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| 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... |
| 07 September 2012 |
Red Bee Media wins access contract with BBC Following a tender process, Red Bee Media has won a 7-year contract to provide access services for the BBC, including captioning, audio description... |
| 03 September 2012 |
Captioning Awards 2012 nominations open Entries are now open for the 2012 Deafness Forum of Australia Captioning Awards which recognise the contributions and achievements made towards... |
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| 31 August 2012 |
Race against the clock: the challenges of captioning live sport Special feature: With the Paralympics gripping the nation’s attention, Media Access Australia’s Eliza Cussen takes a look at the work going on behind... |
| 27 August 2012 |
Closed captions required for online TV in USA The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a September 30 deadline for TV networks and online video providers to include closed... |
| 22 August 2012 |
Audiobook encourages blind and vision impaired seniors to get online In July, Media Access Australia, in partnership with Council on The Ageing Western Australia (COTA WA) and funded by the nib foundation, released a... |
| 21 August 2012 |
Live captions made easy Providing professional live captions just got easier thanks to the launch of a new online portal by Ai-Media. The captioning provider hopes that this... |
| 16 August 2012 |
Event Cinemas add seven accessible locations Event Cinemas commences captioned and audio described movie sessions at seven new locations from today, bringing the national total of accessible... |
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| 25 July 2012 |
Any Questions for Ben DVD released without access features Roadshow Entertainment, Australia’s most consistent distributor of accessible DVD and Blu-ray, has informed Media Access Australia of an error with... |
| 25 July 2012 |
E-inclusion kit helps seniors with disabilities get online A new resource kit that will help seniors with disabilities get online has been launched in a collaborative project between Media Access Australia... |
| 23 July 2012 |
Nine beats FOXTEL in captioned Olympic coverage The Nine network has confirmed that all of its coverage of the London Olympics, consisting of over 300 hours broadcast on Channel 9 and simulcast in... |
| 10 July 2012 |
Report on the accessible cinema rollout: January to June 2012 Following on from the successful 2011 rollout of captioned and audio described cinema locations under the Cinema Access Implementation Plan, the... |
| 06 July 2012 |
Captions added to Google+ Hangouts Google’s flagship social network, Google+, has made a breakthrough with the launch of Hangout Captions. The app will allow people who are Deaf or... |
| 05 July 2012 |
Accessibility you can bank on A bank in Switzerland, Credit Suisse, is calling itself “the barrier-free bank” as it launches its accessibility initiative for the fifth year... |
| 04 July 2012 |
The Other Film Festival returns for 2012 The biennial Other Film Festival has announced its return in 2012, showing films that are not only accessible, but tell stories of people with... |
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| 28 June 2012 |
Captions included on ABC iView app The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has today launched the ABC iView app for iPhone, with caption functionality included. |
| 25 June 2012 |
TV captioning bill passed in Senate This morning, a bill to amend the access provisions of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 was passed by the Senate, and now only awaits royal assent... |
| 21 June 2012 |
New Zealand TV programs to be captioned for DVD Three of New Zealand’s largest media organisations have joined forces to ensure local content that is broadcast with captions will now also be... |
| 21 June 2012 |
US deafness organisation wins next stage of Netflix captioning suit The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) has had a significant win in its lawsuit against the online movie provider Netflix, with the District... |