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Caption Action 2: September 2011 Newsletter
 Caption Action 2 This is the Caption Action 2 newsletter for September 2011.We skipped the August newsletter. Caption Action 2 took a bit of a summer break.Coming Up:Alloy Entertainment, producer of branded web series, is now on board with closed captioning! After being nudged by Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, Alloy promised to closed caption its upcoming Wendy web series. Wendy ...Sun, Sep 11 2011 All My Children and One Life to Live Move to Internet
Caption Action 2 The soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live have been cancelled on regular television, but fan demand has resulted in the licensing of the shows to the company Prospect Park.Prospect Park will be continuing the shows online, but it is not definite that the same actors will participate. The question is, now that AMC and OLTL are becoming web series, will they ...Fri, Jul 08 2011 Caption Action 2 Takes On Facebook!
Caption Action 2 A new fight has been launched to get Facebook to update its video player to add closed captioning support. Why now? The answer is, because Facebook is clearly positioning itself to become a major player in the original web video content arena.This past week alone, two high-profile web series have been announced for Facebook: Aim High, and Teen Wolf.Aim High is a profe...Thu, Jun 30 2011 blip.tv's Player Now Has Closed Captioning!
Caption Action 2 In a previous post when we slammed blip.tv, we said that their player didn't have CC. blip.tv contacted Caption Action 2 and told us that the reason they had relaunched with no captions is because they had some technical issues that could not be resolved in time for the relaunch. They were forced to revert back to an older player. blip.tv promised to update their vi...Tue, Jun 28 2011 Caption Action 2: June 2011 Newsletter
Caption Action 2 This is the Caption Action 2 newsletter for June 2011.Two New AdditionsMay was a disappointing month. There was only one new addition to the list of closed captioned web series: Anyone But Me. The description: "Anyone But Me is an award winning, critically acclaimed drama about a new generation of gay, straight, and ethnically diverse teens struggling with identity an...Wed, Jun 01 2011 Webby Awards Host's Web Series Lacks Captions
Caption Action 2 This week, the big news in the web series biz was that the Webby Awards will be held on June 13, 2011. The selected host is Lisa Kudrow, whose web series "Web Therapy" is an award-winning web series, having won two webby awards this year: best comedy and best individual performance. The series' description is "Lisa Kudrow stars as a therapist with limited patience for...Sat, May 28 2011 Blip.TV Redesigns Web Site, Does Nothing to Improve...
Caption Action 2 Today there was big news in the web series industry. Blip.TV announced it had redesigned their website to showcase the best, most professional web series. Not only that, Blip had raised $18 million in new funds.(Nostalgia Chick, courtesy of Blip.tv)Blip.TV claims it has support for closed captioning. A message on the Blip.TV support forum from Blip.TV staff on Februar...Tue, May 17 2011 Kids' Web Series Ruby Skye PI Begins Captioning!
Caption Action 2 This week, a children's web series, Ruby Skye P.I. became the first closed captioned children's web series (for kids aged 8 to 14) added to the master list of captioned web series. This was significant because Ruby Skye P.I., about a teenage girl detective, is an award-winning web series. At the Los Angeles Web Series Festival, Ruby Skye won eight awards:Outstanding I...Fri, May 13 2011 Caption Action 2: May 2011 Newsletter
Caption Action 2 More Web Series CaptioningThis past month saw some increase in captioned web series. We are now posting the master list of captioned web series at [link] on the captioned web series page. New to the list since last issue:BROKEN TOYGHOULSHARD DRIVE 13KIDS REENACTMICROWAVE P**NOUT WITH DADPIONEER ONE (Producer is from a deaf family)SEEKING SIMONESIX FIGURESSOLOSPACE H...Tue, May 10 2011 Caption Action 2: April 2011 Newsletter
Caption Action 2 This is the Caption Action 2 newsletter for April 2011.The tide seems to be turning. We are finding out that sometimes in order to get a web series captioned, all you have to do is ask. Starting with this issue, every issue will carry a master list of captioned web series at the bottom. While the list is growing, it is just a tiny segment of the huge number of web ser...Sun, Apr 10 2011 Caption Action 2: March 2011 Newsletter
Caption Action 2 This is the Caption Action 2 newsletter for March 2011.Two New Captioned Web SeriesWe like to start off with good news, so here is some: two new web series are captioned! The first one is The Vamps Next Door, at [link] about a family of vampires. What is interesting about this web series, is that the producers are very interested in giving actors with disabilit...Mon, Mar 07 2011 Caption Action 2: February 2011 Newsletter
Caption Action 2 This is the Caption Action 2 newsletter for February 2011.It Starts with StudentsAs web series grow in popularity and are increasingly becoming the face of television online, colleges are teaching students how to create web series. After reading this article in The Seattle Times, Caption Action 2 contacted the professor who was interviewed, Ross Brown. Professor B...Sun, Feb 13 2011 We've Got To Get Through to Major Networks!
Caption Action 2 A popular trend now is for major networks to have companion web series for their popular shows. The regular show is closed captioned online, but not the companion web series! Under the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, we have NO LEGAL WAY to force the captioning of the companion web series.This week, NBC launched its companion web series for Th...Sat, Jan 22 2011 Caption Action 2: January 2011 Newsletter
Caption Action 2 This is the Caption Action 2 newsletter for January 2011.Caption Action 2 Hits 15,000 MembersCaption Action 2 now has over 15,000 members. The slow but steady growth of Caption Action 2 reflects increasing awareness among people of Internet television and the lack of captions on Internet television.Web Series ContactsDecember through early January was a rather fruitle...Wed, Jan 12 2011 YouTube Buying Next New Networks. What Does It Mean?
Caption Action 2 Today the New York Times reported that YouTube is in talks to buy Next New Networks. What does this mean for the deaf and hard of hearing community? First we have to look at why YouTube is doing this and its significance, then look at what it could mean for the deaf and hard of hearing community.Why and Significance of the PurchaseYouTube buying Next New Networks cou...Wed, Dec 15 2010 Caption Action 2: December 2010 Newsletter
Caption Action 2 This is the Caption Action 2 newsletter for December 2010.New York Times on Web SeriesYou know the web series business has arrived as an entertainment industry, when the New York Times takes note. In November, the New York Times launched an occasional feature in their ArtsBeat section, a column called Watchlist. It started November 12. Check it out via the watchlist t...Wed, Dec 08 2010 Number One Web Series is Now Captioned!
Caption Action 2 Thanks to Sebastian Andrade, The Annoying Orange is now closed captioned! After Caption Action 2 began making noise about no closed captions on Annoying Orange, Sebastian contacted CA 2 and let us know about his captioned videos on DotSub, where his moniker is SpongeSebastian. Then Sebastian reached out to the producer of The Annoying Orange, offering to share his cap...Wed, Nov 03 2010 Dateline: 2012
Caption Action 2 Today a very reliable source pointed Caption Action 2 to a timeline for the implementation of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, developed by a law firm and posted on the Internet. This timeline is a downloadable PDF file. According to this timeline, we can expect Internet closed captioning regulations to be published in Spring 2012.So what d...Thu, Oct 14 2010 Vampire Mob Begins Captioning!
Caption Action 2 Today Vampire Mob ( [link] notified us that they were starting to closed caption! The first captioned episode from the first season is up, with more to come.Caption Action 2 first contacted the producer of Vampire Mob on September 5. At that time, Vampire Mob was using Vimeo for their web series. On September 22, Vampire Mob's producer wrote back that he was the on...Fri, Oct 01 2010 Help Get The Annoying Orange to Caption!
Caption Action 2 Today Mashable/Visible Measures came out with their new monthly list of top web series. For the seventh straight month, The Annoying Orange was #1. This is the web series that Caption Action 2 has tried to get to closed caption, but they have not responded at all. Getting the top web series to closed caption is critically important because if we can not get the top we...Thu, Sep 30 2010 Catheters, Not Accurate Captions
Caption Action 2 Even the Federal government is getting into web series now. But they can't be bothered to spend a few dollars for accurate closed captions. An example of this can be seen in the new (actually two months old) Federal web series $100 Note Podcast on the YouTube US Currency channel.Caption Action 2 learned about the existence of this web series from a review on the Tu...Fri, Sep 24 2010 Guest Blog: Creating Captions for Streamed Netflix Videos
Caption Action 2 Carolina Maria wrote the following guest blog for Caption Action 2, about creating subtitles for Netflix streamed videos.Watch Streaming Movies in Netflix with Subtitles/Captions!Netflix is a rental service of videos that provides its subscribers with two options:1. Pick movies or any other video you wish to watch and they will mail the movies to your residence.2....Mon, Sep 13 2010 Caption Action 2 Newsletter: September 2010
Caption Action 2 This is the Caption Action 2 newsletter for September 2010.FINAL ACTIONS IN CONGRESSThis month should bring a final vote by the House on the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. The House is expected to pass S 3304, which passed the Senate in August.As you know, S 3304 leaves out a very important and fast-growing area of entertainment: origina...Sat, Sep 04 2010 Come On, Google, Do The Right Thing!
Caption Action 2 Google has jumped into the web series biz, producing its own web series, Google Beat. Google Beat is about search engine term popularity, and has a human host. Google Beat is on YouTube of course - but they are using the inaccurate automatic captioning. (For instance, in the picture below, are they talking about what we are eating for breakfast, not what we are heari...Sat, Aug 28 2010 Runic Films Willing to Caption, But...
Caption Action 2 Yesterday, Caption Action 2 contacted the producers of a children's web series, eScape. The premise of eScape is given in a press release: "eScape tells the story of a group of campers seemingly abandoned by their counselors. They soon discover they are trapped within a video game that grants them amazing abilities. But in the real world, this game is the object...Sat, Aug 21 2010 Revision3 Pledges to Caption All of its Web Series!
Caption Action 2 One of the many web series producers Caption Action 2 contacted about captioning their web series, was Revision3.com. (Memory refresher: the HR 3101 and S 3304 bills do not require original web television programming to be captioned). Revision3.com is a website that produces and broadcasts only original web series programs, some as long as an hour.Caption Action 2 c...Wed, Aug 18 2010 Industry Wins. Deaf Pay the Price.
Caption Action 2 How high a price are we paying for Congress not requiring original web television programming to have closed captions? The price is already high, and getting higher by the day! Caption Action 2 is still learning just how high that price is.Professionally produced web television is exploding on the Internet. More money is being poured into it, and the quality has incr...Thu, Aug 12 2010 We've Won. And We've Lost.
Caption Action 2 We've won...We've kind of won.The hard work of the National Association of the Deaf and the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology has resulted in the Senate modifying S 3304 so it is more like HR 3101! So now the big push is on to get the Senate to pass S 3304! Passage seems very likely - the full details can be read here:Senate Improves S. 3304, Action...Fri, Aug 06 2010 Caption Action 2: August 2010 Newsletter
Caption Action 2 This is the Caption Action 2 newsletter for August 2010!HOUSE VOTE!On July 26, 2010, in keeping with the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the House of Representatives voted and passed HR 3101, 348 to 23! Happily, the version of HR 3101 that passed the House also restored the $10 million to help deaf-blind people purchase equipment.BUT.We can't ...Sun, Aug 01 2010 HR 3101 Will Pass - Next Stop: Senate!
Caption Action 2 In a voice vote earlier today, the House passes HR 3101 by voice vote, and is expected to pass it tonight.Amy Cohen Efron posted about it, HR3101 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY!, on her blog.Next stop is the Senate.What does this mean for Caption Action 2 when the Senate passes the bill also? Simply put, our job is done. The blog and the Facebook group will be closed.Great job, e...Mon, Jul 26 2010 Next Stop For HR 3101 - Full House Floor!
Caption Action 2 This morning, HR 3101 went through its second markup. It was a great day for everyone, especially the deaf-blind. Here's what happened;- the $10 million deaf-blind provision was restored- Rep. Baldwin suggests addition of adding captioning to Public, Educational, and Government channels.Now it's on the way to the House floor for a full vote!The video of the markup is ...Wed, Jul 21 2010 Second HR 3101 Markup 7/21 At 10am!
Caption Action 2 HR 3101 will have its second markup tomorrow morning (June 21) in Rayburn Room 2123 at 10 AM.Keep an eye on this blog and on COAT's website for more:COAT Looks Forward to House Energy & Commerce Committee Markup of H.R. 3101Tue, Jul 20 2010 Do You Want A Toothless HR 3101? Act Now!
Caption Action 2 Caption Action 2 was aware that there had been changes made to the "new" HR 3101 that is going to be voted on by the full House Energy and Commerce Committee, any day now. What we did not know, was exactly what changes and how much was changed! In an effort to craft a bill that industry would accept, industry got a lot of what they demanded - with the result that our ...Fri, Jul 16 2010 Yet Another Step Forward for Equal Access!
Caption Action 2 Earlier today, S 3304 had a markup together with three other bills and nominations. They recommended that it be moved to the Senate floor for a vote.Caption Action 2 does not know yet what the fate of the deaf-blind provision was, but, according to the National Journal, "The panel approved a substitute that included as its text a modified version of the technology a...Thu, Jul 15 2010 Cosponsor 53 Joins HR 3101!
Caption Action 2 53HR 3101 just got its 53rd cosponsor!Let us welcome Democratic Representative William Lacy Clay (MO-1)!Democrats - 51, Republicans - 2Sat, Jul 03 2010 From $10 Million to Zero...for Deaf-Blind People!
Caption Action 2 Today the National Association of the Deaf posted about the markup of HR 3101. One sentence caught our eye:For example, advocacy efforts will be needed to recover the section in H.R. 3101 which provided funding for specialized communications equipment needed by people who are deaf-blind, such as refreshable Braille devices. That section was not included in the new...Fri, Jul 02 2010 HR3101 Forwarded to Full Committee!
Caption Action 2 Caption Action 2 just watched the webcast of HR3101's markup. There were some amendments proposed and it has been forwarded to the full committee.Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 3101, the “Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009The page also has the video in downloadable format as well as the opening statements and the amendments.Wed, Jun 30 2010 BigBenFactor liked this Moving Forward! Markup Time!
Caption Action 2 Today the news came in the afternoon: HR 3101 has a markup session tomorrow (June 30, 2010) at 2:00 pm in the House subcommittee! Like the hearing, it is going to be streamed live online with captions. Caption Action 2 will not be attending, but the Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology will be there to represent the interests of the deaf and blind comm...Tue, Jun 29 2010 Caption Action 2 Is One Year Old!
Caption Action 2 Caption Action 2 just turned a year old! But, we don't want to grow up!Starting with just one member early in the morning of June 25, 2009, we have grown to over 14,000 deaf and blind people, family, and friends.What a year it has been! In one year:* Support for HR 3101 (also a year old now!) in the House of Representatives was tripled.* Newspaper reporters took notic...Sat, Jun 26 2010 Operation PAH Also Means...?
Caption Action 2 Operation PAH can also stand for Parents, Associates (friends) and Hearing allies. This suggestion comes courtesy of our friends at the National Association of the Deaf. Many if not most of you have already contacted Congress, but what about your families and friends (both hearing and deaf)?It has been nearly a full year. In fact, in just 2 more days it will be a full...Thu, Jun 24 2010 New York Times! And Operation PAH Begins!
Caption Action 2 NEW YORK TIMES!Today, one of the "big boys" in mainstream media took notice of the need for more captions on the Internet: The New York Times! In his article, "On Web Video, Captions Are Coming Slowly," reporter Brian Stelter turned the spotlight on the current state of captioning online. Stelter does an admirable job of capturing the full picture: he mentions CNN.co...Mon, Jun 21 2010 Advisory Shmisory. Shapiro Can Stuff the Advice!
Caption Action 2 In both Gary Shapiro's written testimony for the HR 3101 hearing and his Washington Times editorial, Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association, pushed the inane idea of an advisory committee:From the written testimony:As an alternative, CEA has proposed the development of an advisory committee consisting of all affected stakeholders working toget...Fri, Jun 18 2010 Deafeye liked this Sorry Shapiro, Voluntary Doesn't Work!
Caption Action 2 Perhaps Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association, who fervently believes voluntary actions are enough, would like to answer the following questions...Why is it, Mr. Shapiro, that after Congress passed the television decoder circuitry act, we did not get a substantial voluntary increase in closed captioning? Why is it that for six years, from 199...Tue, Jun 15 2010 Boucher a Victim of Misinformation?
Caption Action 2 Politicians do not write their own speeches. Thus, Representative Rick Boucher, chairperson of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, may have been a victim of misinformation provided by his scriptwriter. During his introduction to the HR 3101 hearing, Boucher made an apparently incorrect statement...What happened? Between roughly 10:3...Sun, Jun 13 2010 HR 3101 Gets Cosponsor 52!
Caption Action 2 52The dust hasn't quite settled from yesterday's flurry of two new cosponsor announcements. We've got our 52nd cosponsor!Emerging from the dust comes New York Representative Yvette Clark (D-11).Democrats - 50, Republicans - 2We're on a roll! Keep contacting your representatives!Fri, Jun 11 2010 Shapiro's Words Belong Where the Sun Don't Shine
Caption Action 2 Today at the HR 3101 hearing, the speaker most opposed to the bill was Gary Shapiro (gshapiro@CE.org), the president of the Consumer Electronics Association. Most of the media coverage focused on Shapiro. Although speakers Sergeant Jesse Acosta (American Council of the Blind) and Lise Hamlin (Hearing Loss Association of America) made some powerful statements, they wer...Thu, Jun 10 2010 Oops! No, It is Now 51 Cosponsors!
Caption Action 2 51Turns out that Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA) also just signed on to HR 3101! Since her name has already been added to the bill while Representative Matsui's is still awaiting addition (Matsui announced her support via a press release that was distributed at today's HR 3101 hearing), that means Eshoo is the real 50th cosponsor! Like Matsui, Eshoo is on the Subc...Thu, Jun 10 2010 We Got Our 50th Cosponsor!
Caption Action 2 50That's how many cosponsors we now have!Caption Action 2 just got the exciting news today! We just had our FIFTIETH, count them, 50th, HR 3101 cosponsor!It's none other than Representative Doris Matsui (D-CA-5), member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet!Democrats - 48, Republicans - 2Thu, Jun 10 2010 SPECIAL BULLETIN: HR 3101 HEARING!
Caption Action 2 A GIANT STEP FORWARD IS TAKING PLACE! On Thursday, June 10, 2010 there will be a hearing in the House on HR 3101, the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act!Time: 10:00 amPlace: 2123 Rayburn House Office BuildingOnline live video captioning: Yes! We do not have the exact URL yet, but it most likely can be accessed via the House Subcommittee Hearings p...Fri, Jun 04 2010 Caption Action 2: June 2010 Newsletter
Caption Action 2 This is the Caption Action 2 newsletter for June 2010. We have so much this month we hardly know where to begin!For starters, Caption Action 2 is one year old this month! We began early in the morning of June 25, 2009. So is HR 3101, the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, which was introduced on June 26, 2009!SENATE BILL INTRODUCED AT LASTIn earl...Thu, Jun 03 2010 |
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