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| 30 June 2010 |
Mildura becomes the first region to switch off analog TV Mildura/Sunraysia in Victoria today became the first region in Australia to go digital-only, when the analog service was switched off at 9am. |
| 28 June 2010 |
Channel 4 announces audio description increase Channel 4 in the UK has announced that it will increase audio description (AD) to 20% of all programming on the channels it owns, including Channel 4... |
| 15 June 2010 |
UK regulator hedges on AD increase Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has decided not to make a recommendation on whether the audio description (AD) quota on television should be... |
| 11 June 2010 |
Human Rights Commission requests further information on subscription TV captioning The Human Rights Commission is currently considering an application from the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) for an... |
| 03 June 2010 |
Ofcom releases first quarter access report Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has released its first quarterly report on the provision of access services on television for 2010 covering... |
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| 31 May 2010 |
Major American Audio Description Conference announced The American Council of the Blind is hosting its annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona in July. As part of this, the Audio Description Project is... |
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| 21 April 2010 |
Marlee Matlin's campaign yields in-flight captioning A high profile campaign by Deaf Oscar-winning actor Marlee Matlin has led to US airline Continental confirming that it will provide closed captioning... |
| 08 April 2010 |
Ofcom reports on accessibility of UK electronic program guides Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has published a report detailing the access features available on electronic program guides (EPGs) for... |
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| 26 March 2010 |
American access organisation conducts caption quality survey The WGBH Access Center is conducting an online survey about caption errors in live news broadcasts. |
| 17 March 2010 |
Ai-Media acquires stenocaptioning company Australian access supplier Ai-Media today announced that it has expanded its captioning resources by acquiring the specialist service provider... |
| 05 March 2010 |
New cinema access system moves to development phase SightCine, a Los Angeles based start-up company, has secured development funding to create a prototype of its caption glasses concept. The idea is... |
| 03 March 2010 |
DBCDE releases submissions to the Multichannel Review The Department of Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) has released the submissions made to the Discussion Paper on ‘Content... |
| 03 March 2010 |
US introduces new caption complaint rules The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US has announced that television viewers can now report caption problems directly to the FCC.... |
| 02 March 2010 |
Regional SA to go digital-only on 15 December 2010 The analog switch-off date for the SA regional areas and Broken Hill in NSW has been confirmed as 15 December 2010. As part of the switchover program... |
| 01 March 2010 |
American flyers call for captioned entertainment The Association for Airline Passenger Rights in the USA has called for the Department of Transportation to expand its captioning rules to include... |
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| 22 February 2010 |
Program editing software makes adding captions easier Final Cut Pro, a non-linear software program which is very popular with film and TV program makers, has now made it easier and cheaper to add... |
| 18 February 2010 |
Subscription TV industry lodges new captioning exemption application with the Human Rights Commission The Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) has applied to the Australian Human Rights Commission for a temporary exemption... |
| 18 February 2010 |
American blind left behind in digital TV transition American Council of the Blind board member, Ray Campbell, claims that people with vision disabilities have been left behind due to 'idiots in... |
| 17 February 2010 |
Captions on Washington DC mobile TV service confirmed The mobile TV service for the Washington DC area is in late stages of setting up, with a service expected to start in April 2010. This is where the... |
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| 12 January 2010 |
British firm develops the first accessible set-top box The British firm Ocean Blue Software, in collaboration with ST Microelectronics, TW Electronics and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (... |