TV
Minister announces package to ease digital switchover
Friday, 30 January 2009 11:29
Senator Stephen Conroy, the Minister
for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has announced a package
of measures to ease the transition to digital television, focusing on the
Sunraysia/Mildura region in
Read more: Minister announces package to ease digital switchover
Digital switchover – the latest
Thursday, 29 January 2009 11:52
The Digital Taskforce is the body
which has been set up within the Federal Department of Broadband, Communications
and the Digital Economy to oversee
Analog switchoff delayed in the USA
Thursday, 29 January 2009 05:38
The US Senate has just agreed to delay the switchover day for US Digital Television to 12 June 2009. It was originally scheduled for 17 February 2009, but the process wasn’t ready with a myriad of technical and transition problems.
UK blind organisation lobbies for more TV access
Monday, 12 January 2009 06:18
The Accessible Channel launched in Canada
Friday, 05 December 2008 08:52
On 3 December 2008, the National Broadcast Reading Service (NBRS), a Canadian charitable organisation which provides media in accessible form for the country’s print- and vision-handicapped, launched The Accessible Channel. This digital-only service has the distinction of being the first fully audio-described TV channel in the world.
Mamma Mia they’re going digital
Thursday, 04 December 2008 08:21
To the tune of ABBA’s hit single “SOS”, the American Association of People with Disabilities, has released a humourous YouTube video campaign to inform people on how to switch to digital in February next year.
Foxtel backstage access for deaf students
Wednesday, 26 November 2008 15:10
Foxtel Television Centre (FTC) and AI-Media, in consultation with Media Access Australia provided a wonderful day of captioned access and a great opportunity for Deaf students from the Royal Institute of Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC).
Deafness Forum's 'Do you care about captions?' campaign
Wednesday, 26 November 2008 15:02
Deafness Forum has launched a campaign to protest about the recent drop in captioning levels on the Nine Network. Over 80% of Nine’s programs between 6 am and midnight were being captioned earlier this year, but the figure has now dropped to below 60%, and four daytime programs which were previously captioned - Mornings with Kerri-Anne, Fresh Cooking with the Australian Women’s Weekly, Days of Our Lives and Antiques Roadshow - are no longer captioned. Deafness Forum is asking viewers who are not happy with this situation to send emails which will be included in a petition to Nine. For more details: http://www.deafnessforum.org.au/index.php?q=news/do-you-care-about-captions
Analog television switchoff timetable announced
Monday, 20 October 2008 10:49
The Federal Minister for Communications, Stephen Conroy, has announced the switchoff timetable for analog television. It will commence with Mildura in regional Victoria in 2010 and then progressively move around regional areas and finish in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and some remote parts of Australia by the end of 2013.
This approach follows the UK’s region-by-region approach and should allow for testing and planning of switchover issues in an orderly way. The USA has opted for a single-date 17 February 2009, although a “test market” was tried last month in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Ofcom releases second quarter UK access report
Tuesday, 02 September 2008 15:44
Access to television broadcasts in the UK are monitored by the regulator Ofcom. Each quarter it publishes a report showing the expected levels of access according to the UK regulations. The report is a simple table and then more detailed information about variations, and action plans if a broadcaster has not complied with the required quota. It should be noted that the quotas are annual and underachievement of a quota to date may due to expected higher levels of compliance later in the year.
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