Latest figures on audio described DVDs - September 2010

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Friday, 24 September 2010 16:53pm

Audio described DVD titles on new release shelves during the month of September 2010 stand at 33% of all titles.

 The DVD titles released since July 2010 with audio description include:

  • Beneath Hill 60
  • The Blind Side
  • The Bounty Hunter
  • Brooklyn's Finest
  • Case 39
  • Clash of the Titans
  • Cop Out
  • The Crazies
  • Crazy Heart
  • Date Night
  • Extract
  • Fish Tank
  • The Greatest
  • Green Zone
  • Hot Tub Time Machine
  • Kick Ass
  • The Last Song
  • My Name is Khan (also with Hindi AD)
  • Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
  • The Other Man
  • She's Out of My League
  • Solitary Man
  • The Spy Next Door
  • The Rebound
  • Two Lovers
  • Valentine's Day
  • When In Rome
  • Youth In Revolt

69% of the AustralianVisual Software Distributors Association (AVSDA) members' theatrical releaseson the DVD shelves in September were audio described.

A total of 84 titles were researched this month. Of these titles, the followingwere audio described in other regions but not in Australia:

  • Pandorum by Icon and Bunny and the Bull byMadman.

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


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