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timesofmalta.com - ?Rights of the deaf in broadcasting being ignored?
Opposition spokesperson on the family Justyne Caruana said that in 2006, PBS had at its disposal the sum of €1.16 million to be used for programmes under the public service obligation. However, persons with disability did not feature in this scheme and Malta still had a long way to go with regard to the rights of deaf persons in broadcasting.
The deaf deserved more access to information since they found it very difficult to enjoy broadcasting.
In 2008, the European Commission emphasised that society was increasingly becoming dependent on technology. This should therefore be made more accessible. A programme was launched to promote the use of subtitles and sign language in broadcasting and an EU fund was created. What was keeping the government from benefiting from such a fund? Malta was the only EU member which had still not rectified this convention.
In the 2009/2010 report, the national commission for persons with a disability complained that the packages presented by Go did not include the use of subtitles. This same complaint had been present in the previous year’s report – a clear indication that nothing had been done to solve the issue.
Dr Caruana quoted a statement by a deaf person who had explained that as television played an important part in people’s lives, sign language and subtitles could help make technology more accessible to help them be more informed and entertained.
More had to be done in order not to exclude deaf people from society, she concluded.
Opposition spokesperson on the family Justyne Caruana said that in 2006, PBS had at its disposal the sum of €1.16 million to be used for programmes under the public service obligation. However, persons with disability did not feature in this scheme and Malta still had a long way to go with regard to the rights of deaf persons in broadcasting.
The deaf deserved more access to information since they found it very difficult to enjoy broadcasting.
In 2008, the European Commission emphasised that society was increasingly becoming dependent on technology. This should therefore be made more accessible. A programme was launched to promote the use of subtitles and sign language in broadcasting and an EU fund was created. What was keeping the government from benefiting from such a fund? Malta was the only EU member which had still not rectified this convention.
In the 2009/2010 report, the national commission for persons with a disability complained that the packages presented by Go did not include the use of subtitles. This same complaint had been present in the previous year’s report – a clear indication that nothing had been done to solve the issue.
Dr Caruana quoted a statement by a deaf person who had explained that as television played an important part in people’s lives, sign language and subtitles could help make technology more accessible to help them be more informed and entertained.
More had to be done in order not to exclude deaf people from society, she concluded.