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04-12-2006
UK: Disability Equality Duty will enforce signing on TV
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London, UK (Out-Law): The UK's 45,000 public bodies will face a fundamental change to the way they operate when new disability legislation comes into force on Monday. […]"As the UK's communications regulator, Ofcom has a number of duties designed to ensure disabled people have fair access to electronic communications," he said. "These include setting and monitoring targets for television access services (subtitling, audio description and signing) and encouraging the availability of easy to use equipment."
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