2020 Q4 Closed Captioning Certifications
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235 E 45th Street New York, NY 10017 January 5, 2021 Re: AETN Networks — Certification of Compliance with Children’s Television Act of 1990 and Closed-Captioning Programming Laws 4th Quarter — October 1st, 2020 – December 31st, 2020 To Whom It May Concern: This letter shall serve as certification under the Children’s Television Act of 1990 (the “Act”) that for the respective quarter ended December 31st, 2020, A&E Television Networks, LLC (“AETN”) has been in compliance with the Act with respect to all of its networks (including in high definition). This letter shall also serve as certification that AETN has been in compliance with the closed-captioning requirements set forth in Section 79.1 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including Section 79.1(j)(2) with respect to its programming services for the quarter ended December 31st, 2020. A&E Television Networks, LLC is dedicated to providing the best programming and customer service possible. I can be reached at (646) 745-0043 or via email: [email protected] with any questions or concerns. We thank you for your business and wish you continued success. Regards, Pamala Steward Director Distribution Operations cc: S. Plasse Document Number: 213270 DocuSign Envelope ID: 0BF51361-D566-45F5-9EDF-9CD969FDFD80 January 27, 2021 Via Electronic Mail Brian Jones Vice President - Operations National Cable Television Cooperative, Inc. [email protected] Dear Brian Jones: Pursuant to Section 17(c) of the Agreement dated January 1, 2016 between National Cable Television Cooperative, Inc., on the one hand, and AMC Network Entertainment LLC (“AMCN”), WEtv LLC, IFC TV LLC, SundanceTV LLC, New Video Channel America, L.L.C. (collectively with AMCN, WEtv LLC, IFC TV LLC and Sundance TV LLC, the “Networks”) and IFC in Theaters LLC, on the other hand, I hereby certify on behalf of the Networks that (i) for the fourth quarter of 2020, all of the linear programming on AMC, IFC, Sundance TV, WE tv, BBC America and BBC World News (the “Services”) was in compliance with the Federal Communications Commission’s closed captioning regulations contained in 47 C.F.R. § 79.1, and (ii) for the 2020 calendar year, none of the Services’ programming was originally produced and broadcast primarily for an audience of children 12 years old and under. Sincerely, Roy Cho SVP, Distribution VIDEO PROGRAMMING CAPTIONING CERTIFICATION 4th Quarter – 2020 AXS TV (“Network”) hereby certifies that all full length programming delivered for the period of Oct 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 for transmission using Internet protocol (“IP-Delivered Video”) was captioned in a manner designed to adhere to the amounts, tolerances and exemptions in Sections 79.1 and 79.4 of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission codified at 47 C.F.R. §§ 79.1 & 79.4 (the “FCC Rules”), including without limitation, that the programs contain captions of at least the same quality as the captions provided for the programming when previously delivered for viewing on television, except for any category of programming or individual programs accompanied by a Captioning Exception Notice in the form attached as Exhibit A indicating the reason(s) captioning was not required. AXS TV By: ___________________ Anthony Cicione SR VP Operations Date: Jan 1 2021 EXHIBIT A IP-DELIVERED VIDEO PROGRAMMING CAPTIONING EXCEPTION NOTICE FOR 3rd Quarter 2020 In reference to the Captioning Certification provided by AXS TV (“Network”) as of October 1, 2019, the following programming/program will be delivered during the above-stated calendar quarter without captions (or without captions useable for online distribution) for the indicated reasons. For purposes of this Captioning Exception Notice, the “Rules” shall mean Sections 79.1 and 79.4 of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission codified at 47 C.F.R. §§ 79.1 & 79.4, and the FCC Orders promulgating such regulations, including 77 Fed. Reg. 19480 (Mar. 30, 2012). Programming/Program(s): N/A (identify as fully as possible) captions not yet required for the content type (i.e., live/near-live, prerecorded-and-edited, archival) (79.4(b)) content is not “full length video programming” (for example, is only clips/outtakes) (79.4(b)) programming has not aired previously on television in the U.S. (79.4(b)) captions are not required because it: is other than English- or Spanish-language (79.1(d)(3)) is primarily textual (79.1(d)(4)) aired exclusively in late-night hours (79.1(d)(5)) is an interstitial, promotional announcement or PSA of 10 minutes or less (79.1(d)(6)) is Educational Broadband Service programming (79.1(d)(7)) is locally produced non-news programming with no repeat value (79.1(d)(8)) appeared exclusively on a “new network” for which captioning not yet required (79.1(d)(9)) is primarily non-vocal musical material (79.1(d)(10)) captioning expense is/was in excess of 2% gross revenues (79.1(d)(11)) appeared exclusively on a channel producing revenues of less than $3,000,000 (79.1(d)(12)) is locally produced educational programming (79.1(d)(13)) is subject to application for an economic burden exception (attach application) (79.1(f)(11)) is subject to a grant of an economic burden exception (attach FCC order) (79.1(f)) is “pre-rule” programming that never appeared on television with captions Other: _______________________________________________________________________________ First Media 3550 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 2010 Los Angeles, CA 90010 1/25/2021 NCTC 11200 Corporate Ave. Lenexa, KS 66219 RE: BabyFirst Certificate of Compliance - NCTC To Whom It May Concern: This letter certifies that to the best of my knowledge after reasonable review, BFTV, LLC dba BabyFirst, A First Media Company, is in compliance with the “commercial limitations” set forth in the Children’s Television Act of 1990 and Closed Captioning requirements set out under 47 C.F.R. 79.1 and the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 during the 4th quarter of 2020. Additionally, our CALM certification is available at www.babyfirsttv.com under the Company information tab. DocuSign Envelope ID: 3CC95042-C75A-46DC-9B7C-34A689C51D47 CLOSED CAPTIONING CERTIFICATION This is to certify that BabyTV Channel was in compliance in all material respects with the closed captioning benchmarks, rules and regulations promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission for the calendar quarter commencing on October 1st, 2020 and ending on December 31st, 2020. I hereby declare that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. 1/7/2021 Executed this ___ day of January, 2021. BabyTV Channel Signature: ___________________________ Name: Alex Maier Title: Senior Vice President BabyTV This is a copy. The original is on file at ABC Cable Networks Group offices, on behalf of the BabyTV Channel, located at 3800 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California 91505. 4th Quarter 2020 E/I Programming Certification Month/Year: 4th Quarter, 2020 E/I Children’s Programming. Attached hereto is information sufficient to enable Broadcaster to complete the FCC Children’s Programming Report (Form 398) for the D4 Channel. Closed Captioning. All programming provided for broadcast on the station during this month was closed captioned, except for the programs noted below along with the applicable FEE exemption: D4 Channel is exempt from adding captions to programming at this time because the D4 Channel’s annual gross revenues in the prior calendar year were less than $3 million. Commercial limits in Children’s Programming. During Q4 2020 Programmer aired the following E/I programming aimed at an audience of teens 13-16 years of age and therefore the rules of 47 C.F.R. Section 73.670 for commercial limits and website rules do not apply. Children’s Program Days and times aired Xploration Nature Knows Best Sat 9:00am (ET) Xploration Weird But True Sat 9:30am (ET) Biz Kids Sat 10:00am (ET) Dragonfly TV Sat 10:30am (ET) Think Big Sat 11:00am (ET) Xploration Earth 2050 Sat 11:30am (ET) Certified this 5th Day of January 2021 By: Ryan Raines, COO BOOMERANG CLOSED CAPTIONING COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE I, Michelle Hylton, in my capacity as Vice President—FCC Compliance of Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc., hereby certify that, for the fourth quarter of 2020, Boomerang was in compliance with the closed captioning requirements set forth in 47 C.F.R. 79.1. Certified by me this 8th day of January, 2021 __________________________ Michelle Hylton 4471959 Boomerang Closed Captioning Compliance Certificate Q4 2020 CARTOON NETWORK CLOSED CAPTIONING COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE I, Michelle Hylton, in my capacity as Vice President—FCC Compliance of Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc., hereby certify that, for the fourth quarter of 2020, Cartoon Network was in compliance with the closed captioning requirements set forth in 47 C.F.R. 79.1. Certified by me this 8th day of January, 2021 __________________________ Michelle Hylton 4471935 Cartoon Network Closed Captioning Compliance Certificate Q3 2021 One CNN Center. Atlanta. GA 30303-2762 RICHARD OFRELL.JONES Vice President, Business Operations CNN Worldwide Ottice: 4Q4.827.5210 Fax: Fax: 404.827.4959 [email protected] CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN} CLOSED CAPTIONING - CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE l, Richard Orrell-Jones, in my capacity as Vice President, Business Operations of CNN Worldwide, hereby certifl, that for the fourth quarter of 2020, CNN was in compliance with the closed captioning requirements set forth in 4T C.F.R.79.1. Certified me this 15th day of January,2021 Richard A Tlmerilarner Company One CNN Center. Atlanta. GA 30303-2762 RICHARD ORRELL.JONES Vice President, Business Operations CNN Worldwide Ollicet 404.827.5210 Fax: Fax: 404.827.4959 richard. [email protected] CNN en ESPAfiOL CLOSED CAPTIONING - CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE l, Richard Orrell-Jones, in my capacity as Vice President, Business Operations of CNN Worldwide, hereby certify that for the fourth guarter of 2020, CNN en Espafrol was in compliance with the closed captioning requirements set forth in 47 C.F.R.