The Village Cinemas chain is part of the Cinema Access Implementation Plan, which includes the instalment of closed captioning devices such as CaptiView, as well as audio description equipment, in major cinema chains nationally.
Marcus Theatres runs 47 cinema complexes across the Midwest including Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio and Wisconsin. As part of its enhanced digital experience, Marcus Theatres is pleased that it will now offer closed captioning for Deaf and hearing impaired patrons through the CaptiView system.
The provision of CaptiView is one of a raft of changes involved in Marcus Theatres’ transition to digital cinema, which has been branded as the Marcus Digital Experience.
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.
All the new locations will commence closed captions with systems such as CaptiView and audio description. On top of these seven locations, ten existing locations will have their accessibility increased.
