industry media founded 1989 headquarters toronto ontario products broadcasting post production website ami accessible media inc. ami is a canadian non profit media organization . ami specializes in media for the blind visually impaired deaf and hearing impaired . contents 1 history 2 services 3 references 4 external links history edit ami was established in 1989 as the national broadcast reading service nbrs on the canadian parliament s standing committee of the status of disabled persons . the committee s report no news is bad news stated that vision and print restricted canadians must have equal access to published news and information . in 1990 the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc granted nbrs a licence for voiceprint a radio reading service ; the service launched on december 1 that year . in 1995 nbrs launched audiovision canada to supply described video services to various film and television projects . in july 2007 the crtc granted nbrs s licence application for the accessible channel a national specialty channel which would air all of its programming with described video and closed captioning . 1 the channel would launch in 2009 . 2 to reflect its expansion beyond voiceprint with the launch of the accessible channel the national broadcast reading service was renamed accessible media inc. ami in 2010 . on january 30 2012 as part of an effort to unify ami s services under one brand for easier cross promotion tac was renamed ami tv . voiceprint followed suit on march 5 2012 becoming ami audio . 3 on june 21 2012 accessible media launched the dv guide an online tv listings service that highlights programming across canadian broadcasters which carry audio descriptions . 4 services edit ami operates three main broadcasting services all of which must be carried on the basic tier of all digital television services in the country . ami tv and ami t l english and french language general entertainment specialty channels with open described video and closed captioning ami audio a radio reading service that broadcasts readings of newspaper and magazine articles . the service is carried through both television service providers and online through ami s website . ami also operates audiovision canada a company which provides audio description services for other film and television projects and canada 360 a radio news service distributed by sirius xm . references edit broadcasting decision crtc 2007 246 . canadian radio television and communications commission . accessible channel launches with open format ; broadcaster magazine ; 2008 12 01 accessible media inc. rebrands world leading broadcast reading service for canadians with disabilities voiceprint now known as ami audio . press release . ami . retrieved 26 may 2012 . ami launches tv listing service for the blind broadcaster magazine june 21 2012 . external links edit ami this article about television in canada is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title accessible media & oldid 729190205 categories companies based in torontotelevision broadcasting companies of canadacanadian television stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 july 2016 at 15 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view