News - radio, television and film

Read about the latest developments and products in television, radio and film for blind and partially sighted people.

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Spotlight on ITV

Published: 6 January 2012 Sue Betteridge from ITV spoke to Sonali Rai (RNIB) in early December about the launch of audio description on ITV channels eleven years ago, the developments made since then, the current scenario, planning for the future and more…

Christmas cheer from Paramount Pictures

Published: 15 December 2011 Paramount Pictures released three new titles on DVD and Blu-ray with audio descripton (AD) this month.

Transformers 3 soon to be out with audio description!

Published: 21 November 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon will soon be available with audio description on DVD and Blu-ray discs.

Everybody was Kung Fu fighting...

Published: 21 November 2011 Paramount Pictures releases Kung fu Panda 2 with audio description on the DVD

Brideshead Revisited now available with audio description

Published: 10 November 2011 Epic adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel, Brideshead Revisited was released with audio description on DVD and Blu-ray recently.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

Published: 10 November 2011 Last week saw the launch of the Star Wars Blu-ray box set with all six feature films and, for the first time ever, audio description tracks are available for all six films.

Free film screenings if you are in school!

Published: 11 October 2011 Yogi Bear, Cars 2, Kung fu Panda 2, The social network, 127 hours are only some of the fantastic titles to be screened as part of National Schools Film Week (NSFW) this year and all for free.

No catch-up TV for audio description fans!

Published: 11 October 2011 An average viewer in the UK watched 4 hours, 3 minutes a day of linear TV in the first six months of 2011, according to a report from TV marketing body Thinkbox, using figures from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB). However,despite this astounding development, barring a few programmes on the BBC iplayer, no other online player, catch-up or on-demand, is set up to deliver audio description.

This year's biggest super hero film released with audio description

Published: 27 September 2011 Chris Hemsworth of Star Trek fame stars alongside Natalie Portman and Anthony hopkins in this epic blockbuster adventure, Thor.

TV Audio description has reached record levels

Published: 27 September 2011. Current Ofcom regulation requires 10% of programmes to be audio described by the tenth anniversary of a channel's digital licence. However most channels are exceeding this obligation by describing much more.

Last updated: 10 July 2012