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February 2012
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03 February 2012 SKY New Zealand launches captions
On 1 February, New Zealand’s main subscription TV provider, SKY Television, introduced closed captioning on 13 of its channels: Animal Planet, Disney...
January 2012
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30 January 2012 American churches apply for caption exemptions
Around 80 churches in the USA have filed new applications with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for an exemption from closed caption rules...
December 2011
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20 December 2011 Captioned Internet TV timeline proposed in US
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has proposed a new plan and timeline for the captioning of television programs and movies delivered...
19 December 2011 Call for increased captioning in New Zealand
A new working group, composed of members of the National Federation of the Deaf (NFD) and Deaf Aotearoa, has been established to push for compulsory...
05 December 2011 Canada leads on bilingual caption quality
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a set of mandatory standards for French-language closed captions...
November 2011
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29 November 2011 UK website opens up accessibility discussion
A new website created by the eAccessibility Forum in the UK will give people the opportunity to provide feedback on their experiences with web...
24 November 2011 Disney accessibility lawsuit settled before trial
A lawsuit made against the Walt Disney Company’s theme parks and websites by three blind women in the USA has been settled out of court, ahead of its...
October 2011
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21 October 2011 Milestone in America’s fight for television captioning
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has overturned a major category of “automatic” exemptions from its television captioning regulations. The...
13 October 2011 Report from America on a world leading education initiative
The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) is a US initiative run by the Department of Education and the National Association of the Deaf. Its...
06 October 2011 UK TV services continue to exceed access requirements
Ofcom, the UK media and communications regulator, has published data on access services provided on television in the first half of 2011, revealing...
August 2011
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26 August 2011 Audio description rules formally adopted in USA
On 25 August 2011 the Federal Communications Commission formally voted in the requirements to deliver audio description on a number of American TV...
23 August 2011 Canadian Government launches new standard on web accessibility
 The Canadian Government has announced that all public facing government websites will comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines(WCAG) 2.0...
17 August 2011 Canadian communications regulator calls for comments on proposed caption quality standards
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has called for comments on proposed English-language and French-language...
12 August 2011 Accessibility expert’s ideas to make JetBlue website more accessible
Derek Featherstone, accessibility expert and founder of Further Ahead, has posted an article outlining some of the technical changes that the USA’s...
08 August 2011 UK: Audio description now mandatory on Freeview TV receivers
All new HD digital set top boxes and integrated digital TVs sold in the UK will now have to receive audio description to qualify for approval by...
04 August 2011 Outrage at decision in JetBlue accessibility case
In a decision that has sent disbelief  and anger through the disability community, a United States federal judge has ruled that California anti-...
03 August 2011 Ofcom reveals UK television’s spotless access record
The UK's media and communications regulator, Ofcom, has not reported a breach of access requirements on UK television in over 15 months.
July 2011
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29 July 2011 Ofcom proposes expanded UK telephone relay service
Ofcom, the UK’s media and communications regulator, has released a Review of Relay Services, proposing a number of expansions to the current...
21 July 2011 US delays web access requirements
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has delayed the introduction of formal web access requirements for commercial and public organisations...
June 2011
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29 June 2011 UN releases report on international ICT accessibility
The Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (G3ICT), an arm of the United Nations, has released a report on...

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