Following the 13-week trial of AD on ABC1, which ended on 4 November, we are now waiting on the ABC to release its report on the technical aspects of delivering the service.
Speaking in the Senate yesterday, Senator Ludlam moved a motion that requested the Senate to officially note:
The campaign, which has been organised in conjunction with the Deafness Forum and Deaf Australia, comes after amendments to the Broadcasting Services Act, which took effect in June 2012, make captions of adequate quality a television license condition.
Since the trial commenced on 5 August, an average of two hours of audio described content was broadcast each night. Other Australian programs described during the trial included Rake, Lowdown and The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.
“The ABC is to be commended for doing such a good job with the trial,” said Chris Mikul from Media Access Australia. “The quality of the audio description, particularly on the locally produced shows, has been terrific.”
