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Latest accessible DVD releases – January 2012

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Every two months, Media Access Australia conducts an audit of new release DVDs. Of the 73 DVD titles researched during January 2012, 34% feature audio description and 75% feature captioning.

One title, Pinnacle’s Larry Crowne, was captioned and audio described internationally but not released here with access features, and a further seven titles were captioned internationally but not here.

The DVD titles released in Australia since November 2011 with audio description include:

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Top accessible gifts for the festive season

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If someone you know is blind, vision impaired, Deaf or hearing impaired, there are a number of accessible gifts that can help improve their access to and enjoyment of media this festive season.

Here are our top picks:

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Cinema
The arts
Digital technology
Web
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Deaf/hearing impaired Digital Technology & Online Media news
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Blind/vision impaired Digital Technology & Online Media news

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Captions shown on US flights

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LiveTV, a US company which provides inflight entertainment, has announced that it can now provide closed captioning on the television content available on aircraft

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.

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Cinema
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Netflix captioning suit delayed

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In June 2011, the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) sued online video service Netflix for failing to provide captions on the majority of titles on its ‘Watch Instantly’ video-on-demand service. A court has now ordered a stay in the motion, pending an investigation into captioning of Internet media by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Netflix is a hugely popular service which accounts for up to a quarter of all Internet traffic in the US, but according the NAD’s suit, as of June 2011 only 5% of the ‘Watch Instantly’ titles had closed captions.

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Television
Video
Web
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Deaf/hearing impaired TV, DVD, Cinema & the Arts news

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