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| 28 May 2014 |
Improving the quality of live captioning The recent initiative by the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, to measure the quality of live captioning has been welcomed by David Padmore,... |
| 27 May 2014 |
Do closed captions still serve deaf people? In a captioned TEDx Talks YouTube video, captioning pioneer Gary Robson asks whether closed captions still serve deaf people. |
| 26 May 2014 |
Sports channel fined for not meeting audio description target Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has fined the sports channel ESPN £120,000 (AU$218,778) for not meeting its audio description target... |
| 16 May 2014 |
Nine’s captioners audited for quality Ai-Media, the caption supplier for the Nine Network, has released the results of its first external caption quality audit, scoring more than 99%... |
| 07 May 2014 |
Audio description to be celebrated at US conference The Third Audio Description Project Conference, to be held in Las Vegas next month, will highlight how audio description continues to develop as an... |
| 02 May 2014 |
Naughty behaviour from Canadian porn channel The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has warned Channel Zero, a Toronto-based company that provides three... |
| 01 May 2014 |
UK media regulator releases first caption quality report On October 2013, the UK communications regulator Ofcom announced that it would be requiring broadcasters to measure and report on the quality of... |
| 01 May 2014 |
Captioning to increase in the Netherlands The Dutch culture ministry is introducing new requirements for closed captioning on television, which will now include the commercial television... |
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| 24 April 2014 |
A look into the future of captioning Advances in technology have the potential to streamline the captioning process and make captioning more affordable without sacrificing quality,... |
| 15 April 2014 |
Results of our survey on multichannel captioning A survey conducted by Media Access Australia has found that levels of captioning on commercial multichannels, which include 7Two, Go! and One, remain... |
| 07 April 2014 |
Top captioned shows on Plus7 Last week we reported on Seven becoming the first commercial network in Australia to make its catch-up TV service accessible to viewers who are Deaf... |
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| 28 March 2014 |
That 70s captioned show: how the news was first brought to Deaf Americans Following the release of our white paper on caption quality, we look back at the origins of television captioning. |
| 25 March 2014 |
Measuring caption quality: our white paper Media Access Australia today released a white paper entitled Caption quality: International approaches to standards and measurement. It focuses on... |
| 24 March 2014 |
Captioning campaign launched in New Zealand The National Foundation for the Deaf has launched a campaign, Caption It!, calling for increased levels of captioning on New Zealand television. |
| 20 March 2014 |
ABC iview on the road to accessibility The ABC is working on Australia’s most accessible catch-up TV service as it rolls out improvements to iview. |
| 14 March 2014 |
ACMA releases community safeguards report The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its report on the ‘Contemporary community safeguards inquiry’ it... |
| 12 March 2014 |
Free TV Australia requests an end to caption reporting requirements In a submission to the Department of Communications, Free TV Australia, the organisation which represents Australian free-to-air broadcasters, has... |
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| 05 February 2014 |
ACMA makes no finding regarding Foxtel captioning complaint The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has made no finding in relation to a complaint made by a member of the public that an... |
| 05 February 2014 |
Access conference comes to Brisbane Registrations for the 2014 Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities are now open. The annual conference focuses on how... |
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| 22 January 2014 |
Telstra Pay TV applies for caption exemptions Telstra Pay TV has applied to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) for exemptions to caption requirements for its subscription... |