Television Access Services: Second Quarter Report for 2009

This is the second 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 six months of 2009. An explanation of the obligations applying to broadcasters is given in the first quarterly report for 2005.

The second report for 2009 shows that the majority of broadcasters are exceeding their quotas for subtitling, audio description and signing. Ofcom will continue to monitor compliance and we have been assured by those broadcasters who are not currently meeting their requirements, including GMTV1, GMTV2 and Nick Toons that action is being taken to rectify this before the end of 2009. In addition Ofcom carries out regular audits of the access services provided by broadcasters.

Ofcom expects to publish the third quarterly report for 2009, covering the period January to September, in mid-November.

Service	Subtitling		Audio Description		Signing
	Annual quota	Achieved (Q1-& Q2)	Annual quota	Achieved (Q1-& Q2)	Annual quota	Achieved (Q1-& Q2)
BBC One¹	100%	99.8%	10%	15.2%	5%	5.1%
BBC Two	100%	99.9%	10%	11.8%	5%	5.9%
BBC Three	100%	99.9%	10%	24.1%	5%	5.6%
BBC Four	100%	100%	10%	19.4%	5%	7.3%
CBBC	100%	99.9%	10%	12.8%	5%	6.6%
CBeebies	100%	100%	10%	17.1%	5%	5.3%
BBC News	100%	99.9%	Exempt		5%	5.3%
ITV1 (excl. GMTV)	89%	94.1%	10%	14.3%	5%	5.0%
GMTV1	89%	84.9%	10%	54.6%	5%	5.3%
Channel 4	89%	91.2%	10%	10.8%	5%	5.5%
Five	80%	80.2%	10%	17.8%	5%	5.7%
S4C	75%	91.0%	10%	12.9%	4%	3.9%
Level One
ITV2	60%	75.3%	10%	13.6%	3%	3.9%
ITV3³	39.2%[35%]	80.0%	8.3% [8%]	12.9%	2.2% [2%]	3.0%
ITV4³	35%	42.1%	6.3% [6%]	9.6%	Alt⁴
CITV⁵	30.8% [26.6%]	49.5%	5.7% [5.3%]	10.6%	Alt
GMTV2	62.8%*	43.4%	10%	22.4%	Alt
E4	60%	71.7%	10%	13.7%	3%	4.4%
More 4⁶	35%	90.4%	6.5% [6%]	7.3%	Alt
Film 4⁶	22.5% [10%]	77.1%	5% [4%]	11.5%	Alt
Fiver⁷	16.3% [10%]	57.5%	4.5% [4%]	11.7%	Alt
Five USA⁷	16.3% [10%]	40.5%	4.5% [4%]	8.1%	Alt
Sky News	60%	70.1%	Exempt		Alt
Sky One	60%	67.4%	10%	20.1%	Alt
Sky Two	60%	66.1%	10%	19.9%	Alt
Sky Three⁸	35%	68.8%	6.3% [6%]	25.3%	Alt
Sky Sports 1	60%	62.2%	10%	12.5%	3%	3.5%
Sky Sports 2	60%	62.7%	10%	13.4%	Alt
Sky Sports 3	60%	65.2%	10%	14.9%	Alt
Sky Sports Extra	60%	64.8%	10%	20.6%	Alt
Sky Sports News	60%	61.6%	Exempt		Alt
Sky Movies Action/Thriller	60%	67.0%	10%	25.5%	Alt
Sky Movies Comedy	60%	68.9%	10%	26.9%	Alt
Sky Movies Classics	60%	62.6%	10%	21.3%	Alt
Sky Movies Drama	60%	65.0%	10%	22.0%	Alt
Sky Movies Family	60%	68.7%	10%	25.7%	Alt
Sky Movies Indie	60%	73.6%	10%	26.6%	Alt
Sky Movies Modern Greats	60%	63.8%	10%	22.5%	Alt
Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror	60%	69.5%	10%	23.9%	Alt
Sky Movies Premiere	60%	74.7%	10%	27.7%	Alt
Dave	60%	63.9%	10%	23.5%	Alt
Blighty	60%	66.8%	10%	29.8%	Alt
Good Food⁹	60%	62.3%	10%	13.2%	Alt
Eden	60%	63.2%	10%	24.4%	Alt
Yesterday	60%	63.4%	10%	18.9%	Alt
Alibi	60%	61.8%	10%	13.0%	Alt
G.O.L.D.	60%	68.5%	10%	27.3%	Alt
Home	60%	65.3%	10%	18.9%	Alt
Really¹⁰	35%	42.5%	7.8% [7.7%]	15.9%	Alt
Disney Channel	60%	92.3%	10%	20.3%	Alt
Playhouse Disney	60%	94.5%	10%	19.8%	Alt
Disney Cinemagic	35%	99.1%	6%	10.9%	Alt
Level Two
MTV	40%	55.5%	10%	9.6%	Alt
MTV Base	40%	51.7%	Exempt		Alt
TMF	40%	65.0%	Exempt		Alt
Level Three
Comedy Central	20%	18.2%	10%	23.6%	Alt
Nickelodeon	20%	50.8%	10%	15.0%	Alt
Nick Toons	20%	49.5%	10%	7.2%	Alt
Nick Junior	20%	22.3%	10%	28.8%	Alt
Nick Junior 2¹¹	8.9% [6.1%]	25.7%	5.3% [4.7%]	21.5%	Alt
Jetix	20%	33.6%	10%	22.2%	Alt
Cartoon Network	20.8%*	41.2%	10%	21.5%	Sign-presented ¹²
4 Music	20%	26.1%	Exempt		Alt
Animal Planet	20%	32.4%	10%	18.1%	Alt
Discovery Channel	20%	23.4%	10%	11.7%	Alt
Discovery Science	20%	34.2%	10%	12.2%	Alt
Discovery Knowledge	20%	31.9%	10%	12.9%	Alt
Discovery Home & Health	20%	26.1%	10%	10.8%	Alt
Discovery Real Time UK	20%	25.2%	10%	10.2%	Alt
Discovery Travel & Living	20%	48.7%	10%	18.1%	Alt
Discovery Turbo¹³	3.3%	44.0%	3.7% [3.3]	21.7%	Alt
Bravo	20%	51.3%	10%	18.1%	Alt
Bravo 2¹⁴	10.3% [8.9%]	36.3%	5.7% [5.3%]	19.8%	Alt
Challenge TV	20%	40.9%	10%	17.7%	Alt
Virgin 1	20%	52.2%	10%	12.0%	Alt
Living TV	20%	50.9%	10%	17.4%	Alt
Living TV 2	20%	37.0%	10%	11.3%	Alt
Hallmark	20%	80.9%	10%	30.1%	Alt

Footnotes:

1.- Occasional technical and/or operational problems led to a small shortfall in delivering against the BBC’s 100% subtitling target.

2.- As with news programming, GMTV1’s live magazine programming is exempt from the requirement of audio description on grounds of practicality.

3.- 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 and Q2 period are shown in square brackets.

4.- 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.

5.-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 and Q2 period are shown in square brackets.

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

6.-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 and Q2 period are shown in square brackets.

7.-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 and Q2 period are shown in square brackets.

8.-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 and Q2 period are shown in square brackets.

9.-UK Food rebranded as Good Food in June 2009

10.- UKTV Gardens rebranded as Really in May 2009. Twelve-month targets for Really 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 and Q2 period are shown in square brackets.

11.-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 and Q2 period are shown in square brackets.

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

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

13.- 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 and Q2 period are shown in square brackets.

14.- 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 and Q2 period are shown in square brackets.