Case Study: NewSpring Church achieves FCC‑compliant, cost‑effective in‑house broadcast captioning with Telestream MacCaption

How NewSpring Church uses user-friendly, affordable Telestream MacCaption desktop closed captioning software to caption “The Message” for broadcast

NewSpring Church in Wichita, Kansas, reaches over 6,000 weekly attendees in its 1,600‑seat worship center and also airs “The Message,” a half‑hour sermon program on local broadcast TV. Facing strict FCC CEA‑708/608 captioning rules and the challenge of keeping captions from obscuring speakers, on‑screen scripture and animated logos, the church needed an affordable, in‑house solution that its volunteer A/V team could use reliably.

Using Telestream MacCaption (with Switch and Adobe tools), NewSpring imports a transcriber’s .SCC file, reviews, corrects and repositions captions, exports both CEA‑708 and CEA‑608 streams, and embeds them in the station‑ready MPEG‑2 file—verifying quality with Switch before delivery. The workflow delivers legally compliant, professional captions, gives the team full creative control, and avoids costly outsourcing, saving the church significant time and money while ensuring accessible broadcasts.

Newspring Church

Stephen Hoover

Director of Broadcast and Assistant Pastor