On TV, why is closed captioning always “provided in part by” something, IE a certain company? Why isn’t it just part of broadcasting standards that closed captions need to be present by default?

Question

On TV, why is closed captioning always “provided in part by” something, IE a certain company? Why isn’t it just part of broadcasting standards that closed captions need to be present by default?

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Answer 1

Presented by default in _no way_ means they can’t accept paid sponsorship for it. This is done all the time.