{"abstract":"In this document, the Commission clarifies several points regarding video programming distributors' obligations to close caption digital programming in light of technological changes inherent in the digital television transition for full-power broadcasting. The Commission also amends the closed captioning rules to provide for more efficient complaint processes and methods for consumers to contact distributors with concerns about closed captioning.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2009/01/13/E8-31447.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":79,"title":47}],"citation":"74 FR 1594","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2009-03-16","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective: February 12, 2009, except 47 CFR 79.1(g)(1) through (5) and 47 CFR 79.1(i) which contain information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104-13, that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Commission will publish a separate document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for the new and revised information collection requirements. Interested parties (including the general public, OMB, and other Federal agencies) that wish to submit written comments on the PRA information collection requirements must do so on or before March 16, 2009.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["CG Docket No. 05-231 and ET Docket No. 99-254","FCC 08-255"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"E8-31447","effective_on":"2009-02-12","end_page":1605,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2009/01/13/E8-31447.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/01/13/E8-31447/closed-captioning-of-video-programming-closed-captioning-requirements-for-digital-television","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/E8-31447?publication_date=2009-01-13","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2009-01-13/E8-31447/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":12,"page_views":{"count":90,"last_updated":"2026-07-27 16:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-01-13/pdf/E8-31447.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2009-01-13","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2009/01/13/E8-31447.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-15T09:47:35Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":1594,"subtype":null,"title":"Closed Captioning of Video Programming; Closed Captioning Requirements for Digital Television Receivers","toc_doc":"Closed Captioning Requirements for Digital Television Receivers","toc_subject":"Closed Captioning of Video Programming:","topics":[],"type":"Rule","volume":74}