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| Date Published | News headline and description |
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| 23 February 2011 |
US cinema chain expands captioning following litigation The Regal cinema chain, the largest in the US, has pledged to provide closed captions as it converts its cinemas to digital, beginning with cinemas... |
| 22 February 2011 |
Government review of disability standards in education Peter Garrett, Minister for School Education, has released a discussion paper which encourages people to contribute to the Review into Disability... |
| 21 February 2011 |
NZ audio description trial to start in March A trial of audio description on New Zealand television will commence on 1 March with audio described episodes of Coronation Street. |
| 16 February 2011 |
Installing Android apps for accessibility is now easier You can now download new text-to-speech voices and carrier specific Accessibility Application Installers from the Android app store, making it easier... |
| 16 February 2011 |
US communications regulator proposes new access rules The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold an open meeting on 3 March to consider Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) on two proposals... |
| 15 February 2011 |
New captioned cinema location in Melbourne Hoyts at Forest Hill in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs will be the next major cinema to offer closed captioned sessions as part of the Cinema Access... |
| 14 February 2011 |
Hopelessly devoted to captioning and audio description Looking for last minute ideas for Valentine’s Day? Enjoy our top 5 suggestions for an accessible and romantic evening. |
| 11 February 2011 |
Accessible cinema rollout - the first six weeks It's been six weeks since the Cinema Access Implementation Plan began to roll out in major Australian cinema chain locations. Media Access Australia... |
| 10 February 2011 |
US video highlights learning benefits of captions Aberdeen Captioning has released a short video about the learning benefits of captioning on TV. |
| 09 February 2011 |
Competition on accessible web development open to all Web developers from all over the world can now participate in AIR-Interactive 2011, a competition that focuses on the development of accessible... |
| 07 February 2011 |
American groups call for universal television captioning US Deaf and hearing impaired and disability advocacy groups have filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for television to... |
| 07 February 2011 |
Ofcom releases results of text relay services research UK media and communications regulator Ofcom has released the results of its research into Britain’s telephone text relay services. |
| 03 February 2011 |
US Super Bowl to be fully captioned for first time The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), the National Football League (NFL) and the FOX Broadcasting Company yesterday announced that this year’s... |
| 02 February 2011 |
US cable TV provider agrees to address captioning problems Cable TV provider Comcast will review and improve its captioning testing procedures after reaching a compliance agreement with the Federal... |
| 01 February 2011 |
SBS makes ‘Immigration Nation’ available online with captions The first two episodes of the Australian history series Immigration Nation can now be viewed with captions on the SBS website, viewed captions on the... |
| 01 February 2011 |
UK content providers create accessible YouView The major UK free-to-air broadcasters, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, have collaborated to create the YouView TV box, which YouView... |
| Date Published | News headline and description |
|---|---|
| 31 January 2011 |
Survey shows high levels of awareness and use of captioning A survey commissioned by the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network and Media Access Australia (MAA) has revealed high levels of awareness... |
| 31 January 2011 |
Name change for Australian DVD distributors’ association From 1 February 2011, the Australian Visual Software Distributors Association (AVSDA), representative of the Australian film and TV home... |
| 27 January 2011 |
ITV Player in the UK now has captions The British commercial television network ITV yesterday announced that captions are available on its online catch-up service, the ITV Player. |
| 27 January 2011 |
Charlestown the first Reading cinema with closed captioning Reading Cinemas at Charlestown has commenced closed captioned sessions. |