Friday, July 17, 2009

Captioning Service Closing

Some deaf viewers in the UK are losing their closed-captioning service. Like their American counterparts, UK broadcasters are switching from analogue to digital signals. The service that’s provided analogue captioning is shutting down a full two-years ahead of schedule, leaving large parts of the UK population without subtitling. About 70 people will be losing their jobs. Officials blame the weak economy for the move.