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| 29 April 2013 |
Opinion: Australia still a prison for vision impaired TV viewers Blind advocate Scott L. Nixon shares his hopes and dreams for Australian television. |
| 24 April 2013 |
Call for an ongoing audio description service trial The future of audio description (AD) on Australian television is currently being decided, and blindness and consumer organisations are calling for... |
| 23 April 2013 |
Panasonic talking TVs now available in Australia Panasonic’s new range of Viera smart TVs which have just been released in Australia feature Voice Guidance, making them accessible for blind and... |
| 19 April 2013 |
Captioning on digital multichannels The Federal Government is due to introduce new regulations regarding captioning on digital multichannels like GO!, 7Two, Eleven and ABC2 which will... |
| 18 April 2013 |
Emergency information accessibility required in US Subscription TV providers and program owners in the USA have been ordered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make emergency... |
| 09 April 2013 |
Report on the accessibility of Electronic Program Guides Media Access Australia has released a report on electronic program guides (EPGs) and how television networks and content providers display access... |
| 04 April 2013 |
New Zealand to have independent captioning supplier Captioning and audio description services for New Zealand television, which are currently provided by the government-owned national broadcaster TVNZ... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 28 March 2013 |
Television access in the UK: 2012 in review Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has released its final report on the provision of access services on television for 2012. As in previous... |
| 22 March 2013 |
Results of UK caption quality survey released A survey on the quality of television captioning, conducted by Action on Hearing Loss, the largest deafness advocacy organisation in the UK, has... |
| 20 March 2013 |
Overcoming audio description’s technical hurdles Following the 2012 trial on ABC1, Media Access Australia has compiled a briefing paper outlining how Australia’s television industry can overcome the... |
| 07 March 2013 |
ACMA posts captioning exemptions submissions The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has posted submissions it has received in response to preliminary caption exemption and... |
| 06 March 2013 |
Canada first country to achieve 100% broadcast captioning Canada is already a world leader in television captioning with legislation mandating that all TV programs are broadcast with captions. Now, Canada’s... |
| 01 March 2013 |
The top 5 ways the Disability Discrimination Act has boosted access The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) turns 20 this year and Australia’s disability communities are taking the opportunity to reflect on how the... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 28 February 2013 |
Groups call on Government to release audio description report The organisations behind the campaign to have audio description provided on Australian TV have called on the Government to release the ABC's... |
| 25 February 2013 |
Blindy.TV: a new online audio description service Blindy.TV, which describes itself as “your accessible couch potato experience”, is a new free online service created by blind people. Aiming to make... |
| 19 February 2013 |
Campaign for captions in Malta A campaign is under way in Malta to have captions introduced on television and in cinemas. Run by the Deaf People Association and film promotion... |
| 18 February 2013 |
MasterChef highlights online access gap One of the contestants on Network Ten’s MasterChef: The Professionals, Bonny Porter, has a hearing impairment, but like other Deaf and hearing... |
| 14 February 2013 |
World’s second audio described TV channel launches in Czech Republic The radio and television broadcaster Czech Radiokomunikace has launched an audio description channel, the second in the world after Canada’s AMI-tv.... |
| 07 February 2013 |
Apple TV software update improves accessibility Apple TVs are now easier to use for everybody after a software update to the device improved access features. Included in this update is support for... |
| 04 February 2013 |
Canadian counterpart honoured with Jubilee Medal The CEO of our sister organisation, Media Access Canada, Beverley Milligan has been awarded with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. The... |