American churches apply for caption exemptions
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In 2005, The Christian Angler Outdoors Television Show applied to the FCC for a caption exemption which was granted on the basis that it was a non-commercial program which did not attract any revenue. Following the so-called Anglers Order, a further 300 organisations were granted exemption from national captioning rules.
Deaf and hearing impaired advocacy groups objected strongly to this, arguing that the FCC had created a new category of exempted programming, and that all an organisation had to do to be eligible for an exemption was to state it was not-for-profit.
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