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| 28 October 2010 |
Accessible Regions Campaign highlights problems with captions in regional Australia The Accessible Regions Campaign, run by Media Access Australia (MAA), has raised problems with the quality and level of captioning in regional areas. |
| 26 October 2010 |
ASTRA appeals Human Rights Commission decision On 20 September, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) rejected an application by the Australian Subscription Television and Radio... |
| 12 October 2010 |
Media Access Australia launches Accessible Regions Campaign Media Access Australia today launched its Accessible Regions Campaign (ARC), which focuses on ensuring that regional news and current affairs... |
| 06 October 2010 |
Award-winning documentary to be audio described on Internet radio Monica and David, a documentary about the marriage of two people with Down syndrome, will be broadcast on the US cable network HBO on 14 October,... |
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| 29 September 2010 |
MAA publishes AD background paper Media Access Australia has published a new background paper on audio description (AD). It describes the history of AD, production techniques, the... |
| 10 September 2010 |
Ofcom reduces frequency of reports on television access Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, announced on 7 September that it will no longer publish reports on television access every quarter, but... |
| 07 September 2010 |
Canadian disability advocates criticise takeover of Canwest A group of Canadian organisations and individuals who advocate disability rights has been very critical of a planned acquisition of the Canadian... |
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| 27 August 2010 |
Smart top box reviewed on radio The Goodmans Smart Talk Box, recently released in the UK, is the world's first digital set-top box to feature talking menus and program guides. |
| 27 August 2010 |
The 2010 Captioning Awards winners are… The 2010 Deafness Forum Captioning Awards, held last night at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney, celebrated a year of achievement in access for... |
| 26 August 2010 |
FOX SPORTS to offer regular live captioning from 1 October Subscription television network FOX SPORTS has announced they will be offering live captioning across a variety of telecasts commencing 1 October... |
| 26 August 2010 |
Sky News channel commences regular captioning from 1 October Subscription news channel Sky News has announced that it will start regular captioning from Friday, 1 October 2010 on its program PM Agenda, a daily... |
| 20 August 2010 |
Sky News starts live captioning on election night Subscription news channel Sky News launches a live captioning service with Saturday night’s election coverage from 6pm to 10pm. |
| 13 August 2010 |
NZ announces TV audio description trial NZ On Air, the government agency that funds captioning services in New Zealand, has announced a NZ$500,000 audio description trial on digital... |
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| 26 July 2010 |
UK Communications Minister interviewed about AD on TV approach BBC Radio 4 program In Touch: News for Blind People has an interview with Ed Vaizey, the UK Communications Minister. In it he talks about the... |
| 26 July 2010 |
Talking set-top box now on sale in UK The much awaited talking menu set-top box developed by the UK's Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is available for pre-order. |
| 22 July 2010 |
UK access company on the market The UK company ITFC, which provides captions and audio description for clients including ITV and Five, is on the market for a reported £15 million. |
| 20 July 2010 |
UK government supports 20% audio description target Following a long-running campaign by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), the UK government has announced its support for a 20%... |
| 09 July 2010 |
ASTRA responds to Human Rights Commission questions The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is currently considering an application for exemption from complaints under the Disability... |
| 01 July 2010 |
ACMA finds TCN Nine breached caption obligations The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that TCN Nine breached its captioning obligations under the Broadcasting... |
| 01 July 2010 |
Channel 4 in the UK announces 100% captioning In the wake of its announcement that it will be increasing audio description (AD) to 20% of programming on all of its channels, Channel 4 has... |