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Canadian communications regulator calls for comments on proposed caption quality standards

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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has called for comments on proposed English-language and French-language Caption Quality Standards.

In 2007, the commission introduced a new policy which stated that broadcasters must caption 100% of programs apart from commercials and promos. It also instructed the Canadian Association of Broadcasters to establish caption working groups for the English language market and French-language market, which would include representatives from the broadcasters, distributors, consumer and advocacy groups, and caption providers.

The commission noted that there were some areas on which the English-language working group could not reach consensus. These included:


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Audio description at Melbourne Festival – all requests considered

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The annual Melbourne Festival has opened its entire program to the blind and vision impaired by inviting patrons to request audio description for the performance they wish to see.

By completing a request form in either a Word or PDF format, Melbourne Festival will consider submissions but would like patrons to know that some circumstances outside of its control, relating to a venue or the artistic company, may prevent audio description being offered.


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Ofcom reveals UK television’s spotless access record

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The UK's media and communications regulator, Ofcom, has not reported a breach of access requirements on UK television in over 15 months.

British television, including digital terrestrial, subscription and digital multichannels are required to meet specific captioning, sign language and audio description levels as part of their broadcast licence conditions.

Ofcom publishes a bi-monthly Broadcast Bulletin detailing any incidents or breaches of broadcast licence conditions, including requirements for television access services.


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Hoyts announce five new accessible movie locations

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Hoyts has notified the Accessible Cinema Advisory Group that it is on target for the rollout of new captioned and audio described screens from this Thursday, 4 August.

Hoyts will be in testing phase at all these sites with the newly installed equipment (both closed captions and audio description) from this week, and unless any dramatic issues arise Hoyts should be ready to go live from the given date.

Chatswood Westfield, Sydney – 1 screen
Chatswood Mandarin, Sydney – 2 screens
Warrawong on the NSW south coast – 1 screen
Belconnen, ACT - 2 screens
Woden, ACT – 2 screens

Both Broadway in Sydney and Forest Hill in the Melbourne suburbs will also begin audio description.


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