BSLBT Open Meeting

BSLBT will have an Open Meeting on Wednesday 25th November at the Deaf Cultural Centre with the local deaf community to find out what they think about the new BSL Zone, which went live on the Community Channel earlier this year.

Austin Reeves, a member of the BSLBT Board will chair the 2 meetings which will be held on the same evening at the same venue.

The first one will be from 7.15pm - 8.15pm and will be with the adult deaf community including older people.

The second one will be from 8.30pm - 9.30pm and will be with young deaf people.

Contact Robin Ash for further information:

0121 246 6100 (voice)

0121 246 6101 (textphone)

0121 246 6181 (fax)

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The British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) was established in 2008 to increase the amount of sign-presented programming on television. There are over 60 television channels with an audience share of between 50,000 to 100,000 and they are now required by Ofcom (the regulatory body for the field of media) to deliver BSL-presented programmes.

BSLBT is the organisation that has been set up by both Broadcasting and the Deaf Community to commission these new and exciting BSL-presented programmes.

The BSL Zone went live on the Community Channel on 21st January 2009 with a pilot programme of "Wicked". During February and March, the BSL Zone showed selected documentaries from the BBC and C4. From April 2009, a range of different strands from drama, chat shows to children's shows and sport transmitted weekly.