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Federal Register: January 14, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 10)

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

DA 10-2320

Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee;

Announcement of Establishment and Members; and Announcement of Date of

First Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document announces the establishment and appointment of members of the Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory

Committee (``Committee'' or ``VPEAAC'') of the Federal Communications

Commission (``Commission''). This document also announces the change of the Committee's popular name to the Video Programming Accessibility

Advisory Committee (``VPAAC''). The Commission further announces the date of the Committee's first meeting.

DATES: The Committee was established on December 7, 2010. The first meeting of the Committee will take place on Thursday, January 13, 2011, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Commission Headquarters.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Gregory, Consumer and Governmental

Affairs Bureau, 202-418-2498 (voice), 202-418-1169 (TTY), or

Pam.Gregory@fcc.gov (e-mail); or Alison Neplokh, Media Bureau, 202-418- 1083, Alison.Neplokh@fcc.gov (e-mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 7, 2010, in document DA-2320,

Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the establishment and appointment of members of the VPEAAC, following a nominations period that closed on

November 1, 2010. This Committee is established in accordance with the

Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, Public Law 111-260 (``Communications and Video Accessibility

Act'' or ``CVAA''). To avoid confusion with the Emergency Access

Advisory Committee (a second committee created under the CVAA), the

Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee will commonly be referred to as the Video Programming Accessibility Advisory

Committee (VPAAC). All meetings of the VPAAC shall be open to the public. Its purpose is to develop recommendations on closed captioning of Internet programming previously captioned on television; the compatibility between video programming delivered using Internet protocol and devices capable of receiving and displaying such programming in order to facilitate access to captioning, video description and emergency information; video description and accessible emergency information on television programming delivered using

Internet protocol or digital broadcast television; accessible user interfaces on video programming devices; and accessible programming guides and menus. Within six (6) months of its first meeting, the VPAAC shall submit recommendations concerning the provision of closed captions for Internet-delivered video programming and the ability of video devices to pass through closed captions contained on Internet- based video programming. By April 8, 2012, the VPAAC shall submit recommendations on the remaining issues listed above. At the VPAAC's first meeting, the Committee will be divided into four working groups, each of which will be assigned specific tasks related to the

Committee's purposes.

The Chairman of the Commission is appointing forty-five (45) members of the VPAAC. Of this number, ten (10) represent interests of persons with disabilities; six (6) represent interests of closed captioning and video description providers; eleven (11) represent device manufacturers; four (4) represent Internet and software companies; two (2) represent broadcasters; and twelve (12) represent video programming distributors and providers. The VPAAC's membership meets the CVAA's goals of assembling a Committee that has the technical knowledge and engineering experience needed to meet the tasks assigned.

All appointments are effective immediately and shall terminate December 7, 2012, or when the Committee is terminated, whichever is earlier.

The membership of the VPAAC, designated by organization or affiliation, as appropriate, is as follows:

Adobe, Inc.--Andrew Kirkpatrick

Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions--

Phyllis Anderson

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American Council of the Blind--Melanie Brunson

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Marlaina Lieberg, Pratik Patel--Alternates

American Foundation for the Blind--Bradley Hodges

American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness--Louis

Herrera

AT&T--Leonardo Velazquez

Audio Description Associates--Joel Snyder

Bright House Networks--Jeffrey Cantrell

Broadcast Interactive Media--Timur Yarnall

Caption Colorado--Gary Rulh

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Chris Crosgrove--Alternate

CBS--Mark Turits

Center for Hearing and Communication--Joseph Gordon

Chicago Lighthouse Service--Bill Jurek

Comcast Cable--Charlie Kennamer

Computer Prompting and Captioning--Sidney Hoffman

Consumer Electronics Association--Brian Markwalter

Cox Communications--Steve Watkins

Digital Media Association--Lee Knife

DirecTV--Robert Gabrielli

Disney ABC Cable Networks--Vince Roberts

EchoStar Technologies--John Card

Google--Naomi Black

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Ken Harrenstein--Alternate

Hearing Loss Association of America--Lise Hamlin

IDEAL Group--Steve Jacobs

Iowa Radio Reading Service--Mary Evans

LG Electronics/Zenith Electronics--Wayne Luplow

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Tim Laud--Alternate

Microsoft--Ann Marie Rohaly

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Laura Ruby--Alternate

Modulation Sciences, Inc.--Eric Small

Motion Picture Association of America--Van Stevenson

Motorola--Jeffrey Newdeck

National Association of Broadcasters--Kelly Williams

National Association of the Deaf--Shane Feldman

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Jeff Rosen, Kelby Brick--Alternates

National Cable and Telecommunications Association--Andy

Scott

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Diane Burstein, Jill Luckett--Alternates

National Captioning Institute--Beth Nubbe

Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of

Hearing Persons--Cheryl Heppner

Research in Motion--Greg Fields

Rovi Corporation--Adam Powers

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Adam Goldberg--Alternate

Sony Electronics--Paul Hearty

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Mark Eyer--Alternate

Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing,

Inc.--Claude Stout

Turner Broadcasting System--Clyde Smith

Verizon Technology Organization--Samuel Olu Akiwimi-Assani

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Jimmy Ho--Alternate

Viacom--Glenn Goldstein

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Christopher Heaton--Alternate

VITAC--Tim Taylor

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Bob Beyer, Heather York--Alternates

WGBH National Center on Accessible Media--Larry Goldberg

World Wide Web Consortium--Judy Brewer

To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental

Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Federal Communications Commission.

Karen Peltz Strauss,

Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau.

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