Accessible Broadcast
Inclusion is not just a good thing to do: legally producers have a responsibility to ensure that viewers are not discriminated against, protecting the rights of people with disability.
Access Services are features that allow everyone to experience your production. This includes audio description, captions, accessible transcripts and sign interpretors.
Certification Requirements
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A self assessment of the accessibility of your production
Included in the Resource Kit
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Guide: Creating Accessible Content
Engagement of individuals/communities to ensure authentic, diverse, and inclusive storytelling.
Creating employment and development opportunities for people with disability behind the camera
Every location that people with disability are required to physically be at, must be accessible to them
All productions will meet video accessibility, captioning and audio description standards
Certification Criteria
The 8 Pillars of Inclusion
There are 8 inclusion pillars which you can select a combination of actions that best fit with your project. Productions are scored for certificating from a weighted scoring system to assess the inclusiveness and authenticity of the project against the following categories: