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Watch: BBC Breakfast News’ cochlear implant debates – with subtitles

April 1, 2014 by Editor

After the video of a woman’s response to having her cochlear implant switched on went viral last week, BBC Breakfast […]

Transcript: Deputy Editor Andy Palmer on BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine Show talking about the sign language interpreter controversy

December 12, 2013 by Editor

The popular BBC Radio 2 current affairs discussion programme, presented by Jeremy Vine, discussed the South African interpreter controversy and […]

Deaf News: Children’s TV series Magic Hands nominated for Broadcast Award!

December 9, 2013 by Editor

Deaf media production company Remark Media has been short-listed in the ‘Best Pre-School Programme’ category at the 2014 Broadcast Awards for their […]

Deaf News: Deaf association files letter of complaint expressing “outrage” over BBC’s Holby City episode

November 15, 2013 by Editor

Following this week’s episode of Holby City, which showed a Deaf man’s daughter acting as his interpreter while he was […]

Jen Dodds: No, Holby City, children should not be used as interpreters for their deaf parents

November 13, 2013 by Editor

As everyone knows, last night’s Holby City (BBC1 – catch it here on BBC iPlayer) featured a deaf man and […]

Watch: See Hear presenter Memnos Costi appearing in Holby City!

November 4, 2013 by Editor

Here is the See Hear report (fully subtitled) on their presenter Memnos Costi’s appearance on BBC1’s long-running medical drama, Holby […]

BBC subtitle issues rumble on: Super fast, super small and super invisible

October 22, 2013 by Editor

Frustration with the quality of subtitles from BBC’s iPlayer continue among deaf viewers unabated. Although the BBC uploaded a fix […]

Deaf News: iPlayer whizzkids working on subtitle bug but will deaf people still miss out?

October 16, 2013 by Editor

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After a flood of complaints from angry deaf users of iPlayer, the BBC say they have sussed out what was […]

Deaf News: BBC iPlayer subtitle shambles

October 10, 2013 by Editor

Reports have been coming into the Chicken this week of numerous problems with subtitles on the BBC’s iPlayer website. Irritated […]

The BBC should be embarrassed about the lack of subtitles on its News website

September 23, 2013 by Editor

The number of programmes that the BBC subtitle across all their TV channels is very high. The statistics from regulator […]