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| 21 February 2011 |
NZ audio description trial to start in March A trial of audio description on New Zealand television will commence on 1 March with audio described episodes of Coronation Street. |
| 18 February 2011 |
Policy on trials of 3DTV and emerging TV technologies announced The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its response to the discussion paper, ‘Temporary trials of 3DTV and other... |
| 10 February 2011 |
US video highlights learning benefits of captions Aberdeen Captioning has released a short video about the learning benefits of captioning on TV. |
| 07 February 2011 |
American groups call for universal television captioning US Deaf and hearing impaired and disability advocacy groups have filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for television to... |
| 03 February 2011 |
US Super Bowl to be fully captioned for first time The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), the National Football League (NFL) and the FOX Broadcasting Company yesterday announced that this year’s... |
| 02 February 2011 |
US cable TV provider agrees to address captioning problems Cable TV provider Comcast will review and improve its captioning testing procedures after reaching a compliance agreement with the Federal... |
| 01 February 2011 |
SBS makes ‘Immigration Nation’ available online with captions The first two episodes of the Australian history series Immigration Nation can now be viewed with captions on the SBS website, viewed captions on the... |
| 01 February 2011 |
UK content providers create accessible YouView The major UK free-to-air broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, have collaborated to create the YouView TV box, which YouView... |
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| 31 January 2011 |
Survey shows high levels of awareness and use of captioning A survey commissioned by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network and Media Access Australia (MAA) has revealed high levels of awareness... |
| 27 January 2011 |
ITV Player in the UK now has captions The British commercial television network ITV yesterday announced that captions are available on its online catch-up service, the ITV Player. |
| 24 January 2011 |
Ofcom publishes Single Equality Scheme Annual Report Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has published its Single Equality Scheme Annual Report that details the progress of its equality commitments... |
| 21 January 2011 |
Nine agrees to caption ‘V’ on GO! Nine has agreed to caption the new series of ‘V’ on free-to-air channel GO! after viewers complained that it was not captioned. |
| 18 January 2011 |
Boxee Box now supports playback of ABC iView captions The D-Link media player Boxee Box has recently updated its firmware, and now supports the playback of captions on the ABC’s iView service. |
| 17 January 2011 |
Canadian access coalition calls for 100% accessibility by 2020 The Access 2020 Coalition has sought the support of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for its new Access... |
| 12 January 2011 |
US access provider releases caption quality survey results The WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) has now released the results of a survey of caption viewers who were presented with examples of... |
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| 02 December 2010 |
No standards for 3-D TV captions yet As 3-D television becomes increasingly common around the world, there is a need for the development of an appropriate caption standard for the format... |
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| 10 November 2010 |
US project aims to assess quality of live captioning A major American access provider, WGBH’s National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM), is collaborating with Nuance Communications to develop a... |
| 09 November 2010 |
Caption levels on US TV commercials surveyed American access advocate Sean Zdenek has conducted an informal survey of caption levels on US TV commercials. As in Australia, there is no legal... |
| 05 November 2010 |
Review of a Panasonic DMR-XW380 Hard Drive DVD Recorder In November 2010, Media Access Australia was loaned a Panasonic DMR-XW380 Hard Drive DVD Recorder to review. Chris Mikul and Ally Woodford reviewed... |
| 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. |