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Takeaways from Lainey Feingold’s 2023 Digital Accessibility Legal Update

by Jena Wallace in Industry Trends

Digital Accessibility Legal Update with Lainey Feingold – Part One [Free Webinar] At the end of each year, Lainey Feingold joins 3Play Media to share her annual digital accessibility legal update. Because 2023 was such an impactful year for digital accessibility news…

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Updated July 11, 2024

Key Insights from 3Play’s Giving Tuesday Celebration with the GAAD Foundation

by Jena Wallace in Events

Championing Inclusivity with the GAAD Foundation [Free Webinar] Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a global movement to inspire charity and generosity in communities everywhere. The day takes place each year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. The goal of Giving Tuesday…

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Updated December 20, 2023

Closed Caption Styling & Formatting Best Practices You Need to Know

by Jena Wallace in Uncategorized

Captioning Best Practices for Media & Entertainment [Free eBook] Closed caption styling is an important element of video production that significantly impacts video quality and accessibility.  Traditionally, caption styling best practices were determined by television networks, streaming services, and captioning professionals based…

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November 3, 2023

4 Benefits of Using AWS S3 in Captioning Workflows

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

5 Security Questions to Ask Your Closed Captioning Provider [Free eBook] Ensuring secure methods of data storage and transfer is a necessity in today’s digital world. As organizations across a variety of industries are moving towards the adoption of secure workflows for…

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October 25, 2023

3Play’s Patent Playbook: Revolutionizing Live Captioning Technology with Failover and Failback

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

3Play’s Patent Playbook blog series tells the stories behind our patented technology. Learn how 3Play Media’s Research and Development (R&D) teams are spearheading innovation in accessibility tech and creating breakthroughs in the media accessibility industry at large. The 2023 State of Automatic…

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Updated March 22, 2024

Understanding WCAG Guidelines

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

WCAG 2.0 & Beyond: Modernizing Web Accessibility [Free eBook] Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) remain among the most comprehensive and relevant accessibility standards since their inception over two decades ago. These guidelines offer a structured approach to creating digital content that is…

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Updated October 11, 2023

Closed Captioning Types: Learn the Difference Between Pop-On, Roll-Up, and Paint-On

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

Beginner’s Guide to Captioning [Free eBook] When beginning the process of ordering captions for your media, it can be easy to get bogged down with all the variations, customizations, and styles that can be applied to your captions. Even the decision of…

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July 3, 2023

Canada’s Online Streaming Act: Everything We Know About Bill C-11 So Far

by Jena Wallace in Industry Trends

Navigating Broadcast Accessibility in Canada [Free Webinar] As the landscape for media consumption continues to evolve from traditional broadcasting to online streaming, governments around the world have been working to make relevant updates to their existing legislation to address the challenges and…

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Updated February 14, 2024

The Ultimate Guide to Subtitles: Different Types, How They Work, and When to Use Them

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

The Ultimate Guide to Subtitles: Different Types, How They Work, and When to Use Them Video subtitling is instrumental in reaching global audiences, but can be a complex and nuanced media accessibility solution. Add captions to the equation, and it can become…

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June 22, 2023

What Does the Latest DOE & DOJ Dear Colleague Letter Mean for Online Accessibility in Higher Education?

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

How the ADA Impacts Online Video Accessibility [Free eBook] In a “Dear Colleague” letter released on May 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (DOE) highlight the ongoing efforts to address barriers that prevent people with disabilities…

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Updated February 7, 2024

Caption Vendor Diversification: Enhancing Business Continuity with Multiple Accessibility Partners

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

How to Select the Right Closed Captioning Vendor: 10 Crucial Questions to Ask [Free Guide] Are you familiar with supply chain diversification? This business strategy entails using multiple channels and vendors to achieve success and prevent disruption in your organization’s end product.…

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May 25, 2023

Demystifying Caption Encoder Workflows

by Jena Wallace in Video Accessibility

The Complete Guide to Caption Encoders [Free eBook] With such a wide variety of caption encoder workflows available, determining whether to use a physical or virtual encoder can be a complicated process to navigate. Perhaps you’re making a decision about your encoding…

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Updated June 15, 2023