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| 24 August 2011 |
Signed and captioned videos released to assist hearing impaired switch to digital The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced the release of 16 videos with Australian... |
| 19 August 2011 |
Achievements in captioning recognised The media industry celebrated a year of achievement last night at the Deafness Forum of Australia Captioning Awards. Leaders from TV networks,... |
| 17 August 2011 |
Canadian communications regulator calls for comments on proposed caption quality standards The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has called for comments on proposed English-language and French-language... |
| 08 August 2011 |
UK: Audio description now mandatory on Freeview TV receivers All new HD digital set top boxes and integrated digital TVs sold in the UK will now have to receive audio description to qualify for approval by... |
| 03 August 2011 |
Ofcom reveals UK television’s spotless access record The UK's media and communications regulator, Ofcom, has not reported a breach of access requirements on UK television in over 15 months. |
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| 19 July 2011 |
Nominations for the Captioning Awards close soon Nominations for the Deafness Forum’s Captioning Awards close on 29 July. The awards present an opportunity to celebrate the steps media and others... |
| 18 July 2011 |
US access committee reports on Internet video captioning The the Video Programming Accessibility Advisory Committee has released a report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which proposes a... |
| 12 July 2011 |
Update to ABC iView for iPad supports closed captions The latest update to the ABC iView app for the iPad allows you to watch prime time ABC TV programs with closed captions. |
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| 30 June 2011 |
Blip.tv provides closed captions The US-based Blip.tv, one of the leading platforms for original web series, launched a new media player this week which supports closed captions. |
| 24 June 2011 |
Ofcom publishes 2012 TV access requirements Ofcom, the UK media and communications regulator, has published its mid-year statement on 2012 TV access requirements, requiring increased captioning... |
| 23 June 2011 |
TV Speak makes TV accessible for the blind and vision impaired TV Speak is a revolutionary new application which makes a TV-enabled computer accessible for the blind and vision impaired by speaking on-screen... |
| 23 June 2011 |
FCC reminds broadcasters to make emergency information accessible The US communications and media regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has published a Public Notice reminding broadcasters, cable... |
| 06 June 2011 |
Study of Canadian TV access levels released Media Access Canada has just released a study of captions and audio description on Canadian television which found that broadcasters are fulfilling... |
| 01 June 2011 |
American disabilities association argues for sensible audio description regulations The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) has made a submission to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), making numerous... |
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| 31 May 2011 |
Media Access Review progress page launched Today Media Access Australia launched a new webpage in our Research and Policy section detailing the progress which has so far been made on the Media... |
| 30 May 2011 |
Report on captioning in the European Union released The European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH) has released a report which looks at levels of captioning on audiovisual media across the... |
| 27 May 2011 |
World Blind Union releases audio description toolkit The World Blind Union (WBU) has released a comprehensive document which aims to increase the awareness and availability of audio description... |
| 19 May 2011 |
Call for set-top boxes to be replaced with new accessible models Vision Australia has called for the digital set-top boxes distributed to blind and vision impaired people in Mildura and regional South Australia to... |
| 17 May 2011 |
US news organisations argue for audio description exemptions The National Association of Broadcasters and Fox News Channel have written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), requesting that they are... |
| 17 May 2011 |
RNIB international audio description study findings released The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has released the results of a study which looked at whether audio description produced in other... |