People
Meet the audio describer
Take 1’s Ryan Hennessey explains how a love for creative writing and film is a great basis for becoming an audio describer
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People
Tony Rizkallah joins Blu Digital Group as COO
He has been tasked with expanding Blu Digital's English dubbing and audio description division
Media Management
Channel 4 commits to 86 hours of access services-supported content during Paralympics
Broadcaster is promising to return to 100 per cent subtitles across all of its linear channels
Media Management
Ofcom to investigate Channel 4’s access services outage
The regulator said it remains "very concerned" about the incident at Red Bee Media's broadcast centre last September which took the broadcaster's access services...
Media Management
Red Bee still dealing with access services problems
Company is still experiencing issues with creating and adding pre-recorded subtitles, audio descriptions and signing to programmes
Live Production
BT Sport’s Jamie Hindhaugh on why Access Services should come as standard on live broadcasts
Ahead of its broadcast of this weekend's FA Disability Cup, BT Sport's chief operating officer talks to TVBEurope about why he wants access services...
Live Production
BT Sport to broadcast ‘most accessible coverage of a football match in the UK’
BT Sport plans to provide live coverage of all the finals on three of its channels with each offering different accessibility features
Media Delivery
More on-demand platforms offer subtitles, but audio description and signing drop
More content now available with subtitles
Media Consumption
Industry companies unite to form globalisation association
Sixty companies from across the industry have combined to form the first Entertainment Globalization Association
Audio
Hearing the difference: The importance of audio description
Dr Mariana Lopez explains how enhancing audio description improves access to film and TV
TVBEverywhere
Channel 4 launches ad-free All4 trial
New iOS app also allows viewers to stream audio described content for the first time
Audio
Broadcasters, Ofcom and RNIB launch Audio Described TV campaign
UKTV, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Viacom all involved
TVBEverywhere
Ofcom publishes report on VoD access services
Currently there is no legislation in place to ensure VoD platforms provide subtitles, audio description or signing
Business
EBU draws up recommendations on future of access services
EDF, EBU and ACT expect their proposed measures to enhance the accessibility of TV programmes
TVBEverywhere
RNIB trials VoD app for blind and partially sighted
Blind and partially sighted people in the UK are set to benefit from a new app that will open up video on-demand services that...