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Español ready for prime-time

8:23 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bilingualism|Marketing|TV

16 Sep 2005

lost s-sd2004.jpg Some people have no idea what that button on their remote marked “SAP” does. Network giant ABC knows, and they want Latino viewers to use it, according to the LA Times.

This Fall, ABC will become the first English-language broadcast network to make all its prime-time programming available in the language of Cervantes. While the Spanish subtitles (or dubs) may mark a pop-culture milestone, it’s unclear they make for wise corporate strategy.

Wise or not, it was bound to happen. With the success of ABC shows like Lost and Desperate Housewives in Latin America and Spain, as well as competition in these markets from CBS’ CSI, it’s no shock that networks would want to attempt to replicate that in the US Latino market. I, for one, believe that there are many people who will take advantage of this when it is offered, and not all are monolingual Spanish speakers.

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Rebecca Carter

October 13th, 2005 at 12:39 am

Well, I watched ABC tonight and I was excited to see the “SAP” notice on the screen at the beginning of “Freddie” and “Lost”, but after clicking over and hearing some guy say in English that I was on the second audio that is sometimes used to bilingual or alternate info, I realized that it had said “SAP, Where Available”. So why would it not be available in Miami, when we obviously have the capability for the second audio option?

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