Abstract
To say cinema production, distribution, and exhibition is going through a paradigma shift is an understatement – and that is not taking into consideration COVID19. Adding EU accessibility requirements, in a multi lingual Europe elevates the pressure to all sectors of the film industry: from script writing, subtitlers to online ticketing. The European Council signed in 2006 the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (CRPD). This means a double obligation to all EU countries to fulfil CRPD since separately each EU country has also signed it. This means each country has to comply with the UN and EU will supervise and regulate through the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media (ERGA). This article describes the EU legal requirements regarding media accessibility. It will then describe the most popular accessibility services for media content, and it will finish describing the new network funded to help to adapt and fulfil EU legislation towards cinema for all.
Highlights
Though cinema is a specific format of media content, the boundaries with other media genres is blurring fast
Movies are produced and distributed by TV streaming platforms, and can be consumed by any device: TV, mobile phones, and tablets. For these reasons cinema falls in the media sector which is relevant to the new European Union (EU) legislation and standards related to Media Accessibility
Europe is a signatory of this convention, and for this reason some legislation was developed recently to fulfil the UN Convention: 1. The European Union (EU) Directive on the Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications
Summary
Though cinema is a specific format of media content, the boundaries with other media genres is blurring fast. For these reasons cinema falls in the media sector which is relevant to the new EU legislation and standards related to Media Accessibility. In order to comply with this new legislation, public sector organisations and private companies and organisations will need to monitor the accessibility of their websites, mobile apps, and media content, and make information from the monitoring available in an accessibility statement.
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