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Illinois cinema chain ordered to become accessible

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One of the USA’s largest cinema companies, AMC Theaters, has reached a settlement with the Attorney General of Illinois which will see closed captioning and audio description provided in 460 cinema screens across the state. The case arose after concerns were raised by Illinois disability rights advocacy organisation Equip for Equality.

This comes after AMC Theatres’ formal announcement reported by Media Access Australia in January to commit to closed captioning across its complexes across the USA. The first state, California, will commence installation in mid-2012. Although not included in the announcement, audio description will also be installed nationally.

The settlement brings a more prescribed implementation program to Illinois, and includes the following clauses:

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UK TV exceeded access quotas throughout 2011

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The UK communications regulator Ofcom has just released its final report on television access services in 2011. As in previous reports, it found that the majority of broadcasters exceeded their quotas for captioning, audio description and signing.

Ofcom’s report gives figures for the 67 channels required to provide access services. 57 of these exceeded their quotas, some by significant amounts. Six BBC channels missed their 100% captioning quota by less the 0.2% due to technical problems, while three subscription channels which missed their quotas have agreed to make up the shortfall in 2012.

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New Zealanders demand closed captioning for Deaf MP

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Over 5,000 New Zealanders have signed a petition calling for closed captioning to be provided for the country’s first Deaf MP, Mojo Mathers, during question time in Parliament

Parliamentary Speaker Lockwood Smith came in for much public criticism when he earlier told Mathers, a Greens MP who was born profoundly deaf, that she would have to pay for note-takers out of her office budget. The cost for this would be NZ$20,000 to NZ$30,000 per year.

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CNN sued for not captioning its online videos

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A judge in California has refused to dismiss a suit by the Greater Los Angeles Agency for Deafness (GLAD) against CNN for not captioning news clips on its website.

CNN captions all of its television broadcasts, as required by federal law, but none of its online content is captioned. In the suit, GLAD alleged that CNN and its owner, Time Warner, were violating state disability laws by denying full access to deaf Californians.

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