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Once
a program is captioned, then the captions should stay with that program
for rebroadcast -- unless the program has been edited. Any changes to
a program will affect the captions. In some cases, a captioned program
is aired on network television and later rebroadcast on cable. However,
the cable version may appear without captions. In this case, the new program
provider altered the program, perhaps to fit it within a specific time
slot or to add commercial breaks. This adjustment changed the time-coded
caption data, preventing the captions from appearing. To correct this
problem for future broadcasts, the programmer must have the captions reformatted
(edited and re-timed).
It also is possible that the new program provider
received an uncaptioned master video tape and was not aware that a captioned
version was available. This may be the case with some uncaptioned home
videos of programs that were broadcast with captions. When NCI learns
that a program or series that it has previously captioned will be re-broadcast
or released for home video distribution, we remind the distributor to
reformat the captions so the repeat
version of the program will be captioned. |
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