[BC] "Breaking News" interruptions

[Alan Kline]

It doesn't have to be real closed-captioning, just about any way of 
getting text on-screen is acceptable. For example, a lot of stations use 
some form of "ticker" for newscasts, with info coming from the newsroom 
computer system (ENPS, or whatever). When a situation first arises, it's 
usually enough to have someone type a crawl into ENPS, so that master 
can run a ticker, until a real captioner can be reached.

Our company has a contract with a captioning firm, to have people 
available on very short notice, should some form of long-duration 
breaking news or weather happen. The goal is to have someone available 
for captioning within 15 minutes; until then, the "ticker" fills the gap.

ak

Phil Longenecker wrote:
> Hasn't the Closed Caption rule pretty much stopped the instant TV
> reporting? The station would need to provide CC by 'prompter or live
> body for ad lib reporting, or the station would risk a fine?
> 
> I remember a thread somewhere lately about wx warnings needing CC, open
> caption wasn't good enough.