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Archive for November, 2006

Closed Captioning – Update

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

Hundreds of deaf and hard of hearing consumers took action. They protested the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) decision to approve almost 300 requests for new TV programs to be shown without closed captions. Consumers sent hundreds of e-mails to the FCC Chairman, Commissioners, and staff.
Your advocacy efforts were successful.
The FCC scanned hundreds of […]

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