US study shows captions increase online video viewing

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Thursday, 11 November 2010 10:57am

A study by US caption supplier PLYmedia claims that the incidence of people who watch an online video all of the way to the end doubles when the video is captioned or subtitled. 

It is not clear from the study whether this is because an audience attracted to captioned online videos tends to watch the whole video, or if captioning an online video entices a general audience to watch for longer. However, it is an interesting phenomenon and has implications for advertisers and other revenue streams tied around online video.


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