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Video on demand services still lack captions
Dedicated television channel for primary school children with captions
Repealing captioning red tape: Captioning of repeats on multichannels
Repealing captioning red tape: Caption quotas
Repealing captioning red tape: Caption reporting
Repealing captioning red tape: Caption quotas on subscription TV
Trial of audio description on ABC iview to start in 2015
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The service will initially be available on iPhones, then expand to other platforms including Android, via PCs and Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) by August 2015. (HbbTV is the platform that will host the Freeview Plus service, due to be launched on 2 September.)
The trial will last for 15 months, and provide at least 14 hours of audio described content per week, with a mix of drama/entertainment, documentary/current affairs and children’s programming. Currently, the only catch-up TV service in the world to provide audio description is the BBC’s iPlayer.
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ACMA finds Nine cricket coverage breached caption quality rules
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The ACMA’s standard, which came into effect in July 2013, states that captions must be readable, accurate and comprehensible. The breaches related to the pre-game segments of programs which went to air on 12 and 17 January.
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Did you know: One Deaf lawyer helped increase access for all Deaf Canadians?
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Vlug stated he could not enjoy programs such as major league baseball playoff games without the inclusion of captions, arguing that Deaf Canadians are equal to those who can hear since their taxes funded the broadcaster, entitling them to the full experience of CBC programming.
The case was won and the lawyer granted CAD$10,000 by the CHRT for pain and suffering. CBC appealed the tribunal’s settlement but later dropped the bid when it settled with Vlug out of court for a lower amount.
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