The generic "*speaking/singing in non-English*" subtitle, natch, didn't go
over too well... especially with California congressmember Robert Garcia,
to whose complaint network head George Cheeks responded Friday (10)...
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cbs-live-closed-captioning-bad-bunny-grammy
Recently watched the Benedict Cumberbatch film “The Courier” which featured
a lot of Russian dialogue, which the filmmakers took pains to embed English
translation on the screen. But my wife enjoys watching shows with the
captions on, and over the embedded English translation on the screen, the
cap
Based on my experiences during my closed-captioning career, the CBS president's
statement "We worked with a closed captioning vendor that did not execute at a
standard to which we should rightfully be held" is code for "We didn't spend
enough money on the captioning for them to use a bilingual l
I usually watch music performances with the captions turned on so that I
can read the lyrics, and I've noticed that most late night shows rarely, if
ever, use captioning for foreign language musical guests - they usually use
a standard "singing in foreign language" message.
The one program I wa
