Latest News
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10 November 2011 |
Village Jam Factory announces switch-off date for open captioned movies South Yarra cinema Village Jam Factory has announced that its last open captioned session will be on Monday 14 November. |
08 November 2011 |
Sydney Festival provides captioned and audio described performances Sydney siders will have the chance to see open captioned and audio described performances as part of the annual Sydney Festival, held from 7-29... |
07 November 2011 |
Sydney’s iconic Belvoir St Theatre announces 2012 accessible performances One of Australia’s most enduring theatre companies, Belvoir, has announced audio described and captioned performances for 2012. |
07 November 2011 |
Access All Areas Film Festival launches 2011 program The annual Access All Areas Film Festival commences its accessible movie screenings this month with three tour programs designed to attract a range... |
03 November 2011 |
Australian cinema loses an accessible cinema pioneer The staff at Media Access Australia were saddened to learn today of the death of Mark Sarfaty, the CEO of the Independent Cinemas Association of... |
02 November 2011 |
US cinema chain installs closed caption technology in all its locations Midwest US cinema chain Marcus Theatres has announced its completion of digital cinema installation, including CaptiView to show closed captioned... |
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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. |
17 October 2011 |
Three new audio described and closed captioned cinema locations It’s out with the old and in with the new at three Event/Greater Union/Birch Carroll & Coyle cinema locations with the introduction of closed... |
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... |
07 October 2011 |
Cinema access expands nationally: seven more locations announced Under the Federal Government’s Cinema Access Implementation Plan the major cinema chains of Hoyts, Village, Event/Greater Union/Birch Carroll &... |
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29 September 2011 |
Accessible cinema technologies – now and the future Cinema and DVD project manager, Ally Woodford, talks through the technologies currently affecting access to movies in Australia. |
27 September 2011 |
Sony’s subtitle glasses continue to earn promising responses from movie goers A live demonstration of Sony’s new subtitle glasses took place in London this week, with positive reports from attendees. Tom Fiddian from Action on... |
26 September 2011 |
New mobile captioning system for visitors to US museums and galleries The National Center for Accessible Media, the development division of WGBH in Boston USA, has developed a mobile system to enhance the experience for... |
26 September 2011 |
The Other Film Festival awarded triennial funding from City of Melbourne Arts Access Victoria has confirmed a three-year funding commitment by the City of Melbourne to support The Other Film Festival, Australia’s only... |
16 September 2011 |
Community forum on CaptiView in cinemas to be held in Melbourne CaptiView is an individual closed captioning device which has received mixed reviews from Deaf and hearing impaired users. Melbourne community group... |
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... |
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25 August 2011 |
Broadway theatre becomes autism friendly USA: The Broadway based Theatre Development Fund (TDF) is piloting a new program to make theatre accessible to audience members on the autism... |
02 August 2011 |
Hoyts announce five new accessible movie locations Hoyts has notified the Accessible Cinema Advisory Group that it is on target for the rollout of new captioned and audio described screens from this... |
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15 July 2011 |
Round-up of accessibility in WA To celebrate Media Access Australia’s first year in Western Australia, let’s take a look at the state of accessibility in WA and some of the events... |
06 July 2011 |
Federal Government announces support for Arts Access Australia Arts Access Australia, the national peak body for arts and disability, has been granted $500,000 by the Australian Government to continue its work in... |