This may happen in bits and pieces. Online media companies are adding subtitles to their videos in response to a one-off FCC ruling: http://techcrunch.com/2012

This may happen in bits and pieces. Online media companies are adding subtitles to their videos in response to a one-off FCC ruling: http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/03/amazon-quietly-begins-the-long-road-to-closed-captioning-its-streaming-video-library/ http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/03/amazon-quietly-begins-the-l... Changes to the law seem unlikely given the dysfunction in Congress now and in the foreseeable future. Hence, we may end up with a regulatory patchwork quilt made up of rulings like this one.