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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>Hello all,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>Please share the following audio description news with your networks and affiliate email lists for the upcoming live event with description on Monday, September 12 at 8:00 PM Eastern Time.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>As listed on <a href="https://www.nbc.com/general/pages/audio-description" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>NBC's audio description schedule</span></a> and the ADP website the 74th Emmy Awards will be airing with live audio description on NBC on Monday, September 12, from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT on NBC.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span class=msoIns><ins>In order to create a more inclusive experience for blind and visually impaired </ins></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span class=msoIns><ins>viewers, NBCUniversal is proud to present the full NBC broadcast with live audio </ins></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span class=msoIns><ins>description on the Secondary Audio Program channel (SAP), provided by Descriptive </ins></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span class=msoIns><ins>Video Works. The broadcast will be available with additional audio narration, </ins></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span class=msoIns><ins>describing the rich visuals of the Emmys. </ins></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><span class=msoIns><ins> </ins></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>As always, if your local affiliate does not reliably pass through audio description (also known as Network SAP), please contact them as soon as possible. <a href="https://adp.acb.org/tv.html#problems" target="_blank"><span style='color:black'>The Audio Description Project's TV page</span></a> has information on how to find your local affiliate's contact information if you do not already have it.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>Timothy Wynn & Kim Charlson</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>ACB Audio Description Project</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>