'The Weather Channel applauds the Commission's apparent decision to adopt explicit rules requiring closed captioning material to meet certain quality standards,' Weather Channel said. The FCC is currently vetting an item, launched by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, that would require broadcasters, programmers and MVPD's to deliver more accurate captions, but it also recognizes the challenges of real-time captioning. The Commission should investigate the captioning practices of DirecTV and WeatherNation to determine if any of its rules have been violated and assess any appropriate sanctions.' Moreover, several viewers have complained publicly that they are not receiving WeatherNation's closed captioning at all when viewing the channel on DirecTV.

'DirecTV's decision to deny that information to its deaf and hard of hearing viewers is both indefensible and dangerous. 'Weather programming frequently involves disseminating severe weather information that is crucial to viewers' life and safety,' Weather Channel told the FCC.

That's going to be the next system that spreads across the Chicago area, perhaps up towards Flint.' The transcript of the captions is effectively indecipherable: 'AS WELL AS WHEN THE STORM WATSON'S FOR THE BLUE STATE IN AREAS BAFFLING TO ME THEN NEXT IS DOWN THAT SPREAD DECRIES THE CHICAGO AREA AND SOME ORANGE FLAMES.' For example, in a segment on winter storm watches, the transcript of the audio reads: 'As well as winter storm watches for the blue shaded areas.

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