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MEDIA ACCESS NEWS
Government releases Media Access Report
FCC reminds broadcasters about accessible emergency announcements
Amazon Kindle now shipping to Australia
USdigital mobile TV standard includes access
UKbreaks world record for most people at AD performance
Canadian audio description to expand
UKbreaks world record for most people at AD performance
Accessibility a priority for UK digital services
Thunder and Lightning: an accessibility story from Kenya
Planet Read receives major boost
American study finds barriers to broadband adoption for disabled and seniors
American disability group has world’s largest captioned billboard
New Web Captioned Telephony Trial
Canadian access consultants undertake major access review
Ofcom releases third quarter access report
Japanese develop translation glasses
Media Access Australia’s Audio Description Infoline
ONLINE MEDIA
Access on social media
US Government seeks disability input on broadband plan
HSBC to follow web access standards after US settlement
Blind iPhone users discover additional iPhone features in recent refresh
Google Android offers EyesFree dialing
W3C launches updated website
Apple announces new Snow Leopard accessibility features
New plug-in for MS Word improves PDF accessibility
IBM creates software to improve mobile web accessibility
NCAM creates guidelines for iTunes access
Google creates centralised accessibility portal
Access in sight for US broadband
US blind gamer sues for online game access
Google announces. YouTube automated captions
VIDEO ON DEMAND
BBC iPlayer significantly increases audio description content
Digital video the new access frontier
FREE-TO-AIR TELEVISION
ACMA finds that NBN breached captioning regulations
Free-to-air captioning complaints
Consultation on captioning and program standards on digital multi-channels announced
SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION
ASTRA requests delay in caption exemption decision
EDUCATION
MAA launches education DVD database
Education conference highlights access issues
AD in education website launched
DVDs
Sony US commits to audio described DVDs
Access on new release DVDs
CINEMA
Major cinema chains apply for access complaint exemption
Bollywood Audio Description Project
Indian film festival includes access
UKaccessible movies for schools week
First accessible 3D movie for UK audiences
Audio description and captioning in Australian cinemas
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