BARRIER-FREE DIGITAL TELEVISION
Thursday 28 October, 2010, European Parliament (A5G-2)
09.00 – 09.30 WELCOME
1. Welcome by hosting MEPs (Ms Adriana Ticau,
S&D; Dr Adam Kosa, EPP)
2. European Commission setting
the context: Accessibility of Digital Television in the e-Inclusion
context (Paul Timmers, Head of Unit, ICT
for Inclusion, DG Information Society and Media)
09.30 – 10.15 ROADMAPS, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND CURRENT BARRIERS
1. Possible
short and long-term roadmaps for the roll out of access services in
Digital TV across Europe (Takebumi Itagaki,
Brunel University, DTV4All Project)
2. Recent developments
of access services in a wider eInclusion context. Focus on Denmark
– (Peter Looms, Danmarks
Radio, DTV4All Project)
3. The user perspective
(Mark Magennis, National Council for the Blind of Ireland
on behalf of European Disability Forum)
10.15 – 10.45 MANUFACTURER AND BROADCASTER SUPPORT
1. Steps consumer electronics manufacturers
have taken and are taking to support the roll out of access services
(Frank Kamperman, Philips on behalf of
DIGITALEUROPE)
2. How the European Broadcasting Union
(EBU) can provide support to its member in rolling out access services
(Edgar Wilson, European
Broadcasting Union)
10.45 – 11.30 Demo
Currently Deployed Services
• BBC access services - Audio Description, Subtitles
(Red Bee Media and Brunel University,
DTV4All Project)
Near Future Services
• Video signing service over the Internet (Brunel
University, DTV4All Project)
• Integrated Digital TV with Text-to-Speech
Engine (Philips on behalf of Digital Europe)
11.30 – 11.50 SOLUTIONS TO REALISE BARRIER-FREE DIGITAL TELEVISION
1. How subtitles
for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) should look like? How text service
can be made barrier-free on Hybrid Broadcast Broadband Television (HbbTV)?
(Bettina Heidkamp, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, DTV4All
Project)
2. Optimising subtitle reception:
subtitles for all. Large scale user evaluation of subtitles in
seven European countries (Pablo Romero,
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,
DTV4All Project)
11.50 – 12.00 Wider context of Media and ICT
STOA Projects (Miklós
Györffi, European Parliament, DG Internal Policies of the Union, Directorate
E : Legislative Coordination and Conciliations, Science and Technology Options
Assessment - STOA)
12.00 CONCLUDING REMARKS
Summary by hosting MEPs and the European Commission
12.15 CLOSE
sound
recorded at the workshop (in mp3 format, 48 Mb)