Editing Audio description (section)

=== Canada ===
[[File:Described Video Logo.png|thumb|150px|"D))" Described Video logo used for onscreen bugs]]
[[File:Teletoon described video notice.jpg|thumb|150px|An example [[Bumper (broadcasting)|bumper]] used to denote a program with audio description, as required under Canadian broadcasting regulations.]]
Under [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) rules, broadcast television stations and former [[Category A services]] that dedicated more than half of their programming to comedy, drama, or long-form documentary programs, were required to broadcast at least four hours of programming with audio descriptions (known in Canadian English as described video) per-week, with two hours of this "original" to the channel per-week. These programs must have been drawn from children's, comedy, drama, long-form documentaries, general entertainment and human interest, [[Reality television|reality]], or [[Variety show|variety]] genres. Broadcasters must also promote the availability of DV programming, including airing a standard audiovisual [[Bumper (broadcasting)|bumper]] and logo at the beginning of all programs offering description (the CRTC officially recommends that this announcement also be repeated after the conclusion of each commercial break, but this is not typically practiced).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> All television providers are also required to carry [[AMI-tv]] (formerly The Accessible Channel), a specialty channel that broadcasts all programming with descriptions on the primary audio track.<ref name="CRTC 2010-821" />

On March 26, 2015, the CRTC announced that beginning September 1, 2019, most broadcast and specialty networks owned by [[Vertical integration|vertically integrated]] conglomerates, as well as any channel previously subject to license conditions specifying minimums for DV, are required to supply described video for any prime-time programming (7:00&nbsp;p.m. to 11:00&nbsp;p.m.) that falls within the aforementioned genres. The requirement that a quota of DV programming be "original" to the network was also dropped.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2015/2015-104.htm|title=Let's Talk TV - Navigating the Road Ahead - Making informed choices about television providers and improving accessibility to television programming|date=2015-03-26|publisher=CRTC|access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> Citing the possibility that not enough imported U.S. programming may be supplied with descriptions for their first airing, and the burden this may place on their ability to carry these programs, the CRTC granted an exception to [[Bell Media]], [[Corus Entertainment]], and [[Rogers Media]], for foreign programming that is received within 24 hours of its scheduled airing—provided that any future airings of the same program in prime-time contain descriptions.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2019/2019-67.htm|title=Call for comments on an amendment proposed by Bell Media Inc., Corus Entertainment Inc. and Rogers Media Inc. to their condition of licence that requires prime time programming to be broadcast with described video|publisher=CRTC|date=2019-03-11|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2019/2019-392.htm|title=Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2019-392: Amendment proposed by Bell Media Inc., Corus Entertainment Inc. and Rogers Media Inc. to their condition of licence that requires prime time programming to be broadcast with described video|author=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|author-link=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|date=December 3, 2019|access-date=January 26, 2020}}</ref> In addition, other licensed [[discretionary service]]s would be expected to air at least four hours of DV programming per-week by the fourth year of their next license term.<ref name=":3" />