Missing closed captioning from episodes

I recently updated my iTunes to version 8 and have activated the closed captioning option, however, the shows I have downloaded are not showing the captioning at all. This is odd since they are closed captioned on Television and DVD's.
Season 5 of Stargate Atlantis is not available to Canadian viewers yet accept through iTunes or expensive movie packages from Starchoice. I tried two episodes through iTunes and they were not captioned.
This is frustrating for me since I'm hard of hearing and have trouble following the dialogue during scenes of intense action or tons of technical jargon (ever tried to lipread McKay?).
I would love to watch the new season via iTunes but unfortunately they are too dimwitted to include captioning...

Closed captioning is activated on STB directly. Use the * button to goggle through options.
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