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| 11 February 2015 |
Canadian cinemas commence autism-friendly movie sessions One of Canada’s largest entertainment companies, Cineplex Entertainment, has announced the introduction of a movie screening program for people with... |
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| 15 December 2014 |
Cinema and the arts highlights of 2014 2014 had a number of highlights in the areas of cinema and the arts. Where cinema developments over the last few years could be considered full steam... |
| 08 December 2014 |
Accessible festivals during Australia’s summer Along with an Australian summer comes a raft of festivals nationwide. Three of the biggest festivals are the Sydney Festival, Adelaide Festival and... |
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| 27 November 2014 |
US cinemas and advocacy groups agree on accessible cinema recommendations US cinema owners and advocacy groups have come to a historic agreement in order to make accessible cinema recommendations to government around the... |
| 24 November 2014 |
2014 Access All Areas film festival starts soon The annual Access All Areas Film Festival brings accessible screenings of the best new Australian films to venues near you. The festival travels to... |
| 17 November 2014 |
Victorian council to hold accessible cinema trial Yarra Ranges Council in Melbourne’s far north east is exploring the possibility of offering audio described and captioned movies at its iconic... |
| 12 November 2014 |
Japanese group develops new accessible cinema technology Japan’s Media Access Support Center (MASC) has developed a new glasses system to provide closed captions and audio description of movies for people... |
| 11 November 2014 |
Annual film festival brings free accessible movies to Sydney surrounds Access All Areas Film Festival will run again this year from 1-5 December across Sydney venues, bringing captioned and audio described Australian... |
| 04 November 2014 |
Milestones and open mikes at the Other Film Festival In a celebratory edition of the bi-annual Other Film Festival, a world-first live audio description competition will be held to raise awareness of... |
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| 19 September 2014 |
Telstra introduces captions on BigPond Movies Telstra has released an initial batch of 14 BigPond movies with open captions, with a promise to expand the service in the future. |
| 10 September 2014 |
Air Canada improves access for the vision impaired Air Canada has become the first airline in the world to introduce ‘text-to-speech’ functionality on its in-flight entertainment system, making it... |
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| 18 August 2014 |
Phillipines introduce accessible cinema, inspired by American legislation Philippines cinema chain SM Cinemas recently held the nation’s first accessible cinema sessions, simultaneously screening accessible movies across a... |
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| 30 July 2014 |
Accessible cinema to get a legislative boost in the USA Last week the United States Attorney General signed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which recommends amendments to the Americans With Disabilities... |
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| 24 June 2014 |
Hoyts Kiosk improve accessibility Entertainment giant Hoyts has increased its number of DVD rental kiosks nationally, as well as improve the access information about the titles each... |
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| 29 May 2014 |
The digital accessible cinema chain: Part 3 – exhibitors: at the coalface of accessible cinema In the final part of our three-part series on accessible cinema, Media Access Australia project manager Ally Woodford tackles the often-misunderstood... |
| 21 May 2014 |
The digital accessible cinema chain: Part 2 – The role of distributors In the second part of our three-part series on accessible cinema, Media Access Australia project manager Ally Woodford looks at the role distributors... |
| 09 May 2014 |
The digital accessible cinema chain: Part 1 – The overall picture and stakeholders In this three-part series, Media Access Australia project manager Ally Woodford looks at the stakeholders and roles they play in making movies... |
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| 14 March 2014 |
Captioned theatre funding program for US regional venues American not-for-profit organisation Theatre Development Fund (TDF) is offering two-year partnerships to regional venues to provide open captioning... |
| 14 March 2014 |
Sydney Opera House unveils its 2014 Access Program One of the world’s most iconic performance spaces has launched a new program of services and initiatives to ensure people with disabilities... |
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| 26 February 2014 |
Audio desciption at the Adelaide Festival The annual Adelaide Festival, considered one of the world’s best celebrations of the arts, kicks off on 28 February with a program full of audio... |