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February 2011
Date Published News headline and description
21 February 2011 NZ audio description trial to start in March
A trial of audio description on New Zealand television will commence on 1 March with audio described episodes of Coronation Street.
18 February 2011 Policy on trials of 3DTV and emerging TV technologies announced
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its response to the discussion paper, ‘Temporary trials of 3DTV and other...
16 February 2011 American Foundation for the Blind announces 2011 Access Award winners
Walt Disney, Accessible Twitter, Lexmark and CBS TV network were yesterday named the winners of the American Foundation for the Blind’s 2011 Access...
16 February 2011 Installing Android apps for accessibility is now easier
You can now download new text-to-speech voices and carrier specific Accessibility Application Installers from the Android app store, making it easier...
16 February 2011 US communications regulator proposes new access rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold an open meeting on 3 March to consider Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) on two proposals...
15 February 2011 New captioned cinema location in Melbourne
Hoyts at Forest Hill in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs will be the next major cinema to offer closed captioned sessions as part of the Cinema Access...
14 February 2011 Hopelessly devoted to captioning and audio description
Looking for last minute ideas for Valentine’s Day? Enjoy our top 5 suggestions for an accessible and romantic evening.
11 February 2011 Accessible cinema rollout - the first six weeks
It's been six weeks since the Cinema Access Implementation Plan began to roll out in major Australian cinema chain locations. Media Access Australia...
10 February 2011 US video highlights learning benefits of captions
Aberdeen Captioning has released a short video about the learning benefits of captioning on TV.
09 February 2011 Competition on accessible web development open to all
Web developers from all over the world can now participate in AIR-Interactive 2011, a competition that focuses on the development of accessible...
07 February 2011 MCA offers audio described tour of Annie Liebovitz exhibition
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney is offering an audio described tour of the exhibition ‘Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990 –...
07 February 2011 American groups call for universal television captioning
US Deaf and hearing impaired and disability advocacy groups have filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for television to...
07 February 2011 Ofcom releases results of text relay services research
UK media and communications regulator Ofcom has released the results of its research into Britain’s telephone text relay services.
03 February 2011 US Super Bowl to be fully captioned for first time
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), the National Football League (NFL) and the FOX Broadcasting Company yesterday announced that this year’s...
02 February 2011 US cable TV provider agrees to address captioning problems
Cable TV provider Comcast will review and improve its captioning testing procedures after reaching a compliance agreement with the Federal...
01 February 2011 SBS makes ‘Immigration Nation’ available online with captions
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...
01 February 2011 UK content providers create accessible YouView
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...
January 2011
Date Published News headline and description
31 January 2011 Survey shows high levels of awareness and use of captioning
A survey commissioned by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network and Media Access Australia (MAA) has revealed high levels of awareness...
31 January 2011 Name change for Australian DVD distributors’ association
From 1 February 2011, the Australian Visual Software Distributors Association (AVSDA), representative of the Australian film and TV home...
27 January 2011 ITV Player in the UK now has captions
The British commercial television network ITV yesterday announced that captions are available on its online catch-up service, the ITV Player.

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