Comments on English closed captioning standards, BCE's funds, pushed back

OTTAWA – Industry stakeholders will have more time to compile their comments after the CRTC pushed back deadlines for its proposed English-language closed captioning quality standards, and BCE’s proposed broadcasting accessibility fund and the Canadian broadcasting participation fund.The Commission said Friday that comments on quality standards for English-language closed captioning are now due by October 28, and the deadline for the submission of replies has been extended to December 7.Comments on BCE’s broadcast accessibility fund and Canadian broadcasting participation fund have been extended to November 7, and the deadline for the submission of a reply by BCE Inc. has been extended to November...