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Find out the latest news about captioning and audio description from Able.

News: Captions on TVNZ 1's Breakfast

News: Captions on TVNZ 1's Breakfast

1 Oct 2020

Captions will be available on TVNZ 1’s Breakfast programme from Monday 5 October 2020 following a major funding boost for Able, New Zealand’s provider of captioning and audio description for free-to-air television.
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News: More Captions Available on TVNZ OnDemand

News: More Captions Available on TVNZ OnDemand

19 Nov 2018

We’re well pleased more captioned content will be available on TVNZ OnDemand from Monday 19 November!
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News: Captions Available on New Episodes of Shortland Street on TVNZ OnDemand

News: Captions Available on New Episodes of Shortland Street on TVNZ OnDemand

16 Sep 2018

We're super excited to announce that captions will be available on TVNZ OnDemand for new episodes of Shortland Street from Sunday 16 September.
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News: Able wins international audio description award!

News: Able wins international audio description award!

12 Jul 2017

The Able team is absolutely delighted to have been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Audio Description Achievement Award-International, awarded by the American Council of the Blind and its Audio Description Project.
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Media release: Rio 2016 Olympics captioning coverage announced

Media release: Rio 2016 Olympics captioning coverage announced

20 Jul 2016

For the first time ever, Able are offering captioning services for free-to-air coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Prime, making the games accessible for Kiwis who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing.
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Media release: captions for political programmes

Media release: captions for political programmes

11 Jul 2014

Captioning to give hard of hearing community greater access to political debate.
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