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• Traficom publishes guidance on using public transport with an assistance dog

  13.11.2024November 13, 2024, updated 13.11.2024November 13, 2024 at 9:11

  The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom has published a guide to using public transport services when travelling with an assistance dog. The guide covers all modes of public transport, including taxis and air travel. The purpose of the guide is to make it easier to travel with an assistance dog in Finland. Traficom monitors the realisation of the rights of air, rail, ship, bus and coach passengers with disabilities or reduced mobility.

• The accessibility of media services is a part of equality - now the subtitles of the Nelonen TV channel also fulfil the quality requirements

  15.9.2023September 15, 2023, updated 15.9.2023September 15, 2023 at 15:40

  According to the Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, the quality of the subtitling service of the Nelonen TV channel fulfils the requirements imposed on it regarding adequate clarity and understandability. The duty of Traficom is to further the accessibility of media services by, among other things, supervising the quality of the subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing on the channels of the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, as well as on the MTV3 and Nelonen channels.

• Nelonen required to further improve the quality of its subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

  24.5.2023May 24, 2023, updated 24.5.2023May 24, 2023 at 11:11

  The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom has given Sanoma Media Finland Ltd another reprimand for its failure to meet the quality requirements concerning the obligation to provide subtitling services on the television channel Nelonen. According to law, subtitles must be sufficiently clear and easy to understand for viewers. Traficom has the duty to promote the availability of accessible media services for special groups.