LET’S TALK TV: Accessibility takes centre stage, but chair wonders if anyone is paying attention?

GATINEAU – At one point during the CRTC’s Let’s Talk TV hearing yesterday, chairman Jean-Pierre Blais noted the utter lack of media in the room covering the primary focus of day eight, accessibility.While we covered the hearing via webcast Wednesday, the chair has a very good point. While the talk of a potential “Netflix tax” or a skinny basic or pick and pay or Super Bowl ads made all kinds of headlines over the past number of days, the fact that a good chunk of the population has a lot of trouble seeing or hearing TV content on any platform...