Increase Your Box Office - Making Your Theater Accesible to Deaf and Visually Impaired Audience...

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2015 SundanceArt House Convergence

Midway, UT

• Movie Access Update

• DOJ Sanctioned Agreement between:• NATO, HLAA, NAD, AGBell, ALDA & TDI*

Nanci Linke Ellis ~ CaptionfishJanuary 22, 2015

Rear Window®

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Rear Window®

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Dept. Of Justice

• Every digital screen is required to have access

• Not a mandate yet – “voluntary monitoring”

Single screen – 4 units

2-7 screens – 6 units

Megaplex – 12 units

Dept. of Justice

• Every 6 months must report back usage

• Marketing and signage – lobby, box office

• Staff trained, loan-out protocol in place equipment cleaned

• Someone on staff who knows how to trouble shoot.