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The '''National Captioning Institute''' is a [[non-profit]] organization that provides [[closed captioning]] for [[television]] and movies. Created in 1979 and headquartered in [[Vienna, Virginia]], the organization was the first to caption live TV and home video. They |
The '''National Captioning Institute''' is a [[non-profit]] organization that provides [[closed captioning]] for [[television]] and movies. Created in 1979 and headquartered in [[Vienna, Virginia]], the organization was the first to caption live TV and home video. They at one time had over 200 employees and offices in [[Dallas, Texas]] and [[Burbank, California]]. |
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Controversy erupted within NCI in late 2005 and early 2006, when the company was unable to reach an agreement with the National Broadcast Employees and Technician's union (NABET), which represented their captioning workforce. In order to rid itself of the union, NCI ceased captioning operations in Burbank, laying off all but their administrative staff, and moved the bulk of their work to the recently-built Dallas facility. Currently there are less than five employees working in the Burbank office. |
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Similar events would follow in 2007, when the majority of their workforce in Dallas and a fair amount of their Vienna staff were terminated. |
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==External link== |
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Revision as of 04:14, 26 October 2007
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The National Captioning Institute is a non-profit organization that provides closed captioning for television and movies. Created in 1979 and headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, the organization was the first to caption live TV and home video. They at one time had over 200 employees and offices in Dallas, Texas and Burbank, California.
Controversy erupted within NCI in late 2005 and early 2006, when the company was unable to reach an agreement with the National Broadcast Employees and Technician's union (NABET), which represented their captioning workforce. In order to rid itself of the union, NCI ceased captioning operations in Burbank, laying off all but their administrative staff, and moved the bulk of their work to the recently-built Dallas facility. Currently there are less than five employees working in the Burbank office.
Similar events would follow in 2007, when the majority of their workforce in Dallas and a fair amount of their Vienna staff were terminated.
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