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Channel 4 announces audio description increase

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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, More 4, E4 and Film 4.

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, More 4, E4 and Film 4.

The increase on Channel 4 will be brought about by the audio description of two popular programs, Hollyoaks and Deal or No Deal, by September 2010. The remaining channels will increase to 20% by January 2011. Channel 4 is also gearing up for the audio description of the 2012 Paralympic Games.

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Television

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Multichannel Review legislation passed

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Yesterday, 24 June, Parliament passed the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television) Bill 2010 (Cth), to bring into law the recommendations of the Multichannel Review.

The Multichannel Review was conducted by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) to examine whether or not digital multichannels should be required to meet the Australian content and caption requirements of the main channels as analogue television services are progressively switched off.

The legislation means that digital multichannels will not be required to provide the same captioning requirements as on the main channels until 31 December 2012.

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Deaf or hearing impaired
Multichannels
DBCDE, Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy
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Push for more captioned online videos in the US

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In the US, media companies are working to increase the transfer of closed captioning of TV programs made available online, a move that will increase access to the Web for people who are Deaf or hearing impaired around the globe.

The push towards increasing the use of closed captioning online was initiated by a call from disability advocates for Congress to pass an update to the Communications Act that would mandate captions on all online video content that has also appeared on TV. Closed captioning is mandatory on most TV programs in the US, but media organisations are not required to provide this service online. 

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Digital technology

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Human Rights Commission requests further information on subscription TV captioning

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The Human Rights Commission is currently considering an application from the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) for an exemption from the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 in relation to captioning. The Commission has now sent a letter to ASTRA which asks a number of detailed questions prompted by submissions about the application.

ASTRA has been asked to:

·         Provide details of ASTRA members’ profit, and the amount spent on captioning, for the year 2009-2010, to support its contention that ‘an obligation to caption all programming on all channels would be financially prohibitive’.

·         Comment on the proposal in several submissions that the ASTRA members spend 1% of annual turnover on captioning.

·         Provide information about how the percentages of captioning proposed for each channel under an exemption agreement were determined.

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