Closed Captioning
CLOSED CAPTIONING QUALITY CERTIFICATION
All programming provided by WTTW complies with the closed captioning requirements established by the Federal Communications Commission as embodied in 47 C.F.R. § 79.1, including regulations concerning closed captioning quality. Programming provided by WTTW complies with these regulations by either: (i) satisfying the caption quality standards set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 79.1(j)(2); (ii) adopting and following the “Video Programmer Best Practices” set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 79.1(k)(1); or (iii) being subject to one or more of the captioning exemptions set forth in 47 C.F.R. § 79.1(d), including programming for which the audio is in a language other than English or Spanish and that is not scripted programming that can be captioned using the “electronic news room” technique; interstitial material, promotional announcements, and public service announcements that are 10 minutes or less in duration; and/or programming that consists primarily of non-vocal music.
CLOSED CAPTIONING ISSUES
If you are experiencing an issue or problem with Closed Captioning on WTTW channels/platforms, please contact us through our online Contact Form and select "Closed Captioning issue" from the dropdown, or call (773) 509-1111, option 6.
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