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| 17 July 2010 |
Cinema to become more accessible Media Access Australia commends the Federal government announcement today that will see every major cinema chain location made more accessible for... |
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| 11 June 2010 |
Major cinema chains offer access in over 130 cinemas The four major cinema chains of Hoyts, Village, Greater Union Birch Carroll & Coyle and Reading Cinemas have made an offer about improving... |
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| 11 May 2010 |
A new style of audio description under discussion Next Wednesday, 19 May, an expert panel at the City University London will discuss a new style of audio description (AD) which has recently been... |
| 10 May 2010 |
Another cinema access decision in the USA A Washington State court has now added a decision to a growing number confirming that the provision of captioned access to movies is required under... |
| 03 May 2010 |
Cinema access court decision in USA breaks down barriers In a complex legal decision in Arizona, the door has been opened for a negotiated deal that will make closed captioning and audio description more... |
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| 30 April 2010 |
Rejection reasons revealed for cinema temporary exemption application The Australian Human Rights Commission has released the full details of its rejection of the major cinema chains’ application for a temporary... |
| 30 April 2010 |
Media Access Australia CEO talks about the Human Rights Commission's cinema decision Recently Media Access Australia CEO Alex Varley spoke with Vision Australia Radio about the Australian Human Rights Commission’s decision in April... |
| 23 April 2010 |
New cinema caption viewing system on show in the USA The USA’s Doremi Cinema has showcased its new closed caption viewing system for hearing impaired movie audiences at the recent ShoWest cinema... |
| 23 April 2010 |
Cinema CEOs step in to talk about access At the Deafness Forum Deafness Sector Summit in Sydney today, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities Bill Shorten announced that he and... |
| 16 April 2010 |
Human Rights Commission says no to cinemas In a decision announced this morning, the Australian Human Rights Commission has decided not to grantthe temporary exemption application from the... |
| 14 April 2010 |
US cinema access now includes autism needs GMC cinemas in the US now run special screenings for children with autism. The screenings have the sound turned down and the lights on and allow the... |
| 01 April 2010 |
Spanish film festival in Melbourne shows captioned movies The La Mirada Film Festival is presenting captioned screenings for two movies in its festival at Federation Square in Melbourne. The program is guest... |
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| 25 March 2010 |
Blind Citizens Australia ramps up cinema access campaign Peak blind and vision impaired consumer organisation Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) has turned up the volume on its push to expand the number of... |
| 22 March 2010 |
NCAM's guide to digital cinema access Major American access organisation, the National Center for Accessible Media (part of WGBH), has posted a comprehensive Frequently Asked Questions (... |
| 16 March 2010 |
New digital captioning system being unveiled at Show West Digital cinema supplier Doremi is introducing a new closed caption viewing system at the Show West trade show in Las Vegas, USA, this week. |
| 05 March 2010 |
New cinema access system moves to development phase SightCine, a Los Angeles based start-up company, has secured development funding to create a prototype of its caption glasses concept. The idea is... |
| 04 March 2010 |
Four cinema chains respond to access questions An exemption application to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was lodged by Greater Union, Hoyts, Reading and Village cinemas last year.... |
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| 04 February 2010 |
Senator pushes for cinema access in Kentucky USA Kentucky Democrat Senator Ray Jones has introduced a bill which would compel Kentucky cinemas to provide captioned access. According to Jones there... |
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| 18 January 2010 |
Progress in Arizona movie access litigation The Arizona Attorney General’s Department has sued the Harkins Theater Chain for not providing captions and audio description for its movies in... |
| 08 January 2010 |
Human Rights Commission requests further information from cinemas The Australian Human Rights Commission is currently assessing an application from Hoyts, Greater Union, Village and Reading cinemas for a temporary... |