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| 13 February 2013 |
UK cinemas consult on closed caption technology The UK’s Cinema Exhibitors’ Association (CEA), representing around 90 per cent of cinema operators, is undertaking research into technologies that... |
| 06 February 2013 |
Audio description at the Adelaide Fringe The parade of the Adelaide Fringe will be audio described, bringing access to the opening night festivities for people who are blind or vision... |
| 05 February 2013 |
Accessible cinema questionnaire results From June to December 2012, Media Access Australia ran a questionnaire for the general public on technology issues surrounding the use of closed... |
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| 31 January 2013 |
Persistence pays off for Californian accessible cinema fan A Californian teenager who lobbied his local cinema and council to get captioned movies shown at his favourite cinema complex has been rewarded and... |
| 17 January 2013 |
New year, new accessible cinemas 2013 is set to be a landmark year for accessible cinema in Australia with two major cinema chains on track to complete the installation of audio... |
| 10 January 2013 |
New captioned cinema technology launched in Italy Italian company Universal Multimedia Access has teamed with electronics giant Epson to launch MovieReading, a new competitor in the market for cinema... |
| 07 January 2013 |
Festival season made accessible through audio description and captions This year’s Sydney and Perth festivals will provide audio description and open captions on a range of performances for patrons who are blind, vision... |
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| 20 December 2012 |
Boxing Day blockbusters: sessions with captions and audio description Two of 2012’s most anticipated movie releases, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Les Miserables will both be released to cinemas with audio... |
| 13 December 2012 |
Top 12 of 2012 #9 – the cinema access revolution The end of the year marks the halfway point of Australia’s world-leading Cinema Access Implementation Plan. The strategy is seeing access technology... |
| 11 December 2012 |
A Charlie Chaplin classic gets the audio description treatment Canadian access company Descriptive Video Works has audio described the vintage silent film The Gold Rush to bring to life one of Charlie Chaplin’s... |
| 10 December 2012 |
Australian cinemas win Human Rights Award Australia’s four major cinema chains, Hoyts, Village, Event/Greater Union/Birch Carroll & Coyle and Reading, have won the 2012 Human Rights Award... |
| 03 December 2012 |
Sydney Opera House introduces captioned online videos As part of the 3 December celebration of International Day of People with Disabilities, Sydney Opera House has published the first four of 31 closed... |
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| 09 November 2012 |
Australian cinema chains up for human rights award The Australian Human Rights Commission has announced the nominees for the 25th Human Rights Awards, including Hoyts, Village, Event/Greater Union/... |
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| 26 October 2012 |
Captioning Award winners announced Last night the Deafness Forum of Australia celebrated the achievements of the media and entertainment industry in providing access to the one in six... |
| 15 October 2012 |
Open captions for movies – the real story Accessible cinema, which offers movies with captions for the Deaf and hearing impaired and audio description for the blind and vision impaired, is a... |
| 12 October 2012 |
Access All Areas Film Festival 2012 The annual Access All Areas Film Festival, showcasing Australian short and feature films with accessible features, has announced its program for 2012... |
| 03 October 2012 |
Access to cinema promoted in UK and USA Organisations in the UK and the USA have recently produced advertising campaigns to promote movies with audio description and captions to the general... |
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| 18 September 2012 |
Accessible cinema a way to learn for British schools The world’s largest free cinema festival for young people is being held in the UK this October. In its 17th year, National Schools Film Week will... |
| 17 September 2012 |
Six new accessible cinema locations announced Both Hoyts and Event Cinemas have announced the commencement of closed captioned and audio described movies at six of their locations collectively. |
| 10 September 2012 |
Had technical issues at the cinema? Let us know and you could win a DVD Media Access Australia’s accessible cinema questionnaire is gathering feedback from moviegoers on technical issues for closed captions and audio... |