Accessibility coalition asks for share of Bell/CTV deal

TORONTO - Canada’s largest accessibility organizations are calling on the CRTC to divert a portion of vertical integration transactions - like Bell and CTV - to a fund that would help broadcasters make their content 100% accessible.The Access 2020 Coalition has proposed that 1% of all TV ownership transactions from 2010 until 2015 be allocated to accessibility research, including standards development and systematic, third-party monitoring of progress towards full accessibility in terms of captioning and described video.“The tools to make TV accessible were invented more than thirty years ago,” said Beverley Milligan, on behalf of Media Access Canada which is spearheading...