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US Super Bowl to be fully captioned for first time

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The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), the National Football League (NFL) and the FOX Broadcasting Company yesterday announced that this year’s Super Bowl, to be broadcast on 6 February, will be fully captioned for the first time, including captioning of all national commercials and promotions.

While the Super Bowl, the NFL’s championship game, has been captioned for years, this will be the first time that captioning on commercials has reached 100%. According to a survey conducted by access advocate Sean Zdenek, 75% of commercials during last year’s Super Bowl were captioned. The Super Bowl is usually the most watched television event of the year in America, with a 30-second advertising spot during it costing US$2.7 in 2010.

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Captions
Television
News
Closed captions
Inclusion
Deaf or hearing impaired
News

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US cable TV provider agrees to address captioning problems

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Cable TV provider Comcast will review and improve its captioning testing procedures after reaching a compliance agreement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over the captioning capabilities of their set-top boxes.

In 2010 the FCC launched an investigation into the cable TV provider Comcast, following complaints that the company’s set-top boxes were not passing through closed captions. This investigation has now been terminated, with Comcast agreeing to take steps to rectify the problems, and to make a voluntary contribution of US$500,000 to the United States Treasury.

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Television
Deaf or hearing impaired
Subscription TV
News
FCC, Federal Communications Commission

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SBS makes ‘Immigration Nation’ available online with captions

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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 SBS website, and episode 3 will follow shortly. This is the first time that SBS’s online content has been captioned.

The ABC’s iView remains the only online ‘catch-up’ video service in Australia which carries a significant amount of captioning, with all prime-time programs from ABC1 and ABC2 captioned on iView.

You can view Immigration Nation on the SBS website.

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Catchup services
Television
Deaf or hearing impaired
Web
News

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UK content providers create accessible YouView

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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 says will incorporate accessibility as a core component.

This service, which is expected to launch in the first half of 2011, is a combination of the existing Freeview service with additional catch-up TV accessed via a broadband Internet connection.

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Catchup services
Television
Blind or vision impaired
Deaf or hearing impaired
Web
News

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