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| 03 February 2012 |
Latest accessible DVD releases – January 2012 Every two months, Media Access Australia conducts an audit of new release DVDs. Of the 73 DVD titles researched during January 2012, 34% feature... |
| 03 February 2012 |
SKY New Zealand launches captions On 1 February, New Zealand’s main subscription TV provider, SKY Television, introduced closed captioning on 13 of its channels: Animal Planet, Disney... |
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| 23 January 2012 |
World first: US legislates captioning online videos The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the USA has adopted a set of rules governing the closed captioning of TV programs that are distributed... |
| 13 January 2012 |
Report on 2011 rollout of accessible cinema locations in Australia 2011 was a year of progress in accessible cinema as the Federal Government's rollout of captions and audio description across the four cinema chains... |
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| 19 December 2011 |
Call for increased captioning in New Zealand A new working group, composed of members of the National Federation of the Deaf (NFD) and Deaf Aotearoa, has been established to push for compulsory... |
| 13 December 2011 |
The Captioning Studio wins Human Rights Award A captioning services provider has won a Human Rights Award for its contribution to the inclusion of people with hearing loss. The Australian Human... |
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| 24 November 2011 |
China to produce accessible movies China’s Government has held a press conference in Beijing this week to promote its pledge to produce captioned, interpreted and audio described... |
| 01 November 2011 |
Twitter used to police television caption quality 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... |
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| 25 October 2011 |
The Captioning Studio announces new theatre project for kids GoTheatrical! Kids is a new project that aims to increase access to children’s theatre performances in Australia through captions. |
| 21 October 2011 |
Milestone in America’s fight for television captioning The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has overturned a major category of “automatic” exemptions from its television captioning regulations. The... |
| 14 October 2011 |
Perth gets a new accessible cinema Event Cinemas has notified Media Access Australia that its Innaloo Megaplex in suburban Perth will commence closed captioned and audio described... |
| 13 October 2011 |
Report from America on a world leading education initiative The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) is a US initiative run by the Department of Education and the National Association of the Deaf. Its... |
| 11 October 2011 |
TV station found in breach of license due to caption failure The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that Nine Network affiliate NBN failed to show the TV Week Logie Awards with... |
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| 22 September 2011 |
American media regulator releases online captioning approach The US media and communications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has released its draft approach on captioning of online video... |
| 19 September 2011 |
Schools and teachers commended for literacy through captions Educators across the country were today commended for their commitment to increasing literacy and inclusion through captions. CAP THAT!, a national... |
| 08 September 2011 |
First accessible Australian digital movie released It may not be opening night but it may as well be for captioned and audio described movie fans that have been waiting weeks to see the hit Australian... |
| 07 September 2011 |
Olympics video magazine provides level playing field for Deaf and hearing impaired AUS Contenders, a new video magazine which profiles athletes in training for the London 2012 Olympic Games, is providing captions on all its videos. |
| 01 September 2011 |
WA invests $4m in classroom accessibility technology The West Australian government has promised $4m for interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in the state’s public schools. IWBs, which use touchscreen... |
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| 29 August 2011 |
Captions boost inclusion during National Literacy and Numeracy Week NSW Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens has today urged teachers to “turn captions on” in the classroom to boost literacy and inclusive learning as a... |
| 24 August 2011 |
Signed and captioned videos released to assist hearing impaired switch to digital The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced the release of 16 videos with Australian... |