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Canadian disability advocates criticise takeover of Canwest

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 17:36

A group of Canadian organisations and individuals who advocate disability rights has been very critical of a planned acquisition of the Canadian television broadcasting company Canwest Global by Shaw Communications. Their criticisms centre on the fact that Shaw has made no commitment to accessibility, and in particular audio description.

The 2010 Captioning Awards winners are…

Friday, 27 August 2010 11:54

The 2010 Deafness Forum Captioning Awards, held last night at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney, celebrated a year of achievement in access for people who are Deaf or hearing impaired.

FOX SPORTS to offer regular live captioning from 1 October

Thursday, 26 August 2010 16:39

Subscription television network FOX SPORTS has announced they will be offering live captioning across a variety of telecasts commencing 1 October 2001.

Sky News channel commences regular captioning from 1 October

Thursday, 26 August 2010 12:43

Subscription news channel Sky News has announced that it will start regular captioning from Friday, 1 October 2010 on its program PM Agenda, a daily political news program.

Sky News starts live captioning on election night

Friday, 20 August 2010 17:06

Subscription news channel Sky News launches a live captioning service with Saturday night’s election coverage from 6pm to 10pm.

NZ announces TV audio description trial

Friday, 13 August 2010 09:39

NZ On Air, the government agency that funds captioning services in New Zealand, has announced a NZ$500,000 audio description trial on digital television in 2011.

UK access company on the market

Thursday, 22 July 2010 09:17

The UK company ITFC, which provides captions and audio description for clients including ITV and Five, is on the market for a reported £15 million.

Nominations open for Deafness Forum Captioning Awards

Tuesday, 13 July 2010 16:49

Deafness Forum has announced that nominations are open for the annual Captioning Awards, which will be held this year on Thursday 26 August at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney.

ASTRA responds to Human Rights Commission questions

Friday, 09 July 2010 17:54

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is currently considering an application for exemption from complaints under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) regarding captioning. As part of the decision process, the AHRC sent ASTRA a letter asking for further information on several points, and ASTRA has now responded.

ACMA finds TCN Nine breached caption obligations

Thursday, 01 July 2010 15:47

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that TCN Nine breached its captioning obligations under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 by failing to caption sections of four episodes of Nine News and one episode of RPA broadcast in July 2009.