telecommunication Act of 1996

The law governing what programming must be closed captioned is the telecommunication law of 1996.

This law defines who must caption, how much of their programming must be captioned, and when. the law includes local governments, cable channels, television networks, commercials, public service announcements and political ads.

again, gary robson has a clear and concise discusion of the law and how it affects what you watch.

there is information on who to contact on some pages of this website, including those devoted to specific cable channels, if you wish to complain about captioning.