HBB4ALL Workshop 2016: Enabling Accessibility in a Connected World
The HBB4ALL project is proud to present the second workshop “Enabling Accessibility in a Connected World” hosted by the Portuguese project partner RTP (Rádio e Televisão de Portugal), next 26th February 2016 in Lisbon.
The HBB4ALL project aims to develop leading applications for accessibility in the connected TV environment. This workshop will present the last project achievements with some demonstrations and the ongoing user test results. After the success of the first HBB4ALL workshop 2015 in Barcelona – Smart Accessibility on Connected TV -, where discussions focused on several accessibility issues related to UN-ITU and EC policies, this second workshop will mainly focus on enabling levels for and by the media accessibility value chain: regulators, broadcasters, and end user associations.
Thus, this event will be an excellent occasion to catch-up with the pilots’ progress and to see live demonstrations of HBB4ALL access services.
The press release: 
Press release December 2015 – January 2016
HBB4ALL Connected TV Accessibility: From prototypes to operational pilots
The HBB4ALL project, which aims to develop leading applications for accessibility in the connected TV environment, has achieved two major milestones in 2015:
- The development and the improvement of a range of accessibility applications
- The launch of the user trials in Germany, Portugal and Spain
In 2016, the final year of this collaborative project, services will continue to evolve as user trials deliver results and recommendations.
The press release: 
European Connected TV: From the Accessibility Vision into Market Reality
The HBB4All consortium is proud to announce the start of the European project HBB4ALL: Hybrid Broadcast Broadband for All.
HBB4ALL is co-funded by the European Commission under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). The project started in December 2013 and runs for 36 months. The official kick-off meeting was hosted in Barcelona (13/14 January 2014) by HBB4ALL coordinator UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain).
– Main objectives
The HBB4ALL project aims at:
- Advancing future-proof solutions for improved accessibility to media, both utilizing and supporting the successful uptake of HbbTV throughout Europe;
- Introducing and large scale user testing of such innovative services in at least three European countries;
- Introducing and expert testing of novel workflows for the production of accessibility services at European broadcasters;
- Understanding interoperability in a multi-platform and multilingual environment to test easy solutions for media accessibility;
- Benchmarking quality of access services from a user-centric approach and promoting accessibility as an added value for education and social inclusion;
- Becoming a major platform/player in the e-Inclusion economy currently taking place, fostering the future market take-up of exciting innovations in conceiving universal accessibility tools and concepts to satisfy the diverse interests of all societal groups.
To download the PDF press release “HBB4ALL March 2014”: