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Highlights: All Blacks vs Ireland

19 Nov 2016

The All Blacks will be looking for redemption after their shock loss to Ireland in Chicago, but Ireland will have home-field advantage in Dublin. Catch all the action on Prime. Read more

Highlights: Rio 2016 Paralympics Highlights

08 Sep 2016

Don’t miss your favourite Kiwi Paralympians take on the world! Read more

Blog: Rio 2016 Olympic Games Captioning Coverage

01 Aug 2016

We're busy gearing up for our most exciting captioning event yet! Next week 200 of New Zealand’s best athletes take to the world stage for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Read more

Blog: Captioning sound effects, non-verbal utterances and music.

25 Jul 2016

Dialogue forms the core of what we as viewers hear in a TV programme, but sound goes beyond simply what is spoken in order to tell a story. Most programmes use sound effects to relay information, such as the approaching footsteps of an intruder, a time-out buzzer in a quiz show, the chime of a cell phone, the beeping of an electronic heart monitor. Others are used to heighten the atmosphere of the scene rather than further the narrative, like laughter at a comedian’s joke, a wailing siren in a bad neighbourhood, or birds chirping in a wide landscape shot. Read more

Blog: Able celebrates Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

11 Jul 2016

Last week was Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week), and to celebrate, we took some time to think about how we treat Māori content. Read more