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Channel 4 seeks viewer feedback about its accessibility services

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Channel 4 has created a survey to capture as much feedback as possible from people who view their programming with captions (subtitles in the UK), audio description, signing on TV, or on the station’s on-demand service.

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New Zealand holds an inquiry into captioning

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New Zealand’s Government Administration Committee has announced an inquiry into captioning, and is seeking submissions from the public.

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Law
Legal
Legislation
TV terms
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Digital TV
Analogue TV
Broadcast-mixed
Free-to-air TV
Subscription TV
Austar
Foxtel
TV access
Disability
Blind or vision impaired
Captions
Closed captions
Inclusion
Open captions
Stenocaptioning

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U.K. Government fails to act on video-on-demand accessibility

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The organisation Action on Hearing Loss has expressed disappointment at the U.K. Government’s failure to set targets or introduce legislation for the provision of access services (captions, signing and audio description) on video-on-demand (VOD) services.

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TV & video
Video
International policy and legislation
News
Television
Ofcom, Office of Communications
Policy
TV terms
TV access
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Blind or vision impaired
Deaf or hearing impaired
Captions
Closed captions
Inclusion
Audio description

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Australian TV networks swap caption suppliers

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Some major changes have taken place in Australian television captioning this year, with Ericsson winning the contract to provide captions to the ABC, while Ai-Media will be the new caption provider for the Seven Network.

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Television
TV terms
Digital TV
TV access
Disability
Deaf or hearing impaired
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Captions
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U.S. clarifies TV captioning responsibilities

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In a new ruling, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has moved to improve captions by clarifying who bears the responsibility for their delivery and quality.

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TV & video
International policy and legislation
News
Television
FCC, Federal Communications Commission
TV terms
Digital TV
TV access
Disability
Deaf or hearing impaired
Solutions
Captions
Inclusion

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Organisations receive Emmy awards for internet caption standards

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The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) were honoured at the 67th Annual Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards held in Las Vegas on 8 January for developing standards that allow closed captions to be provided for online videos.

Members of the W3C Timed Text Working Group holding an Emmy. Image credit: Cashman Photo, Las Vegas, NV & The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

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Web
News
Practical web accessibility
Television
TV terms
TV access
Disability
Deaf or hearing impaired
Solutions
Captions
Closed captions
Inclusion

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Researchers seek feedback on video-on-demand accessibility

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A new Australian research project is asking people to take part in a survey about the use of video-on-demand sites by people with disabilities.

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Video
News
Television
TV terms
TV access
Disability
Blind or vision impaired
Deaf or hearing impaired
Solutions
Captions
Closed captions
Inclusion
Audio description

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ACMA releases submissions to caption quality review

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The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has posted the submissions it received in response to its discussion paper ‘Review of Television Captioning Standard’, which was released in November 2015.

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TV & video
News
Television
ACMA, Australian Communications and Media Authority
TV terms
TV access
Disability
Deaf or hearing impaired
Captions
Closed captions
Inclusion

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Stan introduces closed captions

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The subscription television service Stan has quietly introduced closed captioning on a selection of its titles, with more to come. The service was criticised for not providing captions when it launched in January 2015.

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News
Television
TV terms
Subscription TV
TV access
Deaf or hearing impaired
Captions
Closed captions
Inclusion

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The most popular accessibility stories of 2015

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As the year comes to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most popular articles and events regarding consumer accessibility across the web, digital technology, education, TV, video, cinema, arts, policy and research in 2015.

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Coles web accessibility case settled

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Education
Cinema
The arts
Digital technology
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Research & policy
Australian policy and legislation
News
Television
Cinema & arts
Theatre
TV terms
TV access
Disability
Affordable
Blind or vision impaired
Deaf or hearing impaired
Accessible Cinema
Solutions
Captions
Closed captions
Inclusion
Audio description
Equipment

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