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Canada leads on bilingual caption quality

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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a set of mandatory standards for French-language closed captions on TV programs. Areas covered by the standards include accuracy of captions on pre-recorded and live programs, acceptable time lag for live captions, and captioning of emergency announcements.

In 2007, the CRTC mandated 100% captioning of programs other than commercials and promos. It also instructed the Canadian Association of Broadcasters to establish caption working groups for the English-language and French-language markets. The new standards adopt the recommendations of the French-language Closed Captioning Group. The CRTC released these recommendations in August, and requested comments from interested parties.

The new standards include the following:

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Two new Sydney cinemas commence captioned movies

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Hoyts Cinemas has begun closed captioned sessions at an extra two cinemas, adding to the five cinemas previously announced as commencing today.

As previously reported, Hoyts locations in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide have upgraded to enable closed captioned sessions through CaptiView technology. The chain has added Mt Druitt in Western Sydney and Warringah on the North Shore to its list of locations which cater to Deaf and hearing impaired patrons.

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Latest communiqué from the Accessible Cinema Advisory Group

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The Accessible Cinema Advisory Group (ACAG) convened by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to oversee and advise on the implementation of accessible screens, has released a third communiqué to the public.

The communiqué is reproduced below.

Communiqué from the Accessible Cinema Advisory Group (ACAG) October 2011

What is happening in the Accessible Cinema Advisory Group (ACAG)?

The fourth meeting of ACAG, chaired by Senator Jan McLucas, was held in Sydney on 28 September 2011. Updates were provided by cinemas and discussions held about issues raised through feedback provided by patrons and their peak bodies about the roll-out of accessible technology in the cinemas.

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Netflix captioning suit delayed

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In June 2011, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) sued online video service Netflix for failing to provide captions on the majority of titles on its ‘Watch Instantly’ video-on-demand service. A court has now ordered a stay in the motion, pending an investigation into captioning of Internet media by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Netflix is a hugely popular service which accounts for up to a quarter of all Internet traffic in the US, but according the NAD’s suit, as of June 2011 only 5% of the ‘Watch Instantly’ titles had closed captions.

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