Opinions on the first National Report of
Korea on the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
continuously increased so that they can access and use broadcasting contents
and services on an equal basis with persons without disabilities. In relation to
that,「guarantee of access to broadcasting for persons with disabilities such as
including
and
offering
broadcasting
programs
(notified
by
Korea
Communications Commission, legislated on Dec. 26, 2011) by the government
suggested the annual target ratios of broadcasting programs for persons with
disabilities by each broadcasters (2012~2016) and the final target ratios of
such programs were set as follows; land-based broadcasters, comprehensive
programming channels and news channels: closed captioning 100%,
descriptive video services 10%, sign language interpretation 5%/ satellite
broadcaster and internet multimedia broadcasting contents providers: closed
captioning 70%, descriptive video services 5~7%, sign language interpretation
3~4%. The target ratios of descriptive video services and sign language
interpretation services are way too low.
2) Recommendation
① The government should widely publicize that public organizations and legal
entities have the obligation to provide persons with disabilities with reasonable
accommodation they duly deserve so that they can access and use electronic
and non-electronic information they produce and distribute services on an
equal basis with persons without disabilities, and devise and implement
measures to make uncooperative organizations actively fulfill the obligation.
② In an effort to guarantee persons with visual and hearing disabilities the access
to broadcasting, the government should revise upward the target ratios of
broadcasting programs set for each broadcasters at the outset and
continuously manage and check on their achievement of the targets so that
persons with disabilities can access and use broadcasting contents and
services on an equal basis with persons without disabilities.
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