Television Access Services: First Quarter Report for 2009

This is the first quarterly report for 2009 on the provision of access services (subtitling, signing and audio description) by broadcasters under the Code on Television Access Services during the first three months of 2009. An explanation of the obligations applying to broadcasters is given in the first quarterly report for 2005. An explanation of the changes to signing obligations on low audience channels can be found at: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/signing/statement/

The first report for 2009 shows that, in general, broadcasters are exceeding their obligations for subtitling, audio description and for signing of programmes. Broadcasters who are not meeting their requirements have assured Ofcom that they are taking action to ensure fulfillment of their obligations over the course of the year. We will continue to monitor compliance. The next report is scheduled for publication on Ofcoms website in mid August.

Service	Subtitling		Audio Description		Signing
	Annual quota	Achieved (Q1)	Annual quota	Achieved (Q1)	Annual quota	Achieved (Q1)
BBC One^(-1-)	100%	99.8%	10%	16.1%	5%	5.0%
BBC Two	100%	99.9%	10%	12.3%	5%	6.0%
BBC Three	100%	100%	10%	26.8%	5%	5.8%
BBC Four	100%	100%	10%	17.7%	5%	7.8%
CBBC	100%	99.9%	10%	12.4%	5%	7.1%
CBeebies	100%	100%	10%	19.3%	5%	5.1%
BBC News 24	100%	100%	Exempt		5%	5.7%
ITV1 (excl. GMTV)	89%	96.4%	10%	13.6%	5%	4.0%
GMTV1	89%	87.8%	10%	46.6%	5%	5.6%
Channel 4	89%	90.8%	10%	10.6%	5%	5.3%
Five	80%	83.4%	10%	15.0%	5%	5.3%
S4C	75%	90.1%	10%	14.6%	4%	3.8%
Level One
ITV2	60%	75.6%	10%	14.1%	3%	4.0%
ITV3^(-2-)	39.2%[35%]	80.1%	8.3% [8%]	16.4%	2.2% [2%]	3.0%
ITV4^(-2-)	35%	44.5%	6.3% [6%]	12.2%	Alt^(-3-)
CITV^(-4-)	30.8% [18.3%]	49.8%	5.7%[4.7%]	10.1%	Alt
GMTV2	62.8%*	38.6%	10%	16.4%	Alt
E4	60%	71.4%	10%	12.5%	3%	4.4%
More 4^(-5-)	35%	88.2%	6.5%[6%]	6.9%	Alt
Film 4^(-5-)	25.5%[10%]	78.1%	5%[4%]	10.2%	Alt
Fiver^(-6-)	16.3%[10%]	58.1%	4.5%[4%]	10.6%	Alt
Five USA ^(-6-)	16.3%[10%]	44.1%	4.5%[4%]	5.7%	Alt
Sky News	60%	69.9%	Exempt		Alt
Sky One	60%	69.3%	10%	16.1%	Alt
Sky Two	60%	66.4%	10%	15.4%	Alt
Sky Three^(-7-)	35%	70.2%	6.3% [6%]	21.1%	Alt
Sky Sports 1	60%	62.8%	10%	11.5%	3%	3.5%
Sky Sports 2	60%	63.7%	10%	13.9%	Alt
Sky Sports 3	60%	66.6%	10%	16.0%	Alt
Sky Sports Extra	60%	65.7%	10%	21.7%	Alt
Sky Sports News	60%	61.7%	Exempt		Alt
Sky Movies Action/Thriller	60%	66.6%	10%	24.9%	Alt
Sky Movies Comedy	60%	67.2%	10%	27.3%	Alt
Sky Movies Classics	60%	60.9%	10%	18.8%	Alt
Sky Movies Drama	60%	63.7%	10%	19.4%	Alt
Sky Movies Family	60%	65.6%	10%	21.5%	Alt
Sky Movies Indie	60%	70.8%	10%	19.1%	Alt
Sky Movies Modern Greats	60%	63.4%	10%	20.6%	Alt
Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror	60%	70.3%	10%	22.9%	Alt
Sky Movies Premiere	60%	74.3%	10%	30.5%	Alt
Dave	60%	65.2%	10%	20.0%	Alt
Blighty^(-8-)	60%	65.7%	10%	22.5%	Alt
UKTV Food	60%	59.6%	10%	12.0%	Alt
Eden ^(-9-)	60%	65.8%	10%	25.9%	Alt
Yesterday ^(-10-)	60%	68.3%	10%	19.4%	Alt
Alibi	60%	61.7%	10%	12.6%	Alt
G.O.L.D	60%	65.9%	10%	28.3%	Alt
Home ^(-11-)	60%	63.1%	10%	23.7%	Alt
UK Style Gardens ^(-12-)	35%	51.2%	7.8%[7.3%]	18.6%	Alt
Disney Channel	60%	88.1%	10%	26.7%	Alt
Playhouse Disney	60%	92.3%	10%	14.2%	Alt
Disney Cinemagic	35%	99.1%	6%	4.4%	Alt
Level Two
MTV	40%	65.0%	10%	6.3%	Alt
MTV Base	40%	56.4%	Exempt		Alt
TMF	40%	68.9%	Exempt		Alt
National Geographic ^(-13-)	0.75%*	19.6%	n/a		n/a
Level Three
Comedy Central ^(-14-)	20%	22.5%	10%	24.8%	Alt
Nickelodeon	20%	53.8%	10%	14.0%	Alt
Nick Toons	20%	49.9%	10%	7.2%	Alt
Nick Junior	20%	24.0%	10%	29.0%	Alt
Nick Junior 2 ^(-15-)	8.9%[3.3%]	25.1%	5.3%[4%]	22.6%	Alt
Jetix	20%	41.8%	10%	26.1%	Alt
Cartoon Network	20.8% *	58.4%	10%	27.6%	Sign-Presented^(-16-)
4 Music	20%	26.5%	Exempt		Alt
Animal Planet	20%	24.1%	10%	15.7%	Alt
Discovery Channel	20%	21.6%	10%	9.3%	Alt
Discovery Science	20%	32.4%	10%	6.8%	Alt
Discovery Knowledge	20%	30.5%	10%	12.4%	Alt
Discovery Home & Health	20%	27.3%	10%	10.1%	Alt
Discovery Real Time UK	20%	28.5%	10%	9.6%	Alt
Discovery Travel & Living	20%	42.6%	10%	18.1%	Alt
Discovery Turbo ^(-17-)	3.3%	45.6%	3.7%[2.7]	23.5%	Alt
Bravo	20%	47.5%	10%	17.7%	Alt
Bravo 2^(-18-)	10.3%[6.1%]	33.0%	5.7%[4.7%]	17.5%	Alt
Challenge TV	20%	40.8%	10%	22.2%	Alt
Virgin 1	20%	50.6%	10%	11.4	Alt
Living TV	20%	50.0%	10%	16.7%	Alt
Living TV 2	20%	37.9%	10%	12.5%	Alt
Trouble	20%	53.4%	10%	16.3%	Alt
Hallmark	20%	83.5%	10%	28.4%	Alt

Source: Ofcom data provided by broadcasters

Footnotes:

1.- Occasional technical and/or operational problems led to a small shortfall in delivering against the BBCs 100% subtitling target in Q1 2009.

2.- Twelve-month targets for ITV3 and ITV4 run from 1 November. The annual targets shown in this table are a weighted average of those applying during 2009; the actual targets which apply across the Q1 period are shown in square brackets.

3.- Alternative Arrangements: Channels with an audience share of between 0.05% and 1% have the option to either broadcast 30 minutes of sign presented programming a month or participate in Ofcom approved alternative signing arrangements. The broadcasters indicated by 'Alt' have agreed to contribute funding to the approved British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) who make sign presented programmes for broadcast on the Community Channel.

4.- Twelve-month targets for CITV run from 1 March. The annual targets shown in this table are a weighted average of those applying during 2009; the actual targets which apply across the Q1 period are shown in square brackets.

* These targets are made up of the 2009 quota plus any outstanding obligations from the 2008 quota.

5.- Twelve-month targets for More 4 and Film 4 run from 1 October and 1 July respectively. The annual targets shown in this table are a weighted average of those applying during 2009; the actual targets which apply across the Q1 period are shown in square brackets.

6.- Twelve-month targets for Fiver and Five USA run from 1 October. The annual targets shown in this table are a weighted average of those applying during 2009; the actual targets which apply across the Q1 period are shown in square brackets.

7.- Twelve-month targets for Sky Three run from 1 November. The annual targets shown in this table are a weighted average of those applying during 2009; the actual targets which apply across the Q1 period are shown in square brackets.

8.- UKTV People changed its name to Blighty on 17th February 2009

9.- UKTV Documentary changed its name to Eden on 26th January 2009

10.- UKTV History changed its name to Yesterday on 2nd March 2009

11.- UKTV Style changed its name to Home on 30th April 2009

12.- Twelve-month targets for UK Style Gardens run from 23 February. The annual targets shown in this table are a weighted average of those applying during 2009; the actual targets which apply across the Q1 period are shown in square brackets.

13.- While National Geographic is not required to provide access services for 2009, the channel is obliged to make up its 2008 subtitling shortfall. National Geographic has in Q1 fulfilled its outstanding obligations and from Q2 will no longer be included in these reports.

14.- Paramount Comedy changed its name to Comedy Central on 6th April 2009

15.- Twelve-month targets for Nick Jr. 2 run from 1 May. The annual targets shown in this table are a weighted average of those applying during 2009; the actual targets which apply across the Q1 period are shown in square brackets.

16.- Cartoon Network transmits 30 minutes of sign-presented programming per month to meet its signing obligations.

17.- Twelve-month targets for Discovery Turbo run from 1 March. The annual targets shown in this table are a weighted average of those applying during 2009; the actual targets which apply across the Q1 period are shown in square brackets.

18.- Twelve-month targets for Bravo 2 run from 1 March. The annual targets shown in this table are a weighted average of those applying during 2009; the actual targets which apply across the Q1 period are shown in square brackets.