Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Accessible Content in Digital Broadcast Environments: a Canadian perspective Accessible Content in Digital Broadcast Environments: a Canadian perspective Beverley Milligan, ISACC Document No: GSC16-PLEN-56 Source: ISACC Contact: Beverley Milligan GSC Session: PLENARY Agenda Item:

GSC16-PLEN-56 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All 2 Framework May 2011 establishment of ITU-T Focus Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility (FG AVA) under ITU-T Study Group 16 for the purpose of exploring ways and means to make audiovisual media accessible for persons with disabilities ISACC contribution GSC16-PLEN-03 proposes new text for GSC Resolution 27 to recognize, support, collaborate, promote and identify common interest in the FG AVAGSC16-PLEN-03

GSC16-PLEN-56 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All 3 Highlight of Current Canadian Activities Publication of Monitor 2: A Report on Accessibility in Canadian Broadcasting Compulsory qualitative standards as conditions of broadcast licence underway Compulsory quantitative standard as conditions of broadcast licence in effect CRTC approved Broadcast Accessibility Fund

GSC16-PLEN-56 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All 4 Key Industry Trends Positives: –Canada is taking a leadership role in development of accessibility standards and best practices for the provision of quantity and quality of digital content. –Internet providing opportunity to have cross disability dialogue, i.e. Access 2020 Coalition

GSC16-PLEN-56 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All 5 Key Industry Trends Negatives: –Terrestrial DTV geographical silos which impact policy, i.e. manufacturing and the Canadian market –Contrast in regulated vs. un-regulated –Confusion between stakeholder and experts in committee development: difficult balance of competing objectives –Compliance

GSC16-PLEN-56 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All Next Steps / Actions Establish regional strategies, within an international framework for seamless distribution of accessible content over multiple platforms, i.e. DVB regions vs. ATSC, as well as potentially other wireless technologies –Manufacturing –DV digital distribution –Multiple wireless platforms and bandwidth 6

GSC16-PLEN-56 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All 7 Next Steps / Actions Examine standards in the context of convergence of regulated and unregulated content distribution systems Establish standards for monitoring and measurement based on Canada’s work to date Move accessibility from “social good” to business practice

GSC16-PLEN-56 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All 8 Supplementary Slides

GSC16-PLEN-56 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All 9 Recent Publications “Monitor 2: A Report on the Quantity of Accessible Content in Canadian Broadcasting in 2010” “Descriptive Video Production, Presentation and Distribution Best Practices Guide” Both of the above are published through Media Access Canada, MAC, at

GSC16-PLEN-56 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All 10 Regulatory References Closed Captioning Standards, ISO/IEC , ATSC A/72 and CEA-708 Descriptive Video Digital Distribution ATSC PSIP A/65, AC-3 descriptor: PMT entry for Descriptive Video and data stream DV pointer to point to a separate audio stream CRTC Public notice : broadcasting and telecommunications

GSC16-PLEN-56 Halifax, 31 Oct – 3 Nov 2011ICT Accessibility For All 11 DTV Broadcasting Systems