accepted Answer

New English-language programming

Answer

FCC rules first mandated captions on new English-language programming before expanding to other categories.

Question 3

The Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990 required all television sets with screens 13 inches or larger to include what?

Accepted Answer

Built-in caption decoding circuitry

Answer

This Act mandated that TVs 13 inches and larger include built-in circuitry to decode and display closed captions.

Question 4

Which law extended closed captioning requirements to online video distributed by TV broadcasters and cable operators?

Accepted Answer

Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA)

Answer

The CVAA of 2010 extended FCC captioning requirements to IP-delivered video that previously aired on TV with captions.

Question 5

FCC caption quality standards require captions to be 'accurate,' meaning they must:

Accepted Answer

Match the spoken words as closely as possible

Answer

FCC accuracy rules require captions to reflect the spoken audio as closely as possible, including speaker identification.

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