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Captioning the Obama Inauguration
VITAC to caption massive TV coverage
January 19th - Canonsburg, PA - On January 20th America will be watching the Inauguration
of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. While many will descend upon our nation's capital, most
will follow the events via an unprecedented scope of broadcast television coverage. VITAC is proud to be part this
historic event, providing realtime closed captioning to millions of viewers across 24 national networks and local stations
Flawless Captioning Service Brings Obama Victory and Speech to Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Viewers
9,000 minutes of national and local election coverage with 99.99% captioning uptime.
November 4. Election night in America. Millions of Americans eagerly watched news reports,
exit polls, and election results for hundreds of national, state and local races. On eight major national networks,
including 3 all-news networks and local stations across the country, VITAC realtime captioners provided English
and Spanish access for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers well into the early morning hours of November 5th.
VITAC HIRES MAGGIE McDERMOTT AS DIRECT OF SALES, WEST COAST
North Hollywood, CA - October 16, 2008 - VITAC, the nation's leading provider of closed captions, subtitling and
other accessible media services, today announced the hiring of Maggie McDermott as Director of Sales,
West Coast. Ms. McDermott will direct all new sales in the region and focus on customer growth, providing
solutions for new media captioning, localization and subtitling, scripting and audio description solutions.
VITAC OPEN CAPTIONS AND NARRATES IRS ECONOMIC STIMULUS VIDEOS
Canonsburg, PA - October 13, 2008 - VITAC, the nation's leading provider of accessible media services,
helped the Internal Revenue Service to reach the largest possible audience with the agency's
economic stimulus videos, currently available on YouTube.
VITAC PROVIDES CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR NBC'S COVERAGE OF THE BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES
VITAC'S LIVE CAPTIONING MAKES NBC'S BROADCASTS ACCESSIBLE
TO OVER 30 MILLION DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING VIEWERS DURING COVERAGE OF
THE BEIJING OLYMPICS, AUGUST 8-24, 2008
NEW YORK - August 8, 2008 - VITAC, the nation's leading provider of
accessible media services, has been selected to provide English and
Spanish captioning during NBC's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics,
including this evening's high-profile Opening Ceremony.
VITAC Launches
“CaptionsON” Awareness Campaign
Innovative initiatives
offer unparalleled opportunity for
Television viewers and nonprofit sector
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 8, 2008 --
VITAC, the nation’s leading provider of
closed captioning and other accessible
media services, announced today the
launch of a national awareness campaign
called CaptionsON. The objective
of this effort is to heighten awareness
of the benefits that closed captions
offer to over 50 million Americans—a
group larger than the number of
uninsured Americans, or Hispanic/Latino
voters, or those on Social Security over
the age of 65. Captions are not only an
essential service to over 31 million
Americans who are deaf or hard of
hearing, but are a powerful tool to
enhance language, reading and
comprehension skills in the young, the
old and those learning English as a
second language. Captions are a free
service to viewers and are available to
nearly all households in the United
States.
TU TV chooses VITAC to caption the most popular television chanels in the Spanish-speaking world!
August 15, 2007 -- TuTv announced today that the network distributor will add closed
captioning to their three most popular networks, De Película, De Película Clásico, and Telehit.
VITAC, the nation's largest provider of closed captioning, was chosen as the exclusive provider
of Spanish captioning. TuTv is anxious to offer
this new service to its audience and reach out to the Latino deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Merrill Corporation and WordWave Sign Definitive Purchase Agreement
PITTSBURGH, November 21, 2005 -- Merrill Corporation, a leading
global provider of technology-enabled solutions for the legal,
financial, real estate and other corporate markets, today
announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire
WordWave, Inc., parent company of VITAC, the leading international
provider of captioning/subtitling services.
The Weather Channel Chooses VITAC, Increases Captioned
Hours
October 1, 2005 -- The Weather Channel, long dedicated to
deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, will increase the amount
of programming it captions effective October 1st, 2005.
Working with VITAC, the nation's leading closed captioning
company, The Weather Channel will caption 21 hours of regular
programming per day, exceeding the hours the FCC requires
networks to caption. In addition, The Weather Channel
and VITAC will provide captioning for breaking weather emergency
broadcasts sent to local affected areas as part of TWC's WeatherStar
system.
VITAC and Creative Television Marketing provide a
no-cost solution as 2006 the closed captioning mandate nears
February 16, 2005 - Burbank, CA: VITAC, the nation's
top closed captioning provider, has joined forces with Creative
Television Marketing, the leader in broadcast Closed Captioning
Sponsorships. This partnership will provide the potential
for a unique turnkey program that produces a no-cost solution
to the impending FCC regulations, which require virtually
all programming in the United States to be closed captioned
by 2006.
VITAC to Provide Spanish Captioning for Telemundo's
Hoy en el Mundo
11/17/2004 VITAC, the industry leader in closed captioning,
today announced that it has been selected by Telemundo to
caption the network's morning news program, Hoy en el Mundo.
VITAC
awarded contract to caption NBC and Telemundo broadcasts of
the Athens Olympic Games
08/04/2004 Live Captioning to be provided
in English and for the first time in Spanish on Telemundo
VITAC announces new management changes
02/10/2004
Patricia Prozzi named Chief Executive Officer and President.
Joe Karlovits named Chairman of the company.
The Tonight Show airs with Spanish captions
09/10/2003
Spanish captions provided by VITAC and TranslateTV
VITAC launches Subtitling Division
05/14/2003
VITAC launches Multi-language Subtitling Division to meet
industry needs for faster production schedules
VITAC
and TranslateTV awarded at NAB
04/28/2003
VITAC and TranslateTV were awarded three NAB "Pick of Show"
awards for their unique television technology solution shown
at this year's National Association of Broadcasters convention
(NAB 2003, April 8-13)
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