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Making Television Accessible in Africa

Making Television Accessible in Africa. Joint ITU/EBU Workshop “How Can We Reach the Media Have-Nots of the Developed and Developing Worlds?”. Peter Olaf Looms Chairman, ITU Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility. International Telecommunication Union.

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Making Television Accessible in Africa

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  1. Making Television Accessible in Africa Joint ITU/EBU Workshop “How Can We Reach the Media Have-Nots of the Developed and Developing Worlds?” • Peter Olaf Looms • Chairman, ITU Focus Group on • Audiovisual Media Accessibility InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

  2. Television in Africa is young InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

  3. What is the challenge?TV for all, not just many! At least 1 in 6 have problems watching TV

  4. What is the challenge?Finding solutions in an ageing world InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

  5. What is the challenge?Media for all, not just many! Between 25 and 50% of elders have problems watching TV 5

  6. What is the challenge?Finding solutions all can afford 25 dollars is a lot of money for some InternationalTelecommunicationUnion 6

  7. Example 1TV pictures we can’t see InternationalTelecommunicationUnion 5

  8. Example 2Audio that is noisy If we can do it for football we can do it for other programs, too. InternationalTelecommunicationUnion Barrier-Free Digital Television 25 May 2011 European Commission

  9. Example 3Emergency alerts for all, not just some InternationalTelecommunicationUnion Barrier-Free Digital Television 25 May 2011 European Commission

  10. What can we do today?Access services for broadcast and IP TV

  11. What can we do today?Access services for broadcast and IP TV Access Services are already part of the specification of broadcast television in the main digital TV systems Access Services for IPTV are “work in progress”.

  12. Getting the big picture of digital media accessibility bird’s eye view InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

  13. Getting the big picture of digital media accessibility Discussing media accessibility with practitioners and users to identify obstacles and suggest solutions InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

  14. How can we move forward?By putting the pieces together Share a vision of media that are truly accessible Identify actions that can turn the vision into reality Have a clear view of the current situation and key obstacles Propose a roadmap of actions and metrics to measure progress InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

  15. FG AVA Deliverables InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

  16. Thank you! Contact particulars FG AVA website: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/ava/Pages/default.aspx FG AVA secretariat: Alexandra Gaspari tsbfgava@itu.int Chairman: Peter Olaf Looms Ellesvinget 25 DK-2950 Vedbæk DENMARK E: polooms@gmail.com M: +45 51 56 75 46 InternationalTelecommunicationUnion Barrier-Free Digital Television 25 May 2011 European Commission 16

  17. Thank you! InternationalTelecommunicationUnion Barrier-Free Digital Television 25 May 2011 European Commission

  18. What is the challenge?Finding solutions all can afford X InternationalTelecommunicationUnion

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