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Canadian Audio Description Standards project commences
Tuesday, 03 November 2009 09:09
Media Access Canada Inc is undertaking a major collaborative study to develop standards for descriptive video (which is what audio description is called in Canada) in both English and French.
Read more: Canadian Audio Description Standards project commences
Accessibility a priority for UK digital services
Thursday, 22 October 2009 08:42
Digital services for people with a disability are a priority in a new report, Access and Inclusion: Digital communications for all, released by Ofcom, the UK communications regulator.
Ofcom equality framework to include disability
Tuesday, 20 October 2009 14:50
Issues of discrimination and equality in disability, gender and race will be addressed under a new scheme launched by Ofcom, the UK communications regulator.
FCC to hear people with disabilities
Tuesday, 13 October 2009 15:56
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the US communications regulator, has announced a hearing on broadband access for people with disabilities.
UK Universal Service Obligation to include people with disabilities
Thursday, 08 October 2009 10:14
Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has announced that services for people with disabilities will be a priority in its forthcoming review of the Universal Service Obligation (USO) in fixed line telephone services.
Read more: UK Universal Service Obligation to include people with disabilities
UK looks at how to regulate Video On Demand services
Wednesday, 16 September 2009 08:23
The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has opened a consultation process looking at how Video On Demand (VOD) services will be regulated. This process is driven by the European Community Audio Visual Media Service Directive 2007 which seeks to create a level playing field for emerging audiovisual media services in Europe and to protect consumer and citizen interests by ensuring that these services will be subject to some basic content standards. These standards will apply to "television-like" VOD services.
Read more: UK looks at how to regulate Video On Demand services
UK holds media access review
Monday, 07 September 2009 09:41
The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has called for submissions and feedback to its media access review.
Don't miss Adelaide audio description information session
Wednesday, 19 August 2009 13:24
In a first for Australia, audio description is now available for cinema-goers in Adelaide, as part of a national program involving 12 cinemas. AD is widely available and very popular with people who are blind or vision impaired in the UK and US, however it is still under-utilised in Australia and almost unknown.
Find out more and have the opportunity to ask questions at this free session on Monday 24 August, 2009 at 6pm.Read more: Don't miss Adelaide audio description information session
Major technology expo for access
Tuesday, 28 July 2009 09:49
Hosted by the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB), Techshare 2009 is a major technology exhibition/conference in London's Docklands area (ExCel conference centre) from 16-18 September. Presentations look at practical "how to" access solutions, universal design, media and entertainment and there are hands-on pre-conference workshops.
American conference promotes audio description
Thursday, 23 July 2009 10:14
The First Annual Audio Description Project Conference was held in Orlando, Florida on 6-8 July 2009. The Audio Description Project (ADP) is an initiative of the American Council of the Blind (ACB) which aims to promote awareness of AD, provide educational resources, heighten awareness of AD in the community, and encourage studies on AD.
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