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21 June 2017 |
ACMA releases review of captioning rules The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has just released the final report into its statutory review of captioning rules. While ACMA... |
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07 April 2017 |
Government forms Working Group on AD for TV The Turnbull Government has set up a new taskforce with the aim of improving TV accessibility. They have announced the formation of an Audio... |
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22 March 2017 |
New muppet with autism joins Sesame Street Over the decades, iconic children’s TV show, Sesame Street, has always been good at raising awareness around a wide variety of sections of the... |
07 March 2017 |
New report on the trial of A.D. on ABC iview Media Access Australia was one of seven leading advocacy organisations that have just tabled a report, including consumer feedback, perspectives and... |
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03 January 2017 |
High compliance in TV captioning during FY 2015–16… but more needs to be done. At last, some good news on the captioning front. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) reported in late December 2016 of a high... |
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16 November 2016 |
Disability commissioner calls ABC transcription cuts a backward step The Disability Commissioner, Alastair McEwin, has blasted the decision last month from the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) to cut back... |
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04 August 2016 |
Ai-Media wins captioning contract for ‘BBC Worldwide ANZ’ Ai-Media has been given a contract renewal to provide broadcast captioning for BBC Worldwide Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) for a further three... |
01 August 2016 |
BBC iPlayer trialling subtitles for live channels in world-first In a welcome development from the UK, the BBC has begun trialling subtitles for live channels on their iPlayer platform. This is a first for any... |
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28 June 2016 |
Channel 4 seeks viewer feedback about its accessibility services Channel 4 has created a survey to capture as much feedback as possible from people who view their programming with captions (subtitles in the UK),... |
10 June 2016 |
New Zealand holds an inquiry into captioning New Zealand’s Government Administration Committee has announced an inquiry into captioning, and is seeking submissions from the public. |
06 June 2016 |
Audio description trial on iview ending soon The trial of audio description on the ABC’s online iview service, which commenced in April 2015, will soon be drawing to a close. |
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27 May 2016 |
ACMA publishes preliminary captioning exemption orders for Telstra Pay TV The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has published preliminary exemption orders for 34 channels provided on Telstra Pay TV for... |
25 May 2016 |
More than 2,300 people have signed to legislate closed captioning in NZ On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, 19 May 2016, the New Zealand Captioning Working Group submitted a petition to Mojo Mathers, Green MP, with... |
04 May 2016 |
BBC publishes research on improving live caption timing The BBC has released details of experiments it has undertaken which prove that it’s practical to reduce the delay in live captions appearing on the... |
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22 April 2016 |
ABC seeks feedback on iview audio description trial This month marks the anniversary of the trial of audio description for the blind or vision impaired on iview, and the ABC has released a survey in... |
20 April 2016 |
Netflix improves accessibility for the blind In a court settlement with the American Council of the Blind (ACB), Netflix has agreed to include more audio description on its streamed content and... |
15 April 2016 |
U.K. Government fails to act on video-on-demand accessibility The organisation Action on Hearing Loss has expressed disappointment at the U.K. Government’s failure to set targets or introduce legislation for the... |
11 April 2016 |
TV in UK exceeds captioning and audio description quotas Television channels in the UK continue to deliver access at much higher levels than the regulated quotas. All channels are covered by the access... |
06 April 2016 |
Australian TV networks swap caption suppliers Some major changes have taken place in Australian television captioning this year, with Ericsson winning the contract to provide captions to the ABC... |
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29 March 2016 |
Audio description awards call for nominations The annual audio description awards hosted by the American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Project are now open for nomination. |