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     8.1. Annual Costs
    
        
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     E. Training
    
        
          Should the Department consider including a training requirement for movie theater personnel?... 
 
 
 
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     2.4. Ongoing Costs
    
        
          In addition to the upfront costs associated with hardware and device acquisition and installation, movie theaters will incur ongoing annual costs to maintain and operate captioning and... 
 
 
 
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     3.8 Maintenance and Administrative Costs
    
        
          Depending on the technology, movie theaters may need to periodically replace the batteries in the devices. ... 
 
 
 
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        Webinars, Videos, and Training > Spirit of the ADA
     ADA25: #11 of 25 -- Streaming Video
      
    
        
          But have you noticed that most aren’t captioned? The NAD is working hard to change that.
For example, we sued Netflix and won.... 
 
 
 
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     § 36.303(g)(7)(ii)
    
        
          (ii) If a public accommodation converts a movie theater auditorium from an analog projection system to a system that allows it to exhibit digital movies after December 2, 2016, then that... 
 
 
 
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     4.1.1. Total Costs
    
        
          As Table 4-1 indicates, captioning equipment acquisition costs comprise the majority of the total acquisition costs incurred by movie theaters. ... 
 
 
 
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     A. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563—Summary of Regulatory Assessment
    
        
          Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory... 
 
 
 
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     Section 36.303(g)(2) General
    
        
          the capability to exhibit movies with closed movie captions.”... 
 
 
 
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     1.1. Purpose and Need for Rule and Scope of Regulatory Assessment
    
        
          auxiliary aid provision reiterates the obligation of covered entities to ensure equally effective communication with individuals with disabilities and identifies, among other things, “open... 
 
 
 
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     4.2.6. Staff Training Frequency
    
        
          Discounted at 7 Percent ($ millions) 
	
		
			
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        Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act - Frequently Asked Questions
     C.6.iii. - Does the requirement to open or close caption and audio describe apply to productions that have a limited purpose, scope, and shelf life or contain quickly "perishable" information?
    
        
          Section 1194.22 of the Access Board standards applies requirements to web-based intranet and internet information and applications without regard to the perishable nature of a... 
 
 
 
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        Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 28 CFR Parts 35 and 36, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description (NPRM)
     2.  The 2010 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
    
        
          In the 2010 ANPRM, the Department explained that it was considering phasing in a requirement that 50 percent of movie screens offer captioning and audio description over a five-year period... 
 
 
 
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     § 36.303(g)(8) Notice
    
        
          On or after January 17, 2017, whenever a public accommodation provides captioning and audio description in a movie theater auditorium exhibiting digital movies, it shall ensure that all... 
 
 
 
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     § 36.303(g)(6) Alternative technologies
    
        
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     C. Costs and Benefits
    
        
          the availability of closed movie captioning and audio description, if the rule were not implemented.... 
 
 
 
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     4.2.7. Maintenance and Administrative Costs
    
        
          $ millions) 
	
		
			
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     VI. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
    
        
          Small businesses constitute the vast majority of firms in the movie exhibition industry.... 
 
 
 
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     Costs and Benefits
    
        
          In addition, the Department does not know precisely how many movie screens currently screen movies with closed captioning and audio description, or how many people with hearing or vision... 
 
 
 
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     7. FINAL REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS
    
        
          This final rule applies to and affects almost all small entities categorized as “Motion Picture Theaters” (defined as all movie theater firms with less than $38.5 million in annual revenue... 
 
 
 
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     § 36.303(g)(7)(i)
    
        
          (i) A public accommodation must comply with the requirements in paragraphs (g)(2)-(6) of this section in its movie theaters that exhibit digital movies by June 2, 2018.... 
 
 
 
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     V. Other Issues
    
        
          Other Issues
Several commenters asked the Department to include a requirement that movie theaters maintain all equipment needed to provide captioning and audio description. ... 
 
 
 
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        Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities (2010 ADA Title III Regulations with amendments issued through Dec. 2016)
     § 36.303(g)(9) Operational requirements
    
        
          On or after January 17, 2017, whenever a public accommodation provides captioning and audio description in a movie theater auditorium exhibiting digital movies, it shall ensure that at least... 
 
 
 
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     2.4.4. Costs Determined to Be De Minimis
    
        
          
This section outlines the Department’s research regarding the costs pertaining to repairs and notice.  As explained below, these costs are expected to be de minimis and are not...