Following amendments to the Broadcasting Services Act in 2012, FOXTEL is required to provide captions on 71 of its channels. The actual level of captioning required varies depending on genre, with some of the movie channels having the highest quota (60%), while music channels have the lowest quota (5%).
Programs that are closed captioned can be identified by looking for the ‘CC’ (closed caption) symbol next to programs in the FOXTEL Magazine, On Screen Guide, Online TV Guide and Mobile TV Guide.
On its website, FOXTEL provides support for closed captions including how to activate closed captions on a particular program or permanently on all channels.
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