RTL Nederland for the deaf and hearing-impaired

After introducing subtitles for its popular soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, RTL Nederland is broadcasting its news programme RTL Nieuws with subtitles as well, starting 1 March 2013.

On RTL 4, the 18:00, 19:00 and late-night news bulletins as well as RTL Weer (weather forecast) will from now on be offered with live subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired viewers. To provide this new service, RTL Nederland is partnering with P2P Ondertiteling, the same company that provided live subtitles during the Carré elections debate broadcast last September on RTL 4.

RTL Nederland Programme Director Erland Galjaard comments: “With last year’s Carré debate we realised that we needed to provide more programmes for our deaf and hearing-impaired viewers. I am pleased to announce that we are making progress in that direction by offering a good mix of information and entertainment programmes. This will be expanded to more of our shows later this year and in 2014.”