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January 2011
Date Published	News headline and description
Cinema and the Arts 04 January 2011	Latest news on new closed caption movie sessions From 30 December, 2010, three Australian cinemas were to have begun closed caption screenings of movies using the new CaptiView technology. At the time of print, only two have begun closed captioned sessions.

December 2010
Date Published	News headline and description
Cinema and the Arts 23 December 2010	Audio described movies at Perth’s Movies by Burswood Once again, St George Bank Movies by Burswood is proud to present audio described movies at its outdoor summer movie screenings in Perth.
23 December 2010	Get ready, Gold Coast – captioned cinema is coming your way Event Cinemas Robina will begin closed captioned movie sessions from 30 December 2010.
22 December 2010	Get reading at Reading Cinemas, Charlestown Captioned cinema fans will welcome not just a new captioned cinema location, but a new caption viewing device and a new cinema chain from 30 December 2010.
22 December 2010	Closed captioned cinema on Broadway Captioned cinema hits the big time on Broadway. Broadway in Sydney, that is. From 30 December 2010 Hoyts Cinemas Broadway will begin closed captioned sessions using the CaptiView system.
20 December 2010	Get ready to try out the new closed caption cinema system Following on from last week’s announcement regarding developments in the accessible cinema roll-out for the major cinema chains, Media Access Australia would like to remind cinema fans that three new locations will begin captioned screenings from 30 December 2010.
16 December 2010	Dates released for the start of new accessible cinema program Australia is looking to be the first country in the world where its major entertainment cinemas will have all venues accessible. Trying to achieve this involves some risk as there are always difficulties in making sure new technologies work well and fit in with worldwide practice.
16 December 2010	12 Days of Access - Ally Woodford on 2010's blockbuster improvements in cinema access Ally Woodford reflects on this year’s leaps and bounds in the world of cinema and DVDs, and looks forward to seeing changes in 2011.
10 December 2010	Go Theatrical release captioned theatre schedule The 2011 schedule for captioned theatre has been released by Go Theatrical this week.
02 December 2010	American cinema chain sued over lack of closed captions Legal action has been taken in California this week against America’s third largest movie chain for failing to provide any captioned movies in its theatres.

November 2010
Date Published	News headline and description
26 November 2010	Accessible cinema comes to Colombia The South American nation of Colombia has begun a project in its capital, Bogota, to make cinema accessible for people with hearing or vision impairments.
24 November 2010	New solution to the problem of 3D caption placement 3D cinema is often touted as the biggest development since black and white movies. But big developments can also mean big issues that need resolving. Besides developing the standard technology of 3D to function across many formats, another consideration for developers is the placement of captions within the 3D picture.
19 November 2010	US government considers updating cinema access regulations The US Department of Justice is considering revising its regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with regard to access in cinemas for the Deaf and hearing impaired, and the blind and vision impaired. These revisions could potentially have a huge impact on the levels of captioning and audio description (AD) in American cinemas.
Cinema and the Arts 18 November 2010	Testing of cinema captioning systems in the USA At the recent Washington, D.C. Digital Captioning Symposium presented by Regal Entertainment Group and National Association of Theater Owners, representatives of Deaf and hearing impaired groups were given the opportunity to test four types of cinema captioning devices.
Cinema and the Arts 05 November 2010	World Deaf Cinema Festival begins As reported in May, the inaugural World Deaf Cinema Festival is currently taking place in Washington DC.
TV DVD 02 November 2010	Encore magazine looks at accessibility In the November issue of Encore magazine, which is out now, Georgina Pearson tackles the subject of accessibility in cinema and TV in Australia.
01 November 2010	Read My Shorts film event - Sydney A new film event starting in Surry Hills, Sydney, today will screen short films with captions for audience members.

October 2010
Date Published	News headline and description
11 October 2010	Access All Areas film festival hits the road again Access All Areas is a touring film festival that aims to increase access to Australian cinema. For the third year running the festival will screen across NSW during November and December.

September 2010
Date Published	News headline and description
28 September 2010	Watch captioned movie trailers on your iPhone Movie search engine Captionfish has just released an iPhone application (app) that streams captioned movie trailers for the Deaf and hearing impaired.

August 2010
Date Published	News headline and description
31 August 2010	Changes to Your Local Cinema website In preparation for the expansion of the accessible cinema program in major cinema chains nationally, the Your Local Cinema website will be undergoing some changes of its own.