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>>> VITAC CAPTIONS YOUTUBE
VITAC has qualified to provide captioning for YouTube! VITAC Employees created this video to stress the importance of captioning on YouTube. More details on our YouTube page here
VITAC has qualified to provide captioning for YouTube! VITAC Employees created this video to stress the importance of captioning on YouTube. More details on our YouTube page here
>>> WORLD CUP FANS
ESPN is streaming live World Cup matches with VITAC captions on ESPN3.com! VITAC worked with ESPN to develop this simulcast captioning solution. Captions on the website can be turned on and off and are live, just like those on TV, making the Internet feeds accessible to all!
ESPN is streaming live World Cup matches with VITAC captions on ESPN3.com! VITAC worked with ESPN to develop this simulcast captioning solution. Captions on the website can be turned on and off and are live, just like those on TV, making the Internet feeds accessible to all!
>>> CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR SUPERNATURAL BROUGHT TO YOU BY....
Read VITAC offline captioner Kate's article about captioning Supernatural, and how her job turned her into a fan, at the Winchester Family Business fan site.
Read VITAC offline captioner Kate's article about captioning Supernatural, and how her job turned her into a fan, at the Winchester Family Business fan site.
>>> WE LOVE "LIFE"
VITAC is captioning the critically acclaimed series "Life" on the Discovery Channel! From the creators of the popular "Planet Earth" series, "Life" explores our planet in a series of 11 episodes, airing Sundays on the Discovery Channel. The show debuted with the network's best ratings for a series in a decade and is being captioned by our outstanding team of offline captioners. "We're thrilled to be a part of another historical documentary," said Director of Offline Dina Smith. "We are not only the caption-service provider for "Life," we are fans of the program, too." "The way they shot it was fascinating," said Offline Supervisor Monica Yeater. "It had absolutely beautiful shots while being engaging and informative." Watch the series and VITAC's captions Sunday nights on Discovery.
VITAC is captioning the critically acclaimed series "Life" on the Discovery Channel! From the creators of the popular "Planet Earth" series, "Life" explores our planet in a series of 11 episodes, airing Sundays on the Discovery Channel. The show debuted with the network's best ratings for a series in a decade and is being captioned by our outstanding team of offline captioners. "We're thrilled to be a part of another historical documentary," said Director of Offline Dina Smith. "We are not only the caption-service provider for "Life," we are fans of the program, too." "The way they shot it was fascinating," said Offline Supervisor Monica Yeater. "It had absolutely beautiful shots while being engaging and informative." Watch the series and VITAC's captions Sunday nights on Discovery.
>>> CAPTIONING SNOWMAGEDDON
VITAC's emergency preparedness plan was successfully put into action on Saturday, February 6th, as Smowmaggeddon hit the mid-Atlantic, burying our Canonsburg, PA headquarters and Arlington, VA office in over two feet of snow. We lost primary power in addition to losing two out of three connectivity paths at headquarters -- but our third stayed strong -- proving that redundancy is worth the cost! We juggled some of our at-home captioners that had power outages and the in-house crew of captioners and production coordinators slept on cots, navigated by backup lighting, swept snow off satellite dishes and lived on vending machine food. Result? In the first (and worst) 32-hours, we captioned nearly 600 hours of live programming with on-air uptime rate of 99.51% and all our offline files were delivered on time. VITAC has the most dedicated team in the business. We thank our captioners, production coordinators, schedulers and engineers who make captions happen, through wind, rain, sleet, snow ... and blizzards !
VITAC's emergency preparedness plan was successfully put into action on Saturday, February 6th, as Smowmaggeddon hit the mid-Atlantic, burying our Canonsburg, PA headquarters and Arlington, VA office in over two feet of snow. We lost primary power in addition to losing two out of three connectivity paths at headquarters -- but our third stayed strong -- proving that redundancy is worth the cost! We juggled some of our at-home captioners that had power outages and the in-house crew of captioners and production coordinators slept on cots, navigated by backup lighting, swept snow off satellite dishes and lived on vending machine food. Result? In the first (and worst) 32-hours, we captioned nearly 600 hours of live programming with on-air uptime rate of 99.51% and all our offline files were delivered on time. VITAC has the most dedicated team in the business. We thank our captioners, production coordinators, schedulers and engineers who make captions happen, through wind, rain, sleet, snow ... and blizzards !
>>> INNOVATIVE WEB TOOLS MAKE OUR CLIENTS HAPPY!
You asked and we answered. We heard that you don't want to call repeatedly to check on the progress of your project. With VITRACKER, our customers can follow the progress of their video through each step of the captioning process -- from "in production" to "waiting for director's out" to "encoding now" you can follow your program through each step of the captioning process. Try out VITRACKER on your next job. Of course, we're always available if you'd like to call and check as well - 24/7/365.
You asked and we answered. We heard that you don't want to call repeatedly to check on the progress of your project. With VITRACKER, our customers can follow the progress of their video through each step of the captioning process -- from "in production" to "waiting for director's out" to "encoding now" you can follow your program through each step of the captioning process. Try out VITRACKER on your next job. Of course, we're always available if you'd like to call and check as well - 24/7/365.
>>> VITAC LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE!
The new www.vitac.com just launched, including a wealth of innovative interactive web tools. Please read more in our president's message and follow us on Twitter to receive frequent news about the nation's greatest captioning company.
The new www.vitac.com just launched, including a wealth of innovative interactive web tools. Please read more in our president's message and follow us on Twitter to receive frequent news about the nation's greatest captioning company.
>>>VITAC TO CAPTION 2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPICS
VITAC has once again been selected as the exclusive provider of English and Spanish captioning during NBC's coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. We will provide captioning for all Olympics programming on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen, Universal HD and Telemundo. Look for us, starting with the February 12 Opening Ceremonies!
VITAC has once again been selected as the exclusive provider of English and Spanish captioning during NBC's coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. We will provide captioning for all Olympics programming on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Oxygen, Universal HD and Telemundo. Look for us, starting with the February 12 Opening Ceremonies!
>>> VITAC MAKES H1N1 FLU VIDEO ACCESSIBLE!
VITAC is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well to provide near-instantaneous turnaround for H1N1 video announcements for the CDC and flu.gov websites. Just goes to show that captioning can be added efficiently without losing time. See our samples on You Tube
VITAC is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well to provide near-instantaneous turnaround for H1N1 video announcements for the CDC and flu.gov websites. Just goes to show that captioning can be added efficiently without losing time. See our samples on You Tube
