News and Events

Thursday, October 07 2010

Live Captions: FOXTEL & AUSTAR

Live Captions: FOXTEL & AUSTAR

In August, SKY NEWS and FOX SPORTS announced that live captioning of their flagship programming would launch on October 1, 2010.

Ai-Media's live captioning solution and operations have been responsible for this accessibility across FOX SPORTS 1HD/1, FOX SPORTS 2HD/2 andFOX SPORTS 3HD/3 providing live captioning to these highly watched channels, allowing greater access to the deaf and hearing impaired community.
 
Check out the second cricket test between Australia and India on FOX SPORTS 1, Saturday 9 October, with live captioning from 2:30 - 10:30pm.
 
Regular live captioned programs on SKY NEWS are:
·      PM Agenda – Monday through Thursday, 4 - 5pm
·      The Contrarians – Friday, 4 – 5pm
·      News Day – Saturday and Sunday, 4 – 5pm
 
Live captioned programs on FOX SPORTS may vary. For up-to-date programming details please refer to your AUSTAR and FOXTEL TV Guide. 
 
Ai-Media has been providing closed captions for many programs aired on FOXTEL and AUSTAR since 2004. Please click here to see the highlights of captioned content for the month of October.