Into the Future with Portable AT March 2, 2007 Closed Captions on New Digital Platforms “So many choices, so little access”: A report from the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show Larry Goldberg, Director Media Access Group at WGBH

Into the Future with Portable AT March 2, 2007 An array of devices  IPTV  HD-DVD and BluRay  Smart PC  Smart Home  Zune and iPod  Slingbox  Large and small screens  Cellphones and PDAs  A-VSB, et al. for mobile DTV

Into the Future with Portable AT March 2, 2007 An array of standards  NTSC/ATSC (CEA 608 and CEA 708)  Component video  HDMI (High Definition Media Interface)  WiFi (802.11n)  FireWire (1394)  Streaming Media (QuickTime, WMP, Real, Flash)  Streaming Text (QTtext, SMIL, SAMI, ccFlash)  New W3C standard: Timed text (DXFP)

Into the Future with Portable AT March 2, 2007 Who’s responsible?  FCC regulations  Marketplace  Standards bodies (SMPTE, ATSC, HDMI)  Trade associations (CEA, CERC, MPAA, NCTA, MPAA)

Into the Future with Portable AT March 2, 2007 Who’s responsible?  You  Me

Into the Future with Portable AT March 2, 2007 Larry Goldberg, Director Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org