sign language

RTP ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES
ENABLING ACCESSIBILITY
IN A CONNECTED WORLD
RTP, 26 FEBRUARY 2016
RTP ACCESSIBILITIES BACKGROUND
 Public service mission: RTP, as a public broadcaster, should provide the
access to it’s contents in the regular broadcast to the disabled people;
 RTP should garantee the minimum number of hours proposed by the
multiannual plan released by the Portuguese regulator (ERC) in 2014 in the
following accessibilities services:
Sign Language
Subtitling
Audio Description
RTP OBLIGATIONS
CHANNELS
From 1 FEB 2015
to 31 JAN 2017
BROADCAST
SCHEDULE
TV CONTENTS
RTP1
16H / WEEK
8h00 - 02h00
Fictional, documentaries or cultural programmes
RTP2
20H / WEEK
8h00 - 02h00
Fictional, documentaries or cultural programmes
RTP1
70H / YEAR
8h00 - 02h00
Fictional, documentaries programmes
RTP2
12H/ YEAR
8h00 - 02h00
Fiction, documentaries programmes
RTP1
6H / WEEK
8h00 - 02h00
News, educational, cultural, entertainment or religious
programmes + 1 news programmee/week
RTP2
12H / WEEK
8h00 - 02h00
News, educational, cultural, entertainment or religious
programmes
+ 1 news programmee/week
RTP 3
( from 19h to 24h )
4H / WEEK
19h00 - 00h00
News programmes + 1 news programmee/week
RTP MADEIRA
4H / WEEK
8h00 - 02h00
News, educational, cultural, entertainment
or religious programmes
RTP AÇORES
4H / WEEK
8h00 - 02h00
News, educational, cultural, entertainment
or religious programmes
SUBTITLING
AUDIO DESCRIPTION
SIGN LANGUAGE
SIGN LANGUAGE
SIGN LANGUAGE
 The first accessibility service provided by RTP;
 Service is available in pre-recorded and live contents
(magazines, entertainment and news programmes);
 In the present, almost 85% of the programmes in RTP1 have SL
in the period 9h00  21h00 (during the week);
 In 2015, RTP provided more than 11 000 hours of content with SL in all the
RTP chanells.
ROOM
CONTROL
SIGN LANGUAGE OPERATIONAL WORKFLOW
MASTER CONTROL
ROOM
ON AIR
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Stream LGP
Stream programme
Stream online
SIGN LANGUAGE DOUBLE SCREEN
 Service available only in RTP website, in the accessibilities area;
 Two independent players : both players can be used in full screen mode;
 In 2015, RTP provided 2 509 hours of contents with SL in all RTP channels.
Subtitling
( Closed Caption )
TELETEXT SUBTITLES
 Only for the programmes spoken in Portuguese;
 Prepared and automatic subtitles
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Prepared subtitles: fictional, documentaries and cultural programmes
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Automatic subtitles: live news programmes
 In 2015, RTP provided more than 5 134 hours of content
with Teletext Subtitles in RTP1, RTP2 and RTP International (Europe).
SUBTITLING IN RTP PLAY (ON DEMAND)
 The most recent access service in RTP;
 Available in RTP Play (multiplatform
- desktop, smartphones, tablet… )
 Service without major costs for RTP: the subtitle file used for broadcasting
is the same that is used online;
 In 2015, RTP provided around 560 hours of contents with subtitles
in RTP Play
TYPE OF PROGRAMMES WITH SUBTITLES IN RTP
DOCUMENTARIES AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS
42%
PORTUGUESE FICTION
1%
2%
1%
FOREIGN FICTION
CHILD PROGRAMS
8%
DAILY NEWS
0%
NEWS
26%
ENTERTAINMENT
20%
RELIGIOUS AND INSTITUTIONAL
Audio Description
AUDIO DESCRIPTION
 Only Portuguese fictional and documentaries contents
 First experiences in 2003 and the regular broadcasting started in 2007
 Transmission - two different methods:
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Through MW Antena 1 radio channel at the same time the tv
programme is on air (since 2004)
DVB–T – first experiences started in august 2013
 In 2015, RTP broadcasted audio description for the first time in RTP2 .
AUDIO DESCRIPTION TRANSMISSION WORKFLOW
A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY…
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Mid 90’s – First TV programme with Portuguese Sign Language
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1998 – RTP signs the first protocol for the implementation
of teletext subtitles in RTP programmes
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2003 – First experience with audio description in RTP
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2007 – RTP broadcasts audiodescription regularly in RTP1
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2008 – The first experience with an automatic subtitle system
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2011 – SL Double Screen is implemented in RTP
website
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2013 – First tests with subtitles in RTP Play
OBRIGADO. THANK YOU.
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Direção de Produção RTP