Data about the quality and quantity of accessibility will be available next spring, when we publish the first results from a one-year content analysis of programming made possible by the support of CTV, Industry Canada, and Ryerson University. The studies measuring the quantity and quality of accessible TV on ten TV stations confirm that captions and descriptions have many errors. These problems exist because the CRTC does not require broadcasters to meet standards or targets for complete accessibility and does not systematically measure, monitor, or report on accessibility.
We estimate that the CRTC's current approach to descriptive video TV may become fully accessible only in 2040.