AMI-audio is a Canadian 24-hour
English language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the ...
non-profit audio broadcast television service. AMI-audio offers a variety of content to Canadians who are blind, partially sighted or otherwise print restricted.
AMI-audio produces two daily live programs. Each show features news of the day, technology insights, current events, lifestyle issues, health as well as information directly affecting the blind and partially sighted community. AMI-audio also records and curates a selection of feature articles from top publications read by a team of professional narrators.
It is owned by Accessible Media Inc. (formerly known as the National Broadcast Reading Servicethe organization was renamed following the launch of its
sister television channel).
AMI-audio is licensed by the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), and went on the air in 1990 as VoicePrint. The CRTC licensed AMI-audio as a "must-carry" service in 2001, meaning all digital cable and satellite providers must carry the service. AMI-audio is primarily accessed on the
secondary audio program
Second audio program (SAP), also known as secondary audio programming, is an auxiliary audio channel for analog television that can be broadcast or transmitted both over-the-air and by cable television. Used mostly for audio description or oth ...
(SAP) of
CBC News Network
CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) is a Canadian English-language specialty news channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. As Canada's first all-news channel, it is th ...
, while some providers carry the service on a separate channel through digital cable. The service is also available on the Internet, through ami.ca.
On March 5, 2012, VoicePrint was renamed AMI-audio. The re-branding is part of a new promotional effort by AMI to unify its services under a single brand for easier cross-promotion with
AMI-tv
AMI-tv is a 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 visually or h ...
and ami.ca.
Logos
See also
*
Canal M, a similar (but unaffiliated) service in the
French language.
References
External links
AMI.ca
Television channels and stations established in 1990
1990 establishments in Canada
24-hour television news channels in Canada
Radio reading services of Canada
Disability mass media
Public radio in Canada
{{Canada-tv-station-stub