
"Lady and the Tramp" will be the first film to be screened and will be presented on February 6th, in six cities in Colombia, starting the "Movies for Everyone" program for 2014.
With 49 shows in movie theaters in Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Bucaramanga, Montería and Pereira, more than six thousand people assisted to 10 films' screenings during 2013. People with visual, hearing, cognitive or physical impairments, were able to enjoy this entertainment with family and friends.
Read more: "Movies for Everyone" is back, a step forward towards inclusion and accessibility
This app will make movies accessible to the visual and the hearing impaired using tablets and smart phones.
During the last two years, with support from private and public companies, ATmedios has made short and feature films accessible for the visual and the hearing impaired through audio description, closed caption and Colombian Sign Language.
Alejandra Garcia, from Magazine TV y Video, interviews Luis Guillermo Torres, ATmedios president, talking about accessibility in the television industry, within Expo Tecnotelevision Fair 2013.
The Bogota Film Festival reached its 30th edition and for the second time will have the participation of ATmedios, in the program "Films for the Blind", with the screening of the Colombian Film La estrategia del Caracol (The Strategy of the Snail).
Tecnotelevision is an academic and commercial event, organized by TV y Video magazine, offering its participants the latest information about content distribution, new technologies, innovations in the production and post production processes in the audio visual industry.
In this edition, Tecnotelevision will have new elements, such as a showroom dedicated to Community TV, a contest for university level students of audio visual media, and with the participation of ATmedios, a company with wide experience in services such as accessibility for movies and television, as well as an exhibitor in its commercial floor. It will also offer specialized conferences about production, post production and digital television operations.
Read more: ATmedios, exhibitor in the trade show Expo Tecnotelevision 2013