On April 20, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice issued an Interim Final Rule extending the compliance deadlines for ADA Title II web and mobile accessibility requirements by one full year. Phase 1 entities — state and local governments serving populations of 50,000 or more — now have until April 26, 2027. Phase 2 entities, covering smaller jurisdictions and special districts, have until April 26, 2028

For mid-size television stations across the United States, the pressure has never been greater. Audiences expect the same production quality they see on national networks such as polished sets, dynamic visuals, seamless transitions between news, weather, sports, and election coverage. But the budgets and studio footprints of local and regional broadcasters have not grown to match those expectations.

Modern communications technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace. At the recent NAB Show ENCO debuted enSpeak, which combines the company’s enTranslate module and the enCaption speech-to-text platform with an AI-powered voice synthesizer to create a real-time translator.

New for InfoComm, In-Room Captioning and Campus Captioning platforms support live captions, translations and transcripts on displays and mobile devices while keeping costs predictable.