SUBTITLES ON TELEVISION

Motion Text

That this House supports the progress of the Communications Act 2003, which requires broadcasters to provide subtitling; welcomes legislation requiring 90 per cent. of ITV and Channel 4 programmes to be subtitled by the end of 2010; is concerned that 10 per cent. of programming will still remain without subtitles; notes that current real time subtitling is often delayed and difficult to understand because of its presentation on screen; and further supports the extension of subtitling coverage to 100 per cent. of programmes, and improvements to the quality of real time subtitling.