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| 31 January 2012 |
Canadian access company modernises its brand Accessible Media, the not-for-profit organisation which operates The Accessible Channel, is rebranding all its media operations under the name AMI as... |
| 30 January 2012 |
American churches apply for caption exemptions Around 80 churches in the USA have filed new applications with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an exemption from closed caption rules... |
| 23 January 2012 |
World first: US legislates captioning online videos The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the USA has adopted a set of rules governing the closed captioning of TV programs that are distributed... |
| 06 January 2012 |
Canada pioneers audio description methods A Canadian media company is changing the way television is made accessible for people who are blind or vision impaired. Accessible Media Inc (AMI),... |
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| 20 December 2011 |
Captioned Internet TV timeline proposed in US The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has proposed a new plan and timeline for the captioning of television programs and movies delivered... |
| 19 December 2011 |
Call for increased captioning in New Zealand A new working group, composed of members of the National Federation of the Deaf (NFD) and Deaf Aotearoa, has been established to push for compulsory... |
| 15 December 2011 |
Blind Citizens Australia calls for an accessible FOXTEL Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) has called on subscription TV provider FOXTEL to make its equipment and programming accessible for people who are... |
| 06 December 2011 |
Captions shown on US flights LiveTV, a US company which provides inflight entertainment, has announced that it can now provide closed captioning on the television content... |
| 05 December 2011 |
Canada leads on bilingual caption quality The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a set of mandatory standards for French-language closed captions... |
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| 28 November 2011 |
Netflix captioning suit delayed In June 2011, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) sued online video service Netflix for failing to provide captions on the majority of titles... |
| 25 November 2011 |
ACMA finds Network Ten breached captioning regulations The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that Network Ten failed to fulfil its obligations under the Broadcasting Services... |
| 11 November 2011 |
New organisation to make online video more accessible for blind and vision impaired people The Video Description Research and Development Center (VDRCD) is a new organisation funded by the US Department of Education which will investigate... |
| 01 November 2011 |
Twitter used to police television caption quality The Northern NSW TV station, NBN, has set up a Twitter account which allows viewers to alert the station to captioning problems. This is the first... |
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| 28 October 2011 |
NZ's most loved drama made accessible for blind and vision impaired fans The most watched drama on New Zealand television will be audio described from next week. The announcement shows just how far ahead our neighbours are... |
| 21 October 2011 |
Milestone in America’s fight for television captioning The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has overturned a major category of “automatic” exemptions from its television captioning regulations. The... |
| 14 October 2011 |
New service provides live captions for ABC News24 online tveeder.com is a new service which provides live captions on ABC News24 online. Powered through the tumblr.com blogging platform, tveeder.com... |
| 11 October 2011 |
TV station found in breach of license due to caption failure The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that Nine Network affiliate NBN failed to show the TV Week Logie Awards with... |
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| 12 September 2011 |
Accessible Talking Set Top Box goes on sale in Australia In a development that will revolutionise television viewing for the blind and vision impaired, the Bush Talking Set Top Box has just gone on sale in... |
| 05 September 2011 |
Audio description for mobile phones delayed in the US The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to a request by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) that the introduction of an audio... |
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| 29 August 2011 |
Behind the words: MAA chats with the best captioner in the business Caption quality is a contentious issue frequently raised by Australians who are Deaf or hearing impaired. Despite a number of pressures on the... |