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pullenuk wrote: »

With all the providers p!ushing internet services, deaf people are seriously being left out. I refuse to believe that its not illegal. You cannot offer a service to a wheelchair person but say there are steps to get to where you need to use it.

Sky TV is not a "service" though, it's just subscription entertainment. It has no legal compulsion to provide subtitles. The BBC is required to provide because of it's public service commitment.

john1

Sky is NOT excluded from access services
see http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/guidance/tvaccessservices12.pdf


This is a list of Television channels required to provide television access services in 2012


Level One
BBC1 Sky News Disney Channel
BBC2 Sky One Playhouse Disney
BBC3 Sky Two Disney Cinemagic
BBC4 Pick TV
Disney XD
BBC News Sky Sports 1 Dave
CBBC Sky Sports 2 Eden
BBC HD Sky Sports 3 Watch
CBeebies Sky Sports News Yesterday
ITV1 Sky Sports Alibi
ITV2 Sky Movies Premiere Good Food
ITV3 Sky Movies Comedy Home
ITV4 Sky Action
G.O.L.D
CITV Sky Movies Family Blighty
Channel 4 Sky Movies Sci-Fi/ Horror Nickelodeon
E4 Sky Movies Classics ESPN
More 4 Sky Movies Modern Greats Universal
Film 4 Sky Movies DramaRom 4 Music
S4C Sky Movies Showcase Discovery
Channel 5
Sky Thriller
MTV One
Sky Living
Comedy Central
USA
Sky Living

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john1 wrote: »

Sky is NOT excluded from assess services

This thread is about catch up via the internet, not broadcast television. If the Access Services were legally required , Sky would not be currently saying they have "no plans" to add them.
Of course, it's very likely these rules will be changed in the future .

john1

Pullenuk you need to contact Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD) see http://www.atvod.co.uk/ and register your comments


Extracts from the web


Ofcom has formally designated the Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD) as the co-regulator for editorial content, and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) as the co-regulator for advertising content.
ATVOD is the independent co-regulator for the editorial content of UK video on demand services that fall within the statutory definition of On-Demand Programme Services.


Amongst other aspect of on demand TV services ATVOD is required “to encourage Service Providers to ensure that their services are progressively made more accessible to people with disabilities affecting their sight or hearing or both”.


ATVOD welcomes this obligation and is committed to playing a significant part in encouraging service providers to make their services more accessible to people with disabilities affecting their sight or hearing at a key time in the development and use of on-demand services.

pullenuk

spike7451 wrote: »

Cost is the main thing.For every program that has signing on it,they have to pay someone to do the signing,someone to film it then process it,synchronize it to the program,convert the program to include the signing the broadcast it.The size of the program is increased because of the added content.
Adding subtitles is much simpler & cheaper.

This isn't related as the programmes shown through demand or catch up are broadcast with subtitles/sign language. They already done that, it's a case of switching onto the internet side. There are movies shown last week on Sky movies with subtitles, but try and watch through on demand and there Kant an option for it. They have the information, it comes from the movie makers!

bubblegun

pullenuk wrote: »

Anyone know if it will have subtitles on it? If it doesn't that will be the final nail in the coffin with Sky and me.

Seriously, Sky hate bad publicity.

They also make a big thing about how they have more programming with audio description than the terrestrial broadcasters, so they do care about deaf viewers.

Just create a petition and get some of the national newspapers interested and I bet they will introduce it as quick as you can say something very snappy!!!

Buzby

Works for me on Virgin - even stuff Tivoed normally!