Broadcasting
Legislation/regulations
Analogue TV
The broadcasting Law 2328/1995 obliges TV broadcasters to broadcast the news in sign language at least once per day and to include in their programming an entertainment program with sign language interpretation. Although this apparently covers all TV Channels (public and private), compliance is reported to be limited and restricted to the main channels.
The Law also obliges the broadcasters to use subtitles for their programmes in sign language (i.e. news broadcasts and the entertainment program), although it seems that compliance with this may also be poor.
Other initiatives
ERT S.A. (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation – a public broadcasting channel) has started the first digital channel, Prisma Plus, with entertainment and informative programmes, and short news bulletins. According to ERT, all of the broadcasts using digital technology are fully accessible to people with disabilities. Disabled people will receive free decoders for the channel. All programs are broadcast with sign language interpretation and subtitles. Also where indicated for some programmes, the user can select via teletext the version of the program with subtitles or without. It is also expected that there will be audio description of images and scenes for people with vision impairment.
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