Audio description finally arrives on Australian free to air TV

Australia's blind and low vision community will finally be able to enjoy audio description on free to air TV when the service launches on ABC and SBS ...

Audio description finally comes to ABC and SBS - The Conversation

As Australia began its plan to transition to digital television in 1993, advocate bodies for people who are blind or vision impaired called for ...

Audio description to appear on Australian free-to-air TV

Vision Australia welcomes the news that audio description will be available on ABC and SBS TV programs by July 2020.

Campaigning for Audio Description on Australian Television

Audio description (AD) is a service that facilitates access to film, television, live performances or other live events for people who are blind or vision ...

Audio Description launched on free-to-air TV - Vision 2020 Australia

From 28 June, both broadcasters will provide 14 hours of audio-described programming each week across SBS and SBS VICELAND TV channels on the ...

Lack of audio descriptions on Australian TV a human rights breach ...

A United Nations committee has found Australia breached an international human rights treaty by failing to provide audio descriptions on free-to-air television.

Audio description and Australian Television

The first, Disability and digital TV: Access, representation and reception, ran between 2013 and 2018 and was funded by the Australian Research Council ...

AUDIO DESCRIPTION ON ABC AND SBS - Australian Screen Editors

On 28 June, the ABC and SBS officially started providing audio description (AD) on their broadcast channels after over 20 years of campaigning by the blind and ...

Audio Description Trial on ABC Television

In the lead up to the Trial, the ABC regularly met with the Department of Broadband,. Communications and Digital Economy (DBCDE) and the Australian ...

Audio description and Australian Television

Free TV Australia has developed a Commercial Television. Industry Code of Practice to ensure “Australia's modern digital media landscape upholds community ...

Audio Description in Australia - ACCAN

The study also analysed historical offerings of AD on free to air television via the two trials conducted by the. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in ...

Opinion: Regulating audio description the only way

Australia is a long way behind the rest of the world when it comes to audio description on television. Media Access Australia CEO Alex Varley looks at the ...

The Preferred User: How Audio Description could Change ... - Sciendo

Audio description continues to be unavailable on broadcast television ... shows are currently airing on Australian free-to-air television without ...

Audio Description Launches on Australian Free to Air Television!

Audio described programming launched on the ABC and SBS on June 28, 2020, enabling Australia's blind and vision-impaired communities to enjoy 14 hours of audio ...

(PDF) The Preferred User: How Audio Description could Change ...

Audio description continues to be unavailable on broadcast television in Australia, despite the technological capabilities to provide it and ...

Audio description position paper Audio description and Australian ...

While producers may create these tracks, there is no mechanism to broadcast them on television. The Australian government and broadcast industry have stated ...

Streaming Video Services Offering Audio Description

It offers audio description for shows which are described on the CBS television network. These shows are available to everyone for free for 28 days after ...

BCA Video Update - May

You might have seen a sneaky release of audio description on some ABC iview. We are assured that there is more coming and there is more in the ...

Audio Description (Video Description) on TV (Television)

The FCC originally designated audio description for television as video description, but the ACB and ADP objected to this alteration of the term for audio ...

Blindness Sector Report on the 2012 ABC Audio Description Trial

... final report from Australian Digital Testing would be completed by March 2012. ... TV) which have been broadcasting on digital for 10 years at 10%. Sky ...