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This paper reviews the nature and size of the accessibility challenge and identifies pitfalls in the current strategies to promote e-inclusiveness. Using examples such as the DTV4ALL project which focuses on free-to-air broadcasting, the paper argues the case for working systematically with stakeholders associated with the entire access service supply chain to draw up and implement a continent-wide strategy to promote e-inclusiveness and digital television.
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Looms, P.O. (2009). E-Inclusiveness and Digital Television in Europe – A Holistic Model. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Addressing Diversity. UAHCI 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5614. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02707-9_62
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