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

July 13, 2022 by

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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 faces further ‘technical issues’ as several shows come without subtitles on All 4

July 1, 2022 by

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Channel 4 has reaffirmed its commitment to have 100% of shows on its All 4 streaming service subtitled by the […]

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

June 20, 2022 by

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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

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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 […]

Liam O’Dell: ‘Everyday’ by Deafinitely Theatre conjures a potent play on abuse

May 21, 2022 by

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Please note: This review – like the play itself – discusses domestic and sexual abuse. Please take care when reading […]

RNID cuts ties with UK Cinema Association over ‘shallow and tokenistic’ work on subtitled cinema

May 20, 2022 by

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The Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) has announced it will no longer work with the UK Cinema Association […]

One in four cinemas failed to show a single subtitled screening during Deaf Awareness Week promotion

May 13, 2022 by

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A quarter of UK cinemas didn’t put on any subtitled screenings during last week’s Deaf Awareness Week, despite the UK […]

Liam O’Dell: Google invited me to test out Live Transcribe – here’s what I think

May 9, 2022 by

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Just how good are Google’s captioning capabilities? Well, we’ve all logged onto YouTube and relied on automatic captions to understand […]

Rose Ayling-Ellis to become first celebrity to sign CBeebies Bedtime Story

May 6, 2022 by

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EastEnders actress and Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis will be the first person to deliver a CBeebies Bedtime Story in British Sign […]

RNID pulls out of cinema subtitling project citing ‘little progress’ over last three years

May 3, 2022 by

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The Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) has withdrawn from the UK Cinema Association’s (UKCA) Subtitling Challenge Fund, it […]