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Blind viewers are dreaming of streaming
People who are blind or vision impaired have also been excited by these new developments, but a key issue for them is whether the content is audio described or not and whether the platforms to access these services are accessible.
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Ofcom consults on accessibility of on-screen TV guides
Academic calls for new audio description policy
Study will review disabled consumer experiences with video on demand
Audio description trial on iview enters third month
Since the trial began in April, over 12,000 drama programs and over 5,000 factual programs have been played on iview with the audio description activated. The most popular drama program so far has been Poldark, and the most popular factual program The Killing Season.
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UK regulator releases access requirements for 2016
UK regulator releases caption quality report
Ofcom commenced its caption quality measurement project in in 2013, and the first two reports were published in 2014. The reports are based on samples of news and entertainment programs broadcast by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky.
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NZ increases funding for captioning and audio description
Digital TV regulation submissions released
Media Access Australia’s submission to the review makes four key recommendations:
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