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Closed Captioning And Subtitling Adds An Array of Advantages To Any Video Project

Accessible to more viewers.
Searchable- It turns your video into searchable text.
SEO-Friendly - Search engines will be able to find it quickly.
It becomes more engaging.

We offer quick turn-around services when time is an issue. We offer same day service, 2-day service, and 4-day service depending on your needs. We put a lot of care into all of our projects paying close attention to localization. All of our transcripts are prepared by US citizens living in the US, who understand local slang and industry jargon. There are so many ways to say the same thing and many communities us particular words unique to their locale. The plural form of you is a good example. Y'all is used primarily in the Southern US, and is a shorter version of you all. Yinz is found primarily in parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio. It is often referred to as Pittsburgese and the people who use it are referred to as yinzers. You-uns is also previllant in Pennsylvania and Ohio River Valley and is a shortened version of you ones, a usage that dates back to the 1300s. You guys is used in parts of the US where they don't say y'all. Yous is found in many English speaking countries and is previllant in New Jersey. Here in the United States we have a lot of communities that say things a little different. The staff at Impact Media understand this and know their language geography quite well.

If you would like to know more about our closed captioning and subtitling services please drop us an email give us a call at (814) 658-3580.

Fun Facts
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We love closed captioning facts and hope you do too

First Closed Captioned News

In 1972 ABC began rebroadcasting its national news program on PBS five hours after its broadcast on ABC-TV. When The Closed Captioned ABC News began in 1973, it offered the only timely newscast accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, and remained so for nearly a decade..

First Closed Captioning in the US

The first use of regularly scheduled closed captioning on American television occurred on March 16, 1980. Sears developed and sold their Telecaption adapter, a decoding unit that could be connected to a standard television set. The first programs seen with captioning was Disney's Son of Flubber, the movie Semi-Tough, and PBS's Masterpiece Theatre.

First Captioned Children's Show

Did you know that 3-2-1 Contact was the first children's program series to be closed captioned, which aired on PBS from march of 1980 to 1988. Later in 1980 Sesame Street became the second children's program to be closed captioned, and is currently the longest running captioned children's program.

Successful Embedded Captions

On February 15, 1972 ABC and the National Bureau of Standards with the broadcast of "Mod Squad" successfully demonstrated embedded closed captioning, known today as off-line captioning, which is the norm now on all prerecorded television programming.

First Live Captioned Sport Event

The first live sports event with closed captioning was the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 1981. The captioning of commentary on a live sports event was provided for the first time on the Super Bowl that aired on January 20, 1985. In September 1985, ABC's Monday Night Football became the first sports series to include real-time captioning of commentary.

First Movie With Captioning

In 1947 Emerson Romero, a deaf man whose cousin was the famous movie actor Cesar Romero, developed the first captioning of a film by putting captions between the picture frames. Cesar Romero, stage name Tommy Albert was one of five deaf actors who appeared in silent films.

A Variety of Services
Impact Media Broadcast Captioning

Broadcast Captioning

We specialize in captioning TV programming, and have the capability to caption any broadcast video file. Our services also include file conversions to the television station's specifications, and uploaded to the stations ftp, or if needed we will master your TV show to tape. We serve many ministries, universities television stations, producers, and media companies; we look forward to serving you too.

Impact Media Web Captioning

Closed Captioning for the Web

Let all of your videos be heard with adding closed captioning to all your web videos including YouTube. Did you know that if your video airs on broadcast television, and is also available for viewing on the internet then according the FCC rules for closed captioning, your video must be closed captioned on the web too. Rules and regulations aside, there are other reasons for captioning web videos, and they fall into the category off accessibility.

Words with Sound Effects

Subtitles and SDH Subtitles

We provide subtitles for movies and videos, whether they are for Blu-ray, DVD, Internet, or displays. SDH - Subtitles for Deaf & Hard of Hearing with closed captioning format to include sound effects. This option affords the flexibility of subtitles with the advantage of closed captioning, and gives more options for the viewer to change the font size, color, and display features that are often not available with closed captions.