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UK Communications Minister interviewed about AD on TV approach
Monday, 26 July 2010 11:14
BBC Radio 4 program In Touch: News for Blind People has an interview with Ed Vaizey, the UK Communications Minister. In it he talks about the voluntary approach to audio description quotas on television.
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Talking set-top box now on sale in UK
Monday, 26 July 2010 11:10
The much awaited talking menu set-top box developed by the UK’s Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is available for pre-order.
UK government supports 20% audio description target
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 13:40
Following a long-running campaign by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), the UK government has announced its support for a 20% target for audio description (AD) on television.
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Channel 4 announces audio description increase
Monday, 28 June 2010 16:16
Channel 4 in the UK has announced that it will increase audio description (AD) to 20% of all programming on the channels it owns, including Channel 4, More 4, E4 and Film 4.
UK regulator hedges on AD increase
Tuesday, 15 June 2010 09:50
Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has decided not to make a recommendation on whether the audio description (AD) quota on television should be increased from the current 10% of programming to 20% of programming.
Special World Cup guide for blind football fans
Thursday, 10 June 2010 14:45
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in the UK has produced an accessible guide to the football World Cup in South Africa. The guide includes group match schedules, TV coverage (which presumably gives UK timeslots), background to the teams and a stadium guide. The guide is available in the UK in large print, Braille and Daisy CD versions.
Ofcom releases first quarter access report
Thursday, 03 June 2010 14:26
Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has released its first quarterly report on the provision of access services on television for 2010 covering the period January – March. As in previous reports, most broadcasters were found to be exceeding their quotas for captioning and audio description.
Ofcom reports on accessibility of UK electronic program guides
Thursday, 08 April 2010 10:43
Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, has published a report detailing the access features available on electronic program guides (EPGs) for subscription and free-to-air television services, and plans for improvements.
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DBCDE releases submissions to the Multichannel Review
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 12:10
The Department of Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) has released the submissions made to the Discussion Paper on ‘Content and access: The future of program standards and captioning requirements on digital television multi-channels’. Individual submissions can be downloaded from the DBCDE website. Below are summaries of the submissions regarding captioning on multichannels.
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American blind left behind in digital TV transition
Thursday, 18 February 2010 08:18
American Council of the Blind board member, Ray Campbell, claims that people with vision disabilities have been left behind due to “idiots in Washington” who did not include accessibility issues in transition legislation and regulations for digital TV.
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