Latest Figures on Audio Described DVDs - July 2010

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Friday, 16 July 2010 09:47am

Audio described DVD titles on new release shelves during the month of July 2010 stand at 26% of all titles.

Audio described DVD titles on new release shelves during the month of July 2010 stand at 26% of all titles.

The DVD titles released since May 2010 with audio description are:

  • After Life
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Squeakwel
  • Armoured
  • Brothers
  • Carriers
  • Dear John
  • Dorian Gray
  • Double Identity
  • Everybody's Fine (AD not on cover)
  • Fantastic Mr Fox
  • Invictus
  • Law Abiding Citizen
  • Long Weekend
  • Ninja Assassin 
  • Old Dogs
  • Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief
  • Post Grad
  • Shutter Island
  • The Heavy
  • The Hurt Locker
  • The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
  • The Princess and the Frog
  • The Tooth Fairy
  • The Wolfman (AD not on cover)

44% of the Australian Visual Software Distributors Association (AVSDA) members' theatrical releases on the DVD shelves in July were audio described.  

A total of 95 titles were researched this month. Of these titles, the following were audio described in other regions but not in Australia:

  • Bright Star from Hopscotch.

Media Access Australia has an online complaints form for DVDs without audio description. This provides a direct link to AVSDA, the distributors' association, in a concise format. AVSDA or the distributor concerned will reply directly to you. Make a complaint about a DVD without audio description.

 

 


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