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EU to mandate TV subtitles


April 09, 2008 All public-service television programs in the European Union must be subtitled, the European Parliament said Wednesday. Meeting in Brussels, the Parliament said that subtitles -- or closed captioning -- ensure all viewers, including deaf and hard-of-hearing people, have full access to programs. The Parliament vote, in the form of a written declaration, added that subtitles also help with foreign-language learning.

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