# What subtitling, audio description and signing percentages does Ofcom's Code on Television Access Services set for UK-regulated TV channels, and how are channels and affordability decided?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T13:11:51.396Z
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Ofcom's 2024 access code sets statutory ten-year targets of 80% subtitling (90% Channel 3 and 4; 100% BBC), 10% audio description and 5% signing as percentages of non-advertising programme hours per delivery platform, with interim targets by anniversary (e.g. year 1 10/2/1%, year 5 60/10/3%); Ofcom's July 2025 notice lists 83 channels required in 2026 (82 at Level One). The Code does not cover on-demand services (producer reading of the 2024 statement).

Ofcom's 2024 access code sets statutory ten-year targets of 80% subtitling (90% Channel 3 and 4; 100% BBC), 10% audio description and 5% signing as percentages of non-advertising programme hours per delivery platform, with interim targets by anniversary (e.g. year 1 10/2/1%, year 5 60/10/3%); Ofcom's July 2025 notice lists 83 channels required in 2026 (82 at Level One). The Code does not cover on-demand services (producer reading of the 2024 statement).

Curator qualifications: Legal and regulatory texts read 2026-10-22; not legal advice. 2024 quality statement (S10) not re-read.

Limitations: Legal and regulatory texts read 2026-10-22; not legal advice.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016225253id_/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/consultations/category-1-10-weeks/264291-ensuring-the-quality-of-tv-and-on-demand-access-services/associated-documents/statement-on-ensuring-the-quality-of-tv-and-on-demand-services.pdf?v=356711",
      "note": "Ofcom Code on Television Access Services, updated 15 April 2024 (Wayback id_ 2026-10-16), 4.2-4.5 and Table 1; Ofcom: Television channels required to provide access services in 2026 (published 11 July 2025)"
    },
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      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016210321id_/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-codes/code-on-television-access-services/ofcom-code-television-access-services.pdf?v=370035",
      "note": "Ofcom Code on Television Access Services, updated 15 April 2024 (Wayback id_ 2026-10-16), 4.2-4.5 and Table 1; Ofcom: Television channels required to provide access services in 2026 (published 11 July 2025)"
    },
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      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261016210326id_/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-guidance/television-channels-required-to-provide-access-services-in-2026.pdf?v=399983",
      "note": "Ofcom Code on Television Access Services, updated 15 April 2024 (Wayback id_ 2026-10-16), 4.2-4.5 and Table 1; Ofcom: Television channels required to provide access services in 2026 (published 11 July 2025)"
    }
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}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Ofcom's 2024 access code sets statutory ten-year targets of 80% subtitling (90% Channel 3 and 4; 100% BBC), 10% audio description and 5% signing as percentages of non-advertising programme hours per delivery platform, with interim targets by anniversary (e.g. year 1 10/2/1%, year 5 60/10/3%); Ofcom's July 2025 notice lists 83 channels required in 2026 (82 at Level One). The Code does not cover on-demand services (producer reading of the 2024 statement). · locator: Ofcom Code on Television Access Services, updated 15 April 2024 (Wayback id_ 2026-10-16), 4.2-4.5 and Table 1; Ofcom: Television channels required to provide access services in 2026 (published 11 July 2025) · source: https://web.archive.org/web/20261016225253id_/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/consultations/category-1-10-weeks/264291-ensuring-the-quality-of-tv-and-on-demand-access-services/associated-documents/statement-on-ensuring-the-quality-of-tv-and-on-demand-services.pdf?v=356711

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