CRTC set to establish closed captioning standards

OTTAWA - The CRTC is seeking input on proposed new French and English-language closed captioning quality standards for television broadcasters.The closed captioning quality standards are sets of standards, one for each official language market, that address the quality of closed captioning provided by Canadian television broadcasters. Once approved by the Commission, all TV licensees will be required to adhere to the closed captioning standards through conditions of licence that will be applied at the time of licence renewal or approval of a new licence.The deadline for comments on the French-language closed captioning quality standards is September 14 and the deadline for...