Closed Captioning Blog

Aberdeen Captioning was among the 1500 companies present at the National Association of Broadcasters Tradeshow this year, held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was bustling with activity, new technology, and excitement for what’s to come.  Storage, from high speed for editing to long term drive and LTO options were numerous.  The niche business of closed captioning and subtitling was much less represented but just as important as ever for some organizations.  The quest for a predictable live captioning connection is still the panacea of captioning companies, as web and phone connection remain problematic.  Reliable and usable speech recognition for broadcast captioning is still years away.  Simplifying closed captioning workflows was a key topic of discussion for many producers and stations.  Aberdeen’s digital file delivery and transcoding service fills an important role in a complete tapeless workflow.

 

Aberdeen became fondly known as the booth with the smashed up Beta deck.

 

Here’s the infamous smashed deck:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The destroyed Beta deck was a symbol that times are changing and with that, our digital file delivery service was launched. This was an instant hit with stations, networks, and producers who realized how simple the service really is, in addition to the reduced workload and increased video quality. The best part? Without the hassle, cost, and unreliability of purchasing tapes, making dubs, and shipping all across the world, this new digital delivery service is saving producers big bucks! Who can say no to that?