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  • Wednesday, 22 February 2012
     Television revealed for blind and vision impaired Australians

    The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) has just announced that Australia’s first audio description trial will be held on the ABC. The long-awaited announcement is a result of many years of advocacy by Media Access Australia and several disability organisations and is a step towards bringing Australia into line with international standards.

  • Monday, 13 February 2012
     Disability Discrimination Commissioner endorses the National Broadband Network

    The Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, has signed on as a champion of the National Broadband Network (NBN). Through the partnership, Innes hopes to promote the benefits of high speed broadband for people with a disability.

  • Friday, 10 February 2012
     CNN sued for not captioning its online videos

    A judge in California has refused to dismiss a suit by the Greater Los Angeles Agency for Deafness (GLAD) against CNN for not captioning news clips on its website.

  • Monday, 6 February 2012
     UK discount airline faces legal action over inaccessible website

    The UK discount airline BMI Baby faces a legal case for its inaccessible website. The complaint was made this week by the Royal National Institute of Blind People, which claims the BMI Baby website is inaccessible for people who are blind or vision impaired.

  • Friday, 3 February 2012
     SKY New Zealand launches captions

    On 1 February, New Zealand’s main subscription TV provider, SKY Television, introduced closed captioning on 13 of its channels: Animal Planet, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, TCM, TV1, TV2, TV3, Cartoon Network, and Crime & Investigation.

  • Thursday, 2 February 2012
     Online video service brings treatment to children with disabilities

    A new initiative will mean that more children with hearing or vision impairment living in regional and remote Australia will be able to talk to a specialist right from their living rooms.

  • Monday, 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, following a change to the way the FCC treats these applications.

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