Charity calls for regulatory action from Ofcom over Channel 4 lack of subtitles

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On Saturday September 25, a fire suppression system was triggered at Red Bee Media’s broadcast centre, which transmits all of Channel 4’s services.

Mike Hobday, director of policy and campaigns at the National Deaf Children’s Society, added: ‘It’s simply unacceptable that Channel 4 is unable to provide subtitles for its viewers. ‘However, the failure of its planning and the weakness of its response leaves us wondering whether accessibility remains a priority,’ he stated.‘Reinstating subtitles quickly would mean the welcome return of programmes that have effectively been ‘off air’ to deaf people for weeks. It would also send the message that young deaf people are valued viewers too.’

 

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Hardly any of the 4k stuff on sky has subtitles either. Yet the hd stuff does. Surely a copy and paste could be done 😖

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