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| 21 May 2015 |
NZ increases funding for captioning and audio description NZ On Air, the New Zealand Government’s broadcast funding agency, has announced that it will increase its funding for captioning and audio... |
| 14 May 2015 |
Digital TV regulation submissions released The Federal Government has released the submissions it has received in response to its review of digital television regulations, with a number of... |
| 07 May 2015 |
Hawaii makes cinema access compulsory The US state of Hawaii has brought in state legislation to mandate the provision of captions and audio description (described as “descriptive... |
| 05 May 2015 |
Report on the state of captioning in Europe released The European Federation of Hard of Hearing People (EFHOH) has released a report which looks at the levels of captioning on television, video-on-... |
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| 27 April 2015 |
Why does Netflix’s accessible offering hit Presto and Stan for six? Barely a moment after we were celebrating the launch of ABC’s long-awaited audio description service on the popular iview player video on demand (VOD... |
| 23 April 2015 |
What are the most accessible video-on-demand services? With consumers increasingly turning to their computers and mobile devices to watch TV programs and movies, the accessibility of video-on-demand... |
| 20 April 2015 |
Report shows British TV channels are exceeding access requirements The UK communications regulator Ofcom has released its Television Access Services report for 2014, which shows that all 72 domestic channels have met... |
| 16 April 2015 |
Media Access Australia launches report on the accessibility of video-on-demand services Media Access Australia's latest report on the state of play for accessibility on video-on-demand (VOD) services recommends that captioning be... |
| 09 April 2015 |
Petition to make Steam accessible launched A Change.org petition has launched asking for the world’s largest digital game distribution platform, Steam, to be made accessible for people with... |
| 08 April 2015 |
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter adds closed caption support for videos Kickstarter, one of the world’s most popular crowdfunding platforms, has announced a new accessibility feature enabling entrepreneurs to add closed... |
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| 27 March 2015 |
Captions can help address disability education funding crisis New data has been released showing that Australian schools are struggling to fund the educational support needs of students with a disability. For... |
| 24 March 2015 |
Netflix launches in Australia with captions The US-based video-on-demand (VOD) service Netflix launched in Australia today. The good news for Deaf and hearing impaired viewers is that virtually... |
| 16 March 2015 |
New caption quality rules take effect in the US The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has introduced new quality rules for closed captions on television which come into effect in the US on 16... |
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| 26 February 2015 |
Caption reporting retained as communications amendment bill passes House of Reps A bill to amend sections of the Broadcasting Services Act, including some sections relating to captioning, was passed in the House of Representatives... |
| 26 February 2015 |
Red Bee publishes results of caption survey The captioning provider Red Bee Media Australia has published the results of a survey it conducted about the positioning of captions on the Seven... |
| 19 February 2015 |
ACMA reports on Australians’ online video use The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued a report which looks at the different ways that Australians are viewing TV... |
| 16 February 2015 |
Harvard & MIT sued over lack of captions Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are being sued for the alleged discrimination against people who are Deaf or... |
| 10 February 2015 |
Senate committee reports on proposed captioning changes The Senate committee which reviewed the Government’s proposed amendments to the Broadcasting Services Act, including changes to the captioning... |
| 09 February 2015 |
Think ‘Smart’ – IEP goals for access Part of the core work for teachers is to create learning goals for their students, on a class and at times individual basis. It is imperative that... |
| 06 February 2015 |
YouTube admits automatic captions have a way to go Google’s YouTube has admitted that it needs to work harder to provide better quality automatic captions for content uploaded to its video streaming... |