RECOMMENDATIONS

APPROACH OF THE STUDY GROUP

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• Please publish the report in an accessible format (e.g., text data) that people with visual impairments and others can read.

We plan to publish reports in text data, starting with those we can handle.

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• Please make reference to the "Act for Promoting Measures Pertaining to the Access and Use of Information, as well as Communication by Persons with Disabilities" （commonly known as the Act to Promote Information Accessibility and Communication Measures for Persons with Disabilities, which was promulgated and put in to effect on May 25, 2022. (At the very least, we hope that the MIC will fully take the Act's intent into account in any future consideration of the nature of broadcasting, including systems and standards.)

Our proposal focuses on reducing the cost burden of the broadcasting network infrastructure on broadcasters, how to make broadcast content permeate the Internet space, and how the broadcasting system should be designed to enable the sustainable maintenance and development of broadcasting. The study did not examine the part of the broadcasting system that would serve as the point of contact with the user. In the future, when the MIC looks at procedures and standards for user accessibility, we believe that it is appropriate to take measures in accordance with the basic principles stipulated in Article 3 of the "Act to Promote Information Accessibility and Communication Measures for Persons with Disabilities."

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• Regarding user accessibility, only a partial reference to it is mentioned in the "Summary by the Working Team." However, we believe that in future discussions on the nature of broadcasting, including systems and standards, from the perspective of ensuring accessibility, we should involve persons representing organizations of persons with disabilities in the discussions and listen to their opinions. Therefore, we request that such a perspective be included.

Our proposal focuses on how to reduce the cost burden of the broadcasting network infrastructure on broadcasters, how to make broadcast content permeate the Internet space, and how the broadcasting system should be designed to enable the sustainable maintenance and development of broadcasting. The study did not examine the part of the broadcasting system that would serve as the point of contact with the user. In the future, when the MIC looks at procedures and standards for ensuring user accessibility, we believe that it is appropriate to take measures in accordance with the basic principles stipulated in Article 3 of the "Act to Promote Information Accessibility and Communication Measures for Persons with Disabilities."

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• Please revise "expansion of commentary broadcasting, subtitling, etc. for the audiovisual impaired" to "commentary broadcasting, subtitling, sign language broadcasting, etc."
• In addition to "display of subtitles, etc.", the future study should also thoroughly consider how "display of sign language" should be and should include the following features that have been realized in ATCS3.0 (Advanced Television Systems Committee 3.0) and H.702 (ITU-T Rec. H.702). Closed signing (a function that enables the sign language display to be turned on and off) is hopefully included.

We will revise the text based on your recommendations.

As for your recommendation on how broadcasters should display sign language, we will consider it for the future broadcasting administration.

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