Tasmania currently has one location showing open captioned movies only. New closed captioned and audio described locations will open in the future.
You can go directly to Village Cinemas’ website to find out session times and book tickets.
The service, the first of its kind, will initially be available on some aircraft operated by Continental Airlines. Passengers will be able to watch over a hundred channels provided by DirecTV satellite television.
As previously reported, Hoyts locations in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide have upgraded to enable closed captioned sessions through CaptiView technology. The chain has added Mt Druitt in Western Sydney and Warringah on the North Shore to its list of locations which cater to Deaf and hearing impaired patrons.
The communiqué is reproduced below.
The fourth meeting of ACAG, chaired by Senator Jan McLucas, was held in Sydney on 28 September 2011. Updates were provided by cinemas and discussions held about issues raised through feedback provided by patrons and their peak bodies about the roll-out of accessible technology in the cinemas.
