Red Bee Media to provide accessibility services to BBC

Red Bee Media wins an exclusive contract with the British broadcaster for subtitling, signing and audio description for the next seven years.

Red Bee Media has signed a contract with the BBC as the exclusive provider of its accessibility services until July 2019.

Red Bee Media has won this exclusive contract after passing a public competition. Thanks to this new agreement, Red Bee Media will continue to be the sole provider of subtitling, audio description and signing services for the network's entire portfolio of television channels.

Under the terms of this new contract, Red Bee Media will produce more than 60,000 annual hours of accessibility services for the network.

David Padmore, Director of Accessibility and Editorial Services at Red Bee Media, said: "Red Bee Media has a long and strong experience working with the BBC and we are delighted to be able to continue our relationship over the next seven years. We believe that TV should be accessible to everyone and we are proud to work with the BBC to deliver the highest quality subtitling, audio description and signing services across the UK. Red Bee Media is a pioneer in innovation in accessibility services and we remain committed to investing. and development of new technologies to ensure that we continue to offer our clients and their audiences the best service in the sector.”

Red Bee Media's Accessibility Services division produces hundreds of thousands of hours of subtitling, audio description and signing each year for television networks in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Australia.