UK gets new IPTV for BSL users
UK British Sign Language (BSL) users have got a new web-based television service, or IPTV in which VeeSee TV airs news and other programmes in BSL will be available 24 hours a day.
This new channel is an innovation of BSL analyst Susie Grant that can be viewed on a computer or via set-top box. According to Ms Grant she launched this channel in big frustration after exploring majority TV’s incapability to amuse deaf viewers according to their daily schedules.
Ms Grant asserted:
My original motivation for creating VeeSee was seeing so many talented and gifted deaf people encounter barriers in showing what they were capable of..These barriers exist purely because of communication issues - I also got frustrated waiting for the mainstream channels to cater for deaf audiences at reasonable times in their scheduling.
She also said that this new channel will also offer an exposure to deaf filmmakers to exhibit their creations to their viewers.
This new service is a part of ViewTV 900 streaming channels which is totally devoted to BSL users and also comprises an interactive forum plus user-generated content.
The channel will soon offer three to four hours of programming in different arrangements and will also include news section that will be updated on daily basis.
BSL user Yvonne Cobb said:
It has made a huge difference in understanding more of the news and it makes viewing more pleasurable,She added she was also using the website to sell a signing DVD she has produced for babies.
According to the promoters of this service it is also said that when all the services will be fully activated, it will also facilitate subscribers to communicate with each other by using webcam-to-webcam video streaming in British Sign Language.
Via: BBC
