Federal Communications Commission
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Closed Captioning of Video Programming
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of 
Hearing, Inc.
Petition for Rulemaking
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CG Docket No. 05-231
ERRATUM
Released: March 13, 2014
By the Acting Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau:
On February 24, 2014, the Commission released a Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and 
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 14-12, in the above-captioned proceeding.  This Erratum 
amends the Order as follows:
1. Paragraphs 179, 180, and 181 are corrected to read as follows:
179. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the rules contained in 47 CFR 79.1(c)(3), (j), 
and (k) SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon publication in the Federal Register of a notice announcing 
the approval by the Office of Management and Budget of the modified information collection 
requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
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and an effective date of the rule 
amendment, and such effective date shall be no sooner than January 15, 2015.
180. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the rules contained in 47 CFR 79.1(e)(11)(i)
and (ii) SHALL BE EFFECTIVE 90 days after publication in the Federal Register.
181. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the rules contained in 47 CFR 79.1(e)(11)(iii), 
(iv), and (v) SHALL BE EFFECTIVE upon publication in the Federal Register of a notice 
announcing the approval by the Office of Management and Budget of the modified information 
collection requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
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and an effective date of the 
rule amendment.
2. Add paragraph 182 as follows:
182. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Declaratory Ruling adopted herein shall be 
effective upon release.
3. Appendix B, paragraph 2 is corrected to read as follows:
2. Amend section 79.1 by revising the section heading and paragraphs (a), (d)(12), 
(e)(3), (f)(4) and (7), and (i)(3), by re-designating paragraph (c) as (c)(1), and by adding 
                                                     
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Pub. L. No. 104-13, 109 Stat. 163 (May 22, 1995), codified at 44 U.S.C. §§ 3501 et seq.
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Federal Communications Commission
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paragraphs (c)(2), (c)(3), (e)(11), (j) and (k), to read as follows:
4. In Appendix B, section 79.1, paragraph (c)(2), in the first sentence,  replace “all steps” 
with “any steps.”
5. In Appendix B, section 79.1, paragraph (k)(1)(ii)(C) is corrected to read as follows:  
(C) Captioning for prerecorded programming.  The presumption is that pre-recorded programs, 
excluding programs that initially aired with real-time captions, will be captioned offline before air 
except when, in the exercise of a programmer’s commercially reasonable judgment, 
circumstances require real-time or live display captioning. Examples of commercially reasonable 
exceptions may include instances when: (1) a programmer’s production is completed too close to 
initial air time be captioned offline or may require editorial changes up to air time (e.g., news 
content, reality shows), (2) a program is delivered late, (3) there are technical problems with the 
caption file, (4) last minute changes must be made to later network feeds (e.g., when shown in a 
later time zone) due to unforeseen circumstances, (5) there are proprietary or confidentiality 
considerations, or (6) video programming networks or channels with a high proportion of live or 
topical time-sensitive programming, but also some pre-recorded programs, use real-time 
captioning for all content (including pre-recorded programs) to allow for immediate captioning of 
events or breaking news stories that interrupt scheduled programming.  The video programmer 
will make reasonable efforts to employ live display captioning instead of real-time captioning for 
prerecorded programs if the complete program can be delivered to the caption service provider in 
sufficient time prior to airing.
6. In Appendix D, paragraph 21, in the first sentence, replace “indirectly affected” by 
“directly or indirectly affected.”
7. In Appendix D, paragraph 22, in the first sentence, replace “indirectly affected” by 
“directly or indirectly affected.”
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Kris Anne Monteith
Acting Chief
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau