Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-07-14
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[01] 'Television for all' conference
[01] 'Television for all' conference
Minister of State and government spokesman Theodoros Roussopoulos on
Thursday addressed a conference titled "Television for all -
Decodifiers for persons with a disability".
"We wanted the broadcasting of Prisma+, being one of the three
land-based digital channels of ERT -the Greek national Broadcasting
Corporation- to constitute a point of reference of the movement for the
rights of persons with a disability, as well as an example for the
private sector," he said.
Roussopoulos referred in his address to the conclusions drawn from the
report by the Special Interparty Committee on handling the problems
facing disabled people that was submitted to Parliament President Anna
Psarouda-Benaki.
The minister further said that a great deal of ground has yet to be
covered to enable one to say that the constitutional rights of persons
with a disability have been consolidated in practice, adding that
problems are both many and great.
Roussopoulos also announced that "following coordinated action by many
agencies, we are proceeding with the procurement and provision of
necessary decodifiers for persons with a disability as a move for the
greater publicising of the undertaking to sensitise public opinion and
to sensitise those who, being owners or participants in the
administrations of the private media, will be able to move in the same
direction."
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