[access-uk] ACCESS TO TELEVISION

  • From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:52:38 +0100

Thought some listers might be interested in the following news from
Ofcom.

-----Original Message-----
From: Updates [mailto:Updates@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 July 2005 10:26
To: broadcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Ofcom Update: More Channels to Provide Access Services

Ofcom today publishes the list of 76 channels that will provide
subtitling, signing and audio description in 2006. Under the 2003
Communications Act, Ofcom
published a code setting out the obligations of television channels
licensed in the UK to provide access services for people who are deaf or
hard of hearing
as well as those who are blind or partially sighted.
News Release
More Channels to Provide Access Services
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2005/07/nr_20050714_2
Statement
Television Channels Required to Provide Television Access Services in
2006
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/guidance/tv_access_serv/tv_access_stateme
nt/
Code
Code on Television Access Services
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/codes/ctas/
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