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Television Access Services: Third Quarter Report for 2009
This is the third 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 nine months of 2009. An explanation of the obligations applying to broadcasters is given in the first quarterly report for 2005.
The third report for 2009 shows that most broadcasters are exceeding their quotas for subtitling, audio description and signing. Ofcom continues to monitor compliance and we have been assured by those broadcasters who are not currently meeting their requirements 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 its final quarterly report for 2009, covering the period January to December, in mid-February 2010.
| Service | Subtitling | Audio Description | Signing | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual quota | Achieved (Q1,2&3) | Annual quota | Achieved (Q1,2&3) | Annual quota | Achieved (Q1,2&3) | |
| BBC One1 | 100% | 99.8% | 10% | 15.2% | 5% | 5.1% |
| BBC Two | 100% | 99.9% | 10% | 12.5% | 5% | 5.8% |
| BBC Three | 100% | 99.9% | 10% | 23.7% | 5% | 5.5% |
| BBC Four | 100% | 100% | 10% | 19.7% | 5% | 6.7% |
| CBBC | 100% | 99.9% | 10% | 14.8% | 5% | 6.4% |
| CBeebies | 100% | 100% | 10% | 16.8% | 5% | 5.3% |
| BBC News 24 | 100% | 99.9% | Exempt | 5% | 5.2% | |
| ITV1 (excl. GMTV) | 89% | 95.7% | 10% | 16.2% | 5% | 5.5% |
| GMTV12 | 89% | 87.9% | 10% | 54.5% | 5% | 5.2% |
| Channel 4 | 89% | 90.3% | 10% | 11.3% | 5% | 5.5% |
| Five | 80% | 82.8% | 10% | 14.9% | 5% | 5.1% |
| S4C | 75% | 91.7% | 10% | 11.7% | 4% | 4.2% |
| Level One | ||||||
| ITV2 | 60% | 75.0% | 10% | 17.6% | 3% | 3.8% |
| ITV33 | 39.2% [35%] | 80.1% | 8.3% [8%] | 14.5% | 2.2% [2%] | 3.2% |
| ITV43 | 35% | 42.5% | 6.3% [6%] | 10.7% | Alt4 | |
| CITV5 | 30.8% [29.4%] | 49.9% | 5.7% [5.6%] | 11.5% | Alt | |
| GMTV26 | 37.8%* | 54.1% | 10% | 35.2% | Alt | |
| E4 | 60% | 71.3% | 10% | 14.6% | 3% | 3.6% |
| More 47 | 35% | 90.1% | 6.5% [6%] | 7.1% | Alt | |
| Film 47 | 22.5% [18.3%] | 77.1% | 5% [4.7%] | 11.9% | Alt | |
| Fiver8 | 16.3% [10%] | 56.4% | 4.5% [4%] | 11.5% | Alt | |
| Five USA8 | 16.3% [10%] | 35.9% | 4.5% [4%] | 9.9% | Alt | |
| Sky News | 60% | 70.3% | Exempt | Alt | ||
| Sky One | 60% | 66.6% | 10% | 22.5% | Alt | |
| Sky Two | 60% | 66.0% | 10% | 21.6% | Alt | |
| Sky Three9 | 35% | 67.6% | 6.3%[6%] | 26.1% | Alt | |
| Sky Sports 1 | 60% | 62.0% | 10% | 12.4% | 3% | 3.4% |
| Sky Sports 2 | 60% | 62.5% | 10% | 13.4% | Alt | |
| Sky Sports 3 | 60% | 65.0% | 10% | 14.7% | Alt | |
| Sky Sports Extra | 60% | 64.4% | 10% | 19.8% | Alt | |
| Sky Sports News | 60% | 61.4% | Exempt | Alt | ||
| Sky Movies Action/Thriller | 60% | 67.7% | 10% | 25.7% | Alt | |
| Sky Movies Comedy | 60% | 69.4% | 10% | 29.4% | Alt | |
| Sky Movies Classics | 60% | 62.6% | 10% | 21.1% | Alt | |
| Sky Movies Drama | 60% | 64.9% | 10% | 23.1% | Alt | |
| Sky Movies Family | 60% | 71.5% | 10% | 27.6% | Alt | |
| Sky Movies Indie | 60% | 74.0% | 10% | 25.1% | Alt | |
| Sky Movies Modern Greats | 60% | 64.2% | 10% | 24.1% | Alt | |
| Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror | 60% | 68.7% | 10% | 23.5% | Alt | |
| Sky Movies Premiere | 60% | 73.0% | 10% | 27.3% | Alt | |
| Dave | 60% | 66.8% | 10% | 26.0% | Alt | |
| Blighty | 60% | 68.1% | 10% | 32.0% | Alt | |
| Good Food | 60% | 62.7% | 10% | 14.2% | Alt | |
| Eden | 60% | 65.0% | 10% | 24.8% | Alt | |
| Yesterday | 60% | 63.8% | 10% | 18.6% | Alt | |
| Alibi | 60% | 62.0% | 10% | 12.9% | Alt | |
| G.O.L.D. | 60% | 68.9% | 10% | 27.4% | Alt | |
| Home | 60% | 67.1% | 10% | 19.4% | Alt | |
| Really10 | 35% | 40.5% | 7.8% [7.8%] | 16.2% | Alt | |
| Disney Channel | 60% | 93.9% | 10% | 17.9% | Alt | |
| Playhouse Disney | 60% | 95.0% | 10% | 20.8% | Alt | |
| Disney Cinemagic | 35% | 99.0% | 6% | 12.1% | Alt | |
| Level Two | ||||||
| MTV | 40% | 53.3% | 10% | 11.7% | Alt | |
| MTV Base | 40% | 52.3% | Exempt | Alt | ||
| TMF | 40% | 64.2% | Exempt | Alt | ||
| Level Three | ||||||
| Comedy Central | 20% | 17.7% | 10% | 24.0% | Alt | |
| Nickelodeon | 20% | 49.0% | 10% | 15.7% | Alt | |
| Nick Toons | 20% | 49.2% | 10% | 7.6% | Alt | |
| Nick Junior | 20% | 21.6% | 10% | 27.1% | Alt | |
| Nick Junior 211 | 8.9% [8.0%] | 24.6% | 5.3% [5.1%] | 21.3% | Alt | |
| Jetix12 | 20% | 30.8% | 10% | 20.5% | Alt | |
| Cartoon Network | 20.8%* | 33.4% | 10% | 18.7% | Sign-presented13 | |
| 4 Music | 20% | 26.6% | Exempt | Alt | ||
| Animal Planet | 20% | 31.6% | 10% | 17.9% | Alt | |
| Discovery Channel | 20% | 26.4% | 10% | 13.0% | Alt | |
| Discovery Science | 20% | 32.8% | 10% | 10.5% | Alt | |
| Discovery Knowledge | 20% | 35.1% | 10% | 12.4% | Alt | |
| Discovery Home & Health | 20% | 26.7% | 10% | 10.7% | Alt | |
| Discovery Real Time UK | 20% | 25.5% | 10% | 10.6% | Alt | |
| Discovery Travel & Living | 20% | 48.1% | 10% | 18.0% | Alt | |
| Discovery Turbo14 | 3.3% | 42.7% | 3.7% [3.6] | 21.0% | Alt | |
| Bravo | 20% | 51.1% | 10% | 18.9% | Alt | |
| Bravo 215 | 10.3% [9.8%] | 38.5% | 5.7% [5.6%] | 22.5% | Alt | |
| Challenge TV | 20% | 41.7% | 10% | 17.1% | Alt | |
| Virgin 1 | 20% | 51.4% | 10% | 11.9% | Alt | |
| Living TV | 20% | 48.9% | 10% | 17.5% | Alt | |
| Living TV 2 | 20% | 34.6% | 10% | 11.4% | Alt | |
| Hallmark | 20% | 69.0% | 10% | 26.5% | Alt | |
- Occasional technical and/or operational problems led to a small shortfall in delivering against the BBC's 100% subtitling target.
- As with news programming, GMTV1's live magazine programming is exempt from the requirement to provide audio description on grounds of practicality.
- 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 to Q3 period are shown in square brackets.
- 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 each month or to 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) which commissions 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 to Q3 period are shown in square brackets.
* These targets are made up of the 2009 quota plus any outstanding obligations from the 2008 quota. - We have established that GMTV2 should have been providing subtitling at year 4 quota levels (35%), in accordance with paragraph 27 of the Code, as its audience share for 2007 was just below the 0.05% threshold. This channel still has a 2.8% deficit to fulfill from its 2008 quota.
- 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 to Q3 period are shown in square brackets.
- 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 to Q3 period are shown in square brackets.
- 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 to Q3 period are shown in square brackets.
- 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 to Q3 period are shown in square brackets.
- 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 to Q3 period are shown in square brackets.
- This channel stopped transmitting as Jetix on 30 August 2009. The figures published in this report cover access services provided on this channel to that date.
- Cartoon Network transmits 30 minutes of sign-presented programming per month to meet its signing obligations.
- 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 to Q3 period are shown in square brackets.
- 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 to Q3 period are shown in square brackets.