Comments on: Networks Make Progress with Captioned Online Video http://tvjots.com/networks-make-progress-with-captioned-online-video/ All About Television Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Chandra http://tvjots.com/networks-make-progress-with-captioned-online-video/#comment-1586 Chandra Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:52:42 +0000 http://tvjots.com/?p=2553#comment-1586 Thanks for leaving a comment, Shauna. There are tons of captioned videos on Hulu these days, especially now that ABC is onboard. The inventory just keeps getting bigger and bigger, so if a primetime series airs on ABC, Fox or NBC (and to a lesser extent, FX, Syfy, and USA Network), it's almost guaranteed that videos streamed online will have captions for viewers who need them. Now if only someone could talk some sense into stubborn holdouts CBS and The CW. Thanks for leaving a comment, Shauna. There are tons of captioned videos on Hulu these days, especially now that ABC is onboard. The inventory just keeps getting bigger and bigger, so if a primetime series airs on ABC, Fox or NBC (and to a lesser extent, FX, Syfy, and USA Network), it’s almost guaranteed that videos streamed online will have captions for viewers who need them. Now if only someone could talk some sense into stubborn holdouts CBS and The CW.

]]> By: Chandra http://tvjots.com/networks-make-progress-with-captioned-online-video/#comment-1578 Chandra Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:14:36 +0000 http://tvjots.com/?p=2553#comment-1578 And here we are some five months later, Dana, and absolutely nothing has changed with CBS (and its sister network The CW) and captioning of the network's online episode videos. If they really cared about the issue, surely they would have done something about this ridiculous situation by now. I feel for fans of "Medium" and other CBS series who require captions to enjoy Web-based streaming of episodes. As for AMC and <em>The Prisoner</em>, I'm not familiar with what happened with that series and captions online, although the network doesn't caption any of its online videos. I do know that Verizon FiOS offers many episodes of AMC shows for free through its On Demand service, and they're all always captioned, including the recent mini-series remake of <em>The Prisoner</em>. Perhaps that option may work for people who need captioned AMC episodes in the future. (Oddly enough, NBC shows are NEVER captioned through FiOS On Demand, so go figure.) It sure would be nice if people who need captioned replays didn't have to jump through so many hoops, however. As you say, this predicament is very ironic and disturbing, as well. And here we are some five months later, Dana, and absolutely nothing has changed with CBS (and its sister network The CW) and captioning of the network’s online episode videos. If they really cared about the issue, surely they would have done something about this ridiculous situation by now. I feel for fans of “Medium” and other CBS series who require captions to enjoy Web-based streaming of episodes.

As for AMC and The Prisoner, I’m not familiar with what happened with that series and captions online, although the network doesn’t caption any of its online videos. I do know that Verizon FiOS offers many episodes of AMC shows for free through its On Demand service, and they’re all always captioned, including the recent mini-series remake of The Prisoner. Perhaps that option may work for people who need captioned AMC episodes in the future. (Oddly enough, NBC shows are NEVER captioned through FiOS On Demand, so go figure.)

It sure would be nice if people who need captioned replays didn’t have to jump through so many hoops, however. As you say, this predicament is very ironic and disturbing, as well.

]]> By: Chandra http://tvjots.com/networks-make-progress-with-captioned-online-video/#comment-1576 Chandra Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:52:17 +0000 http://tvjots.com/?p=2553#comment-1576 Mal, most NBC shows that are posted online at NBC.com and Hulu.com do have captions. Sometimes you have to wait a few days for them to show up, but they usually appear eventually. Of course, there may be exceptions, such as certain news programs and specials perhaps. Mal, most NBC shows that are posted online at NBC.com and Hulu.com do have captions. Sometimes you have to wait a few days for them to show up, but they usually appear eventually. Of course, there may be exceptions, such as certain news programs and specials perhaps.

]]> By: Shauna http://tvjots.com/networks-make-progress-with-captioned-online-video/#comment-1544 Shauna Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:11:44 +0000 http://tvjots.com/?p=2553#comment-1544 Enjoyed reading and relating to your article - my experiences exactly watching, or trying to watch, a favorite closed caption TV show on my laptop. I will check out Hulu to see what they have to offer. I'm hearing impaired and simply can't watch anything I can't read because it is such a waste of time so expend so much effort to understand. I almost never go to the theater anymore, I just wait for movies to come out on DVD. S Enjoyed reading and relating to your article – my experiences exactly watching, or trying to watch, a favorite closed caption TV show on my laptop. I will check out Hulu to see what they have to offer. I’m hearing impaired and simply can’t watch anything I can’t read because it is such a waste of time so expend so much effort to understand. I almost never go to the theater anymore, I just wait for movies to come out on DVD. S

]]> By: Dana Mulvany http://tvjots.com/networks-make-progress-with-captioned-online-video/#comment-1523 Dana Mulvany Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:28:56 +0000 http://tvjots.com/?p=2553#comment-1523 Just saw this update (October 21, 2009) and agree with you about what a nice job that Hulu does. As you probably know by now, Hulu started offering a lot of ABC shows with captions after ABC partnered with it earlier this year. I much prefer to watch all captioned videos at Hulu.com since that web site makes it easier to find captioned videos than any of the networks do, and it also shows the captions in full-screen mode (which ABC still doesn't do). The networks don't do a good job of communicating how to find captioned videos, and they don't appear to caption their news videos. It's really disappointing that CBS still doesn't provide any captioning online. It's particularly frustrating to lose access to "Medium," which moved from NBC to CBS and is no longer available on Hulu.com at all. Long-time deaf and hard of hearing viewers of "Medium" thus lost the ability to catch up with any missed episodes online because of CBS's decision not to provide any captioning online. CBS ought to partner with Hulu and get its videos captioned there. It's also sad to see that AMC isn't providing any captions at all for the 17 episodes of "The Prisoner" available for free online, which was never available with captions when it first came out and was thus totally inaccessible to deaf and hard of hearing viewers. It's ironic that paying deaf and hard of hearing watchers of AMC---who are paying money to pay TV service providers---don't see their money getting used to provide captions online, but non-paying hearing subscribers get more benefit out of the free online videos than paying deaf and hard of hearing ones do. Just saw this update (October 21, 2009) and agree with you about what a nice job that Hulu does.

As you probably know by now, Hulu started offering a lot of ABC shows with captions after ABC partnered with it earlier this year. I much prefer to watch all captioned videos at Hulu.com since that web site makes it easier to find captioned videos than any of the networks do, and it also shows the captions in full-screen mode (which ABC still doesn’t do). The networks don’t do a good job of communicating how to find captioned videos, and they don’t appear to caption their news videos.

It’s really disappointing that CBS still doesn’t provide any captioning online. It’s particularly frustrating to lose access to “Medium,” which moved from NBC to CBS and is no longer available on Hulu.com at all. Long-time deaf and hard of hearing viewers of “Medium” thus lost the ability to catch up with any missed episodes online because of CBS’s decision not to provide any captioning online. CBS ought to partner with Hulu and get its videos captioned there.

It’s also sad to see that AMC isn’t providing any captions at all for the 17 episodes of “The Prisoner” available for free online, which was never available with captions when it first came out and was thus totally inaccessible to deaf and hard of hearing viewers. It’s ironic that paying deaf and hard of hearing watchers of AMC—who are paying money to pay TV service providers—don’t see their money getting used to provide captions online, but non-paying hearing subscribers get more benefit out of the free online videos than paying deaf and hard of hearing ones do.

]]> By: mal http://tvjots.com/networks-make-progress-with-captioned-online-video/#comment-1517 mal Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:36:31 +0000 http://tvjots.com/?p=2553#comment-1517 I dont see any cpationing for NBC shows online. what a bummer! I dont see any cpationing for NBC shows online. what a bummer!

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