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| 10 December 2015 |
Sydney Festival expands accessibility The innovative program of events to be staged at the upcoming Sydney Festival is set to be more accessible and inclusive than in past years. The... |
| 03 December 2015 |
Feedback on captioning regulation wanted The lead-up to the end of the year has seen a little burst of consultation around captioning issues. The Federal Department of Communications and the... |
| 01 December 2015 |
Ofcom releases fourth caption quality report The UK communications regulator Ofcom has released its fourth and final report into the quality of live captioning on television. |
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| 27 November 2015 |
Accessible film festival hosts free gala screening in Sydney Access All Areas Film Festival (AAAFF) will be celebrating the International Day of People with Disability on 3 December with a free screening of... |
| 26 November 2015 |
Anger with American Airlines over inaccessible inflight entertainment Hundreds of people have taken to social media to express their disappointment with American Airlines after the airline responded to a query on the... |
| 26 November 2015 |
Handel’s Messiah live streamed and accessible Streaming live events on the internet allows people who cannot attend to experience the performance. A more recent innovation is to include... |
| 23 November 2015 |
US city makes captions compulsory on public TVs All television sets in public places in Portland, Oregon, will need to have closed captions switched on during business hours, after the Portland... |
| 20 November 2015 |
YouTube allows fans to contribute video captions In a recent update, YouTube will allow community members to contribute closed captions to supported videos, opening up the potential for the world’s... |
| 19 November 2015 |
ACMA asks for feedback on caption quality The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a discussion paper entitled ‘Review of the Television Captioning Standard’, and... |
| 19 November 2015 |
New Zealand expands TV access New Zealand Broadcast Minister Amy Adams has announced that the government-supported captioning service will extend to Prime Television from February... |
| 10 November 2015 |
ACCAN launches campaign for online caption quality The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has formed an alliance of organisations which is calling for online videos to be... |
| 10 November 2015 |
Call to caption parliament The Federal Parliament is improving its accessibility to people with disabilities. This includes its digital presence through its website and online... |
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| 28 October 2015 |
UK TV access report shows over compliance The UK regulator Ofcom has released its access compliance report for the first two quarters of 2015 and it shows that generally all quotas have been... |
| 23 October 2015 |
Live captioning bonanza captured by ACMA The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) held a day-long event in September dedicated to live captioning issues as part of its... |
| 20 October 2015 |
Yahoo streams captioned NFL to the world American online giant Yahoo will be providing its first streamed and captioned National Football League (NFL) game live from London UK on 25 October. |
| 19 October 2015 |
Video on demand access builds up Video on Demand (VOD) is a rapidly growing platform for consuming entertainment content. Recent developments overseas are showing that action around... |
| 15 October 2015 |
New Zealand Deaf community takes Sky to Commission over lack of captions Deaf groups in New Zealand have formalised complaints against subscription television broadcaster Sky for not captioning the coverage of the Rugby... |
| 12 October 2015 |
American regulator denies captioning exemptions to churches In the USA, religious television is very popular with lots of churches having their own television shows and channels. Under American rules these... |
| 06 October 2015 |
At home in the caption lab BBC senior engineer Mike Armstrong works with caption viewers in a replica of an everyday lounge room to try and get the most realistic reactions to... |
| 01 October 2015 |
Accessible India Campaign to greatly improve access to media The Accessible India Campaign is set to launch on December 3, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, with a strong focus on improving... |