All posts by Briantist
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SeeMoreDigital: Yes, indeed. I added them to All free TV channels | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice a few days ago.
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sharealam: Thanks. I spotted them a few days ago, and they have been on the All free TV channels | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice list since then.
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Popeye: I did a search and it seems that your view is not correct.
http://www.disability.co.….pdf
"United Kingdom
Total of people of all ages in the UK with deafness ranging from mild to profound : 9 million (1 in 7 of the population)
Hard of Hearing Mild to Severe Deafness
8.3 million (of which 6.5 million are over 60 years of age)
Deafened:: those who became profoundly deaf suddenly or progressively
123,000 (approximately 11,000 are under 60 years of age)
Deaf BSL Users 50,000
Deafblind 24,000
Deaf Children (0-15 years) 23,000 "
http://www.actiononhearin…ashx
UK All hearing loss: 3,721,000 Working age + 6,390,500 Retirement age = 10,111,500 Total
UK Severe/ profound: 135,500 Working age + 685,000 Retirement age = 820,500 Total
"Surely the object of televising any channel is to obtain the highest viewing figures as possible, which I would consider would be greatly boosted by the addition of them. "
No, as I said, the object of a commercial (ad funded) broadcaster is to make a profit. If it COSTS more to provide for extra services for a small group of viewers than they can GAIN from advertising to them, they have not reason to do it.
"Any company with any sense could see by the number of requests for subtitles on your pages that they would benefit by them greatly"
If that were the case then there would be no need for Ofcom to use the law to force broadcasters to provide subtitles after they have reached a qualifying level...
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c coleman: You made two points.
Firstly, Ofcom (and the law) requires some MAJOR broadcasters to provide subtitles. Ofcom | Guidelines on the provision of television access services has full details.
The 2014 list of channels that are REQUIRED to provide subtitles is listed here
Ofcom | Television channels required to provide television access services in 2014
As for using the subtitles provided with DVDs, the broadcaster will claim, I am sure that they have to edit the movies for daytime broadcast and therefore the subtitles provided for other formats or outlets are unsuitable.
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Just for clarity: I am sympathetic to the idea of subtitles being provided for every programme on every channel.
However, the law doesn't ask for this.
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SeeMoreDigital: If you click on the channel logos in the list, you can filter the above list to Freeview, Sky and Freesat. Click on "All alphabetical" to return to the full list.
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Charles Stuart: You might find this Wikipedia Article helpful - http://en.wikipedia.org/w…_law .
If you fancy getting really technical, http://stakeholders.ofcom….pdf is probably a good choice.
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michael: Thanks. I've got a few more years myself before 50, but not as many as I would like.
I've got a birthday post that I've been trying to write all day. Only 117 minutes left.
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Monday 30 June 2014 5:56PM
Derek McLean: There is an "advanced mode" - if you use an aerial 20m above your location - My Freeview | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice ...