The indicative plan to 30 June 2012 provided access to 123 screens across 62 locations nationally. Media Access Australia can report that 82 screens across 42 locations were in operation by the given date. Of the 82 screens in operation, 69 screens show both captions and audio description and 13 screens show captions only.
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“It’s another step towards access,” said SKY spokesperson Kirsty Way in a media release. “SKY will continue to work towards launching captioning for even more SKY channels and will apply to NZ ON Air funding to make captioning available on Prime.” (Prime is a free-to-air channel which is also available through SKY.)
Hoyts Cinemas has installed audio description on nine screens across three states. In NSW, the Penrith, Eastgardens and Erina complexes have had audio description added to their current caption-capable screens. Hoyts Cinemas in Garden City, Western Australia and Norwood, South Australia have also had this addition.
