Captions, subtitles, and forced narratives increase the reach of viewership, allowing more people access to more content. In this talk I will discuss the challenges and solutions our video team uncovered while implementing timed text features for a global audience at Paramount. I will focus on the team’s experiences with connected TVs, Set-Top Boxes and Game Consoles that support Media Source APIs. This talk will be from a javascript player perspective on multilingual text, forced narrative, navigating format and content preparation all while meeting FCC regulations in order to supply the best viewing experience for all users.

This talk was presented at Demuxed ’22, a conference for video nerds in San Francisco featuring amazing talks like this one. Demuxed ’22 was made possible by sponsors like our Platinum sponsor Daily (https://daily.co) and organized by people from Mux (https://mux.com). For more information about the conference and community, see https://2022.demuxed.com.