Shows almost always have to have the captions tweaked when they’re rerun in syndication, because the timing changes when they make cuts and/or electronically speed the shows up. (The company I worked for referred to this “reformatting,” and it was maybe one-half or one-third the price of captioning a show from scratch.)
I would assume there are also changes that have to be made to the captioning if a show reruns on a streaming service, but that wasn’t a thing back in my captioning days. > On Jun 15, 2021, at 6:31 PM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone ever pay for tweaks to captioning after the initial broadcast? > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 9:29 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Lyrics should always be there - as far as I know, there’s no kind of rights > issue that would prevent the lyrics from appearing in the captions if the > song is played on the show. > > That said, back when I worked as a captioner and was captioning shows for > their first broadcast, we were sent tapes during the post-production process > that often didn’t have the final sound mix… and I remember that one > production company specifically told us not to caption any song lyrics, > because they sometimes went down to the wire on getting music rights for > their shows. > > Obviously, something like that shouldn’t be the case for “Simpsons” reruns > (or anything in its second broadcast or beyond). I suspect it was just a > weird oversight during the captioning process for that particular episode. > > >> On Jun 15, 2021, at 6:17 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I have been stymied by a question from my seven-year-old regarding closed >> captioning. >> >> While watching The Simpsons episode "Simpson Tide", he noticed that in the >> scene where they play The Village People singing "YMCA", the captioning did >> not include the lyrics to the song. He asked me why that was, and I took a >> stab at some sort of rights issue. But he then noticed that in the next >> episode, "The Trouble With Trillions", Smithers sings a couple lines from >> "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and those lines do appear. And I remember >> seeing the lyrics from "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" at the end of >> "Dumbbell Indemnity" >> >> Could anyone help explain this further? >> >> A slightly confused father. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BeUyrc4LPedCuVCgyXDjc42oK7oeuCthwHzaRx7j3EhDQ%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BeUyrc4LPedCuVCgyXDjc42oK7oeuCthwHzaRx7j3EhDQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/299E116F-45C4-488A-848E-73D358702A5E%40ellwanger.tv > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/299E116F-45C4-488A-848E-73D358702A5E%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4dqbWsTMvW9RepVEkGrdQK-ef%2B51Je-Lk_OnnYgtDWV3A%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4dqbWsTMvW9RepVEkGrdQK-ef%2B51Je-Lk_OnnYgtDWV3A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/F659B81F-8A4D-49D0-9F5A-EA374097BCAB%40ellwanger.tv.
