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| 19 January 2012 |
US independent cinema chain commits to closed captions The USA’s largest independent cinema chain, Landmark Cinemas, has agreed to implement closed captions in conjunction with its conversion to digital... |
| 16 January 2012 |
Melbournians invited to have their say on new captioning technology IMAX Melbourne is seeking feedback from Deaf and hearing impaired cinema goers on its trial of the new Rear Window Captioning system. The cinema is... |
| 16 January 2012 |
Hunter cinema delivers the goods for blind movie-goers Going to the movies just got a whole lot more enjoyable for people who are blind or vision impaired in the Hunter region of NSW, with the... |
| 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... |
| 11 January 2012 |
Perth’s Shakespeare in the Park features an audio described session Shakespeare WA has paired up with the Association for the Blind WA to bring A Comedy of Errors to blind and vision impaired theatre fans. A special... |
| 06 January 2012 |
Audio description at the Sydney Festival this January Vision Australia will be providing audio description for the first time during the Sydney Festival this month. Three diverse events in late January... |
| 03 January 2012 |
Perth cinema allows families to share the movie experience West Australian families have another entertainment option for their summer holidays with the introduction of audio described and captioned movies at... |
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| 15 December 2011 |
Top accessible gifts for the festive season If someone you know is blind, vision impaired, Deaf or hearing impaired, there are a number of accessible gifts that can help improve their access to... |
| 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... |
| 08 December 2011 |
Advanced session of Mission: Impossible with access features to be screened in Brisbane Event Cinemas has notified Media Access Australia that on Wednesday 14 December an advance screening of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol with... |
| 07 December 2011 |
Adelaide cinema extends open caption screenings of Twilight: New Dawn Due to an unforeseen delay in the rollout of the new accessible program at Adelaide’s Marion cinema, Twilight: New Dawn Part One will screen for one... |
| 06 December 2011 |
Captions shown on US flights LiveTV, a US company which provides inflight entertainment, has announced that it can now provide closed captioning on the television content... |
| 01 December 2011 |
Two new Sydney cinemas commence captioned movies Hoyts Cinemas has begun closed captioned sessions at an extra two cinemas, adding to the five cinemas previously announced as commencing today. |
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| 29 November 2011 |
Latest communiqué from the Accessible Cinema Advisory Group The Accessible Cinema Advisory Group (ACAG) convened by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to oversee and... |
| 29 November 2011 |
Petition win for blind and vision impaired movie fans The major cinema chains, Hoyts, Village, Event/Greater Union/Birch Carroll & Coyle and Reading, have announced that they will accept Blind... |
| 25 November 2011 |
Rear Window Captioning arrives in Australia Work is underway to get Melbourne’s IMAX cinema ready to introduce a closed captioning system that will enable deaf and hearing impaired cinema-goers... |
| 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... |
| 21 November 2011 |
Five new Hoyts locations to begin accessible cinema programs From Thursday, 1 December Hoyts Cinemas will add a further five locations to its list of complexes across Australia screening movies with closed... |
| 18 November 2011 |
Event Cinemas announce new accessible locations From Thursday, 8 December onwards Event Cinema locations at Castle Hill in Sydney and Chermside in Brisbane will join the growing list of cinemas... |
| 11 November 2011 |
Carousel Hoyts announces switch-off date for open captioned movies Following on from yesterday’s announcement of Village Cinemas’ Jam Factory location in Melbourne ending its open captioned sessions, Hoyts Cinemas... |