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Twitter used to police television caption quality

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The Northern NSW TV station, NBN, has set up a Twitter account which allows viewers to alert the station to captioning problems. This is the first time an Australian station has opened up this kind of channel for caption discussion and could become a model for other stations to follow. 

In reaction to a series of non-compliance with captioning regulations the station has set up a “visual’ captioning alert internally in its presentation centre to highlight any programs going to air without captions. In addition, the station is asking caption viewers to alert it to any problems via the social networking service, Twitter. 

The Twitter account is @nbntech. To alert NBN to a captioning issue, simply log on to Twitter and select “mention @nbntech” in the drop down menu. It is also exploring other ways to allow caption problems to be reported, including SMS. 

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The Captioning Studio announces new theatre project for kids

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GoTheatrical! Kids is a new project that aims to increase access to children’s theatre performances in Australia through captions.

An initiative of The Captioning Studio, GoTheatrical! Kids will work with arts venues nationally, supported by equipment sponsor Harvey Norman, to live caption productions in 2012 that are suitable for children from Year 3 to Year 12.


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Milestone in America’s fight for television captioning

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has overturned a major category of “automatic” exemptions from its television captioning regulations. The decision has been celebrated by the access community as a milestone in the drive to increase captioning across the United States.

Known as “Anglers Order”, this was an exemption application filed in 2005 for The Christian Angler Outdoors Television Show.  The argument put forward by the producers of the show was that they were a not-for-profit organisation, the program was produced for little or no cost and no revenue was derived from it.  On that basis they claimed that having to comply with the broadcast regulations and caption the program meant that it was likely that the program would cease production.  The FCC granted an exemption on this basis and then several hundred similar exemptions were filed in a


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Three new audio described and closed captioned cinema locations

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It’s out with the old and in with the new at three Event/Greater Union/Birch Carroll & Coyle cinema locations with the introduction of closed captions and audio description this week.

As previously reported the cinemas at Brisbane’s Myer Centre, Glendale in NSW’s Hunter region and Casuarina in Darwin will commence closed captions and audio description on two screens each by the end of 2011. To start this process, these cinemas will begin their accessible programs on one screen each from 20 October. Their final accessible screen will commence by the end of the year.


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