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AMI-tv
AMI-tv is a Television in Canada, Canadian, English-language, digital cable specialty channel owned by the non-profit organization Accessible Media. AMI-tv broadcasts a selection of general entertainment programming with accommodations for those who are Visual impairment, visually or Deafness, hearing impaired, with audio descriptions on the primary audio track and closed captioning available across all programming. Along with acquired content, AMI-tv also broadcasts original series on accessibility- and disability-related topics, and has occasionally broadcast simulcasts of news and sporting events in its open described video format. AMI-tv is licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as a Category A services, Category A "must-carry" service; it must be carried on the lowest level of service by all licensed digital cable, Direct-broadcast satellite, satellite television, and IPTV providers in Canada. On December 16, 2014, AMI launched a Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accessible Media
AMI (Accessible Media Inc.) is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs, and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. The company operates three broadcast services: AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French. AMI's vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns, and values through accessible media, reflection, and portrayal. History AMI was established in 1989 as the National Broadcast Reading Service (NBRS) on the Canadian Parliament's Standing Committee of the Status of Disabled Persons. The committee's report, "No News is Bad News", stated that vision- and print-restricted Canadians must have equal access to published news and information. In 1990, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted NBRS a licence for VoicePrint a radio reading service; the service launched on December 1 that year. In 1995, NBRS launched AudioVision Canada to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |