[access-uk] Re: audio descriptions
- From: "Barry Hill" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:09:46 +0100
This is from teh BBC annual accounts for 2007-2008:
The BBC is committed to making its programmes as accessible as possible to
all audience groups. In 2007/08 we exceeded all our access targets. See
charts
5-7.
We subtitled over 46,000 hours of programming - up year-on-year, and on
target to meet our 100% target by 2008/09. BBC Parliament and BBC HD are not
subject
to Ofcom targets, but nonetheless added a further combined 1,388 hours.
Our target for programming to be audio described increased from 8% to 10%
this year. This target does not apply to the News Channel due to the nature
of
its rolling news output, and does not apply to BBC Parliament, BBCi and BBC
HD due to audience size.
chart5: Programmes Subtitled, by service, %
Chart 5 shows the percentage of programmes subtitled on BBC television
channels. Both BBC One and BBC Two subtitled over 97% of output last year -
and the
other channels subtitled over 91%.
Chart6: Programmes Audio Described, by service, %
Chart 6 shows the percentage of programmes audio described on BBC television
channels. All qualifying channels - BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four,
CBBC and CBeebies - exceeded the 10% target last year.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Spring.flower" <spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:50 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: audio descriptions
What percentage of progs are subtitled then?
Trace
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 9:42 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: audio descriptions
> Actually, Derek, you have a very good point here.
>
> Blind users get a reduced license, one assumes, for not
> seeing the picture. Deaf users do not.
>
> Deaf users get sub-titles in most programs. Blind users get
> way far less in terms of audio description.
>
> Oh dear - am I walking to a kind of reverse discrimination
> issue?
>
> George.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Derek Hornby
> Sent: 11 August 2008 17:19
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] audio descriptions
>
> Peter wrote
> "We are not equal, we can't see the pictures."
>
> But audio descriptions gives access to visual information.
>
> A sighted deaf viewer is not able to hear, so is offered
> subtitles, but still pays same fee as the hearing/sighted
> viewers.
> Sighted deaf have a good fair argument to have 100%
> subtitles, they can say "We pay, so we should have it"
> Blind people seem to be saying:
> "we want audio descriptions, but we are not prepared to
> pay for it"
>
> Fair enough, so why should the rest of the TV viewers
> subsidise the blind?
>
> Regards, Derek
>
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