Hi Bob and all. Here is the link with all the information about the tv markets and show listings. http://www.acb.org/adp/tv.html#shows
-----Original Message----- From: ATI [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bob jaco Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 11:07 AM To: Adaptive technology information and support. Subject: Re: [ATI] Fw: July 1, 2015 Video Description How can we find out what shows each channel describes? It is great news, although for us as cable subscribers, we cannot access this feature ourselves. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Coccovizzo" <[email protected]> To: "'Adaptive technology information and support.'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 1:29 AM Subject: Re: [ATI] Fw: July 1, 2015 Video Description > Hi Reg and all. First of all, I want to thank you for bringing this to > attention, as I think folks who have lived in one of the top 25 markets > have had this service available to them for so long that it is second > nature. This is a very exciting day for those of us lower on the > television market totem pole. I actually think FOX decided to make > description available to all of it's viewers. I may be wrong, but I've > heard from folks who live nowhere near top TV markets that they have been > receiving that description since around April. It should be noted as > well, that Nickelodeon was replaced by the history channel. Also, ABC has > had some things described, so I'm not sure if they just got an early start > in the top 60, or if they are doing that all over as well. Does anyone > know how they choose which shows are described by the networks? We were > watching Shark Tank awhile back, and we didn't even realize our SAP was on > until we heard the description. It's not a show I would choose over others > to have described, because really there isn't much other than some facial > expressions and stuff to be described. I would pick a show with a lot more > detail, but it may be a popularity thing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ATI [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Reginald George > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 12:06 AM > To: [email protected]; Adaptive technology information and support. > Subject: [ATI] Fw: July 1, 2015 Video Description > > Today is an important day for TV stations that are in the top 60 markets > in the United States. Before today, only stations in the top 25 markets > were required to carry video description for the shows that have that as > an option. > July 1, 2015 extends the list from the top 25 and now includes the top 60. > Kansas City is 31 on that list. > If you have cable or satellite, the controls to switch to the described > audio will be in your cable box or satellite receiver. If you are watching > an over the air digital broadcast with an antenna, the setting will be in > your television. > Not every television show is described but I've been watching The > Simpsons, Bob's Burgers etc... on Fox 4 without any problem on AT&T Uverse > for about a month or so. > Here is some info from the FCC. > > • The requirement to provide video description is extended to local TV > station affiliates of ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC located in the top 60 > television markets beginning July 1, 2015. > The top five non-broadcast networks - Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, TBS, > TNT and USA - must provide 50 hours per calendar quarter (about 4 hours > per week) of video-described prime time and/or children's programming. > • Subscription TV systems (offered over cable, satellite or the telephone > network) with 50,000 or more subscribers must carry video description. > • Subscription TV systems with fewer than 50,000 subscribers also may > provide video description. Check with your subscription TV provider. > How to access video description > Video description is provided through the TV or set top box "secondary > audio"; feature, which some TV controls identify as "SAP"; or "secondary > audio program."; The secondary audio may also be identified as a language > feature, such as "Spanish"; or "SPA,"; because it is also used to provide > Spanish or other language translations of English language TV programs. > Depending upon the program being viewed, when listening to the secondary > audio, you may hear the primary audio with video description, Spanish or > other language translation, a duplicate of the primary audio, or silence. > Your TV user manual may provide information about activating the secondary > audio feature, or you may contact the customer service department where > you bought the TV or the customer service department of the TV > manufacturer for assistance. If you have a set top box for subscription TV > service, you may contact your subscription TV provider for assistance in > activating the secondary audio. > Learn More > Networks, broadcasters and subscription TV systems may provide information > about the availability of programs with video description through their > websites and in program guides. Some program guides may use the symbol (D) > to indicate that the program is video described. > > For more information about FCC programs to promote access for people with > disabilities, visit the FCC's Disability Rights Office website. > Contact the FCC > • > By phone: 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322); TTY: 1-888-TELL-FCC > (1-888-835-5322) > • > By mail: > Federal Communications Commission > Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Consumer Inquiries and Complaints > Division > 445 12th Street, SW > Washington, DC 20554 > Accessible formats > To request this article in an accessible format - braille, large print, > Word or text document or audio - write or call us at the address or phone > number above, or send an email to [email protected]. > Here is a list of stations in the top 60 markets. > New York (#1) > • Los Angeles (#2) > • Chicago (#3) > • Philadelphia (#4) > • Dallas-Fort Worth (#5) > • San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (#6) > • Boston (Manchester) (#7) > • Washington, D.C. (Hagerstown) (#8) > • Atlanta (#9) > • Houston (#10) > • Phoenix (Prescott) (#11) > • Detroit (#12) > • Tampa-St. Petersburg (Sarasota) (#13) > • Seattle-Tacoma (#14) > • Minneapolis-St. Paul (#15) > • Miami-Fort Lauderdale (#16) > • Denver (#17) > • Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne (#18) > • Cleveland-Akron (Canton) (#19) > • Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto (#20) > • St. Louis (#21) > • Pittsburgh (#22) > • Portland, OR (#23) > • Charlotte (#24) > • Raleigh-Durham (Fayetteville) (#25) > • Baltimore (#26) > • Indianapolis (#27) > • San Diego (#28) > • Nashville (#29) > • Hartford & New Haven (#30) > • Kansas City (#31) > • Columbus, OH (#32) > • San Antonio (#33) > • Salt Lake City (#34) > • Milwaukee (#35) > • Cincinnati (#36) > • Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson (#37) • West Palm Beach-Fort > Pierce (#38) • Austin (#39) • Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek (#40) • > Las Vegas (#41) • Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News (#42) • Birmingham > (Anniston and Tuscaloosa) (#43) • Oklahoma City (#44) • > Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York (#45) • Greensboro-High > Point-Winston-Salem (#46) • Albuquerque-Santa Fe (#47) • Jacksonville > (#48) • Louisville (#49) • Memphis (#50) • New Orleans (#51) • Buffalo > (#52) • Providence-New Bedford (#53) • Fresno-Visalia (#54) • > Wilkes-Barre-Scranton-Hazleton (#55) • Little Rock-Pine Bluff (#56) • > Richmond-Petersburg (#57) • Albany-Schenectady-Troy (#58) • > Mobile-Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach) (#59) • Tulsa (#60) > > > > > __._,_.___ > > Posted by: Steven Clark <[email protected]> > > Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New > opic • Messages in this topic (1) Read the NUT KC blog @ > http://nutkc.wordpress.com > > Visit Your Group > > > > > • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > > > > > > > > . > > > __,_._,___ > > > _______________________________________________ > ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) > A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind > http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology > > > _______________________________________________ > ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) > A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind > http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology > _______________________________________________ ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) 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