Captioning online clips “remains a time-consuming and costly...

Captioning online clips “remains a time-consuming and costly process” that the FCC doesn’t have the authority to require, said NCTA representatives in a meeting with staff from the Media Bureau and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, according to an ex parte filing (http://bit.ly/1dKXv9t). Cable companies have “made significant strides” in voluntarily captioning some online clips, and are exploring different ways to accomplish the task through technology, NCTA said.