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Interview: Deaf actress Katie Erich on ‘The Solid Life of Sugar Water’ at the Orange Tree Theatre

October 19, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Ahead of the press night for The Solid Life of Sugar Water this evening, The Limping Chicken’s Liam O’Dell sat […]

Broadcasters ‘working together’ on emergency subtitles following Channel 4 outage, Sky says

October 15, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Channel 4’s subtitles outage last year made broadcasters “stand up and think” and work together on support for deaf viewers, […]

Deafblind actor receives apology after captioning device user was accused of recording theatre show

October 14, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

A deafblind actor and activist was accused of recording a performance of Hadestown, when she was actually using a captioning device […]

National Cinema Day event to offer at least one subtitled screening at every major cinema

September 2, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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The UK Cinema Association (UKCA) has announced National Cinema Day will take place this Saturday, with Empire, ODEON, Vue and […]

Liam O’Dell: Cineworld may go bankrupt, but I won’t miss them

August 19, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

I make no apologies for reaching for the popcorn after hearing that Cineworld could well be going bankrupt. As a […]

‘First of its kind’ live caption glasses enter public test phase

July 29, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

New smart glasses designed to caption conversations in real-time have today opened up to public previews, with a group of […]

Love Island refuses to confirm whether it discussed subtitled ‘movie night’ for deaf contestant Tasha

July 18, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Popular ITV2 dating show Love Island has refused to tell The Limping Chicken whether it considered subtitling its ‘Mad Movies’ challenge for the benefit […]

Over 25,000 people call for more accessible video on-demand services

July 13, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Deaf campaigners were among those who handed in a petition to government on Tuesday demanding improved accessibility for video on-demand […]

Channel 4 ‘breached licence conditions’ over subtitles outage, Ofcom investigation concludes

June 20, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Channel 4 breached the conditions of its broadcast licence when it suffered a subtitles outage last year, an investigation by […]

Love Island viewers criticise ITV for lack of subtitles as deaf contestant enters villa

June 6, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Love Island has been accused of “irony” after its first episode came without subtitles on ITV Hub, days after promoting the […]