This study examines RTP’s accessibility practices and policies through a qualitative and exploratory approach. The sample includes programming from RTP1, RTP2, RTP3, RTP Madeira, and RTP Açores observed during February 2025, as well as semi-structured interviews with four professionals responsible for accessibility-related areas. The study also incorporates user perspectives through a focus group and individual interviews with blind and deaf participants. The results reveal an uneven accessibility system, largely centred on teletext subtitling, with limited availability of audio description and Portuguese Sign Language, mostly restricted to specific genres and channels. 

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This work was developed by Obi.media – Observatory of Innovation in the Media,
a structure of ICNOVA – NOVA Institute of Communication, the research unit of the
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University Lisbon.

Team: Dora Santos-Silva, José Sotero, Ana Sofia Paiva, and Andreia Amaro, with the collaboration of Ana Luísa Correia, Ana Marta Mendão, and Marta Braz.