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7.6.0 Access to <strong>the</strong> Media<br />
7.6.1 Does your country’s government provide sign language services for news and/or current affairs programmes on<br />
public television?<br />
Country<br />
Republic <strong>of</strong> Armenia<br />
Does your country’s<br />
government provide<br />
sign language<br />
services for news<br />
and/or current<br />
affairs programmes<br />
on public television?<br />
Yes<br />
Please provide detailed information on how many hours or days per week<br />
<strong>Deaf</strong> people receive sign language services for news and/or current affairs<br />
programme on public television.<br />
Daily interpretation by a sign language interpreter <strong>of</strong> a 30-minute<br />
programme for children<br />
Republic <strong>of</strong> Belarus Yes Five times a week for 10 minutes<br />
Bulgaria<br />
Republic <strong>of</strong> Kazakhstan<br />
Republic <strong>of</strong> Moldova<br />
Yes<br />
Yes<br />
<strong>No</strong><br />
• In <strong>the</strong> Bulgarian national television <strong>the</strong>re is a special daily broadcast for<br />
hearing-impaired persons – <strong>the</strong> speaker, using sign language, shares news<br />
about life in our Union and also news concerning hearing impaired<br />
persons. In addition, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> daily broadcast programmes on BNT has<br />
interpreting in sign language<br />
• Besides <strong>the</strong> Bulgarian national television, some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> local television<br />
stations transmit news from <strong>the</strong> social section <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> UDB and also<br />
broadcast programmes with interpreting in sign language<br />
• For some significant events, <strong>the</strong> UDB gives press conferences and makes<br />
every possible effort through <strong>the</strong> press and <strong>the</strong> audio-visual<br />
transmittances in order to raise awareness about <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> in<br />
<strong>the</strong> UDB for <strong>the</strong> information <strong>of</strong> general society<br />
• Daily, except for Sunday "News" on two national channels in two<br />
languages (Russian and Kazakh) with sign language interpreters for 30<br />
minutes on each channel<br />
• Extended news with subtitles (running line)<br />
One hour and 10 minutes in <strong>the</strong> state language and 20 minutes in Russian.<br />
The services are paid for by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> Association.<br />
Russian <strong>Federation</strong><br />
Yes<br />
We have no exact information. This service is on Regional TV only, not on<br />
Central TV.<br />
Ukraine Yes Every day: 14.00 – 14.30 (30 mins) and 19.30 – 20.00 (30 mins)<br />
Republic <strong>of</strong> Uzbekistan Yes 60 minutes per week (Monday – Saturday 10 minutes at 17.00 h.)<br />
Total 7 Yes (88%)<br />
Based on eight respondents<br />
7.6.2 Does your country’s government provide subtitles/captions for news and/or current affairs programmes?<br />
Country<br />
Republic <strong>of</strong> Armenia<br />
Republic <strong>of</strong> Belarus<br />
Does your country’s government provide<br />
subtitles/captions for news and/or current<br />
affairs programmes?<br />
Yes<br />
Yes<br />
Please provide detailed information on how many<br />
hours/days per week news/current affairs<br />
programmes (subtitled/captioned) are <strong>of</strong>fered for<br />
<strong>Deaf</strong> people.<br />
Several times a day, each time for 30 minutes over<br />
different TV channels.<br />
Five times a week for 10 minutes with synchronous<br />
subtitles.<br />
Bulgaria <strong>No</strong> <strong>No</strong> subtitles.<br />
• Daily News with sign language interpreting for<br />
Republic <strong>of</strong> Kazakhstan<br />
Yes<br />
20 minutes in Russian and Kazakh<br />
• Daily News with subtitles for 60 minutes in<br />
Russian and Kazakh<br />
Republic <strong>of</strong> Moldova<br />
<strong>No</strong><br />
<strong>No</strong>ne although <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> Association has petitioned<br />
for it for some years.<br />
Russian <strong>Federation</strong> Yes Approximately 30 hours a week.<br />
Ukraine Yes Every day: news and movies with subtitles.<br />
Republic <strong>of</strong> Uzbekistan <strong>No</strong> <strong>No</strong> subtitles.<br />
Total 5 Yes (63%)<br />
Based on eight respondents<br />
The Project is under <strong>the</strong> auspices <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Swedish National Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> (SDR) and <strong>the</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Federation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> (WFD) <strong>Page</strong> <strong>No</strong> 52<br />
and funded by <strong>the</strong> Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida) and Swedish Organisations <strong>of</strong> Disabled Persons<br />
International Aid Association (Shia).
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