Three years of subtitling and QC for Tamil and Hindi streaming.
A streaming platform needed continuous Tamil and Hindi subtitling and QC across a growing catalog, where timing and readability are judged by every viewer, not a spec sheet.
3,100+ minutes - 2,000+ episodes - reviewed quality on this engagement
3,100+ minutes
Subtitling
2,000+ episodes
QC
Measured outcomes
Streaming subtitling and QC
The project
Streaming subtitling and QC
- Client
- A streaming platform (via a top-100 LSP)
- Service
- Subtitling and subtitle QC
- Languages
- Tamil, Hindi
- Volume
- 3,100+ minutes subtitled, 2,000+ episodes QC
- Duration
- Three years, continuous
A streaming platform needed Tamil and Hindi subtitling and QC on a continuous cadence as its regional catalog grew, delivered through a top-100 LSP under their brand.
Subtitling lives or dies on timing and readability: a late cue or an awkward line is visible to every viewer, and a three-year engagement only holds if quality survives the early feedback cycles.
The problem to solve
Continuous subtitling fails when reviewers rotate, when timing and language are checked separately, or when QC drifts as episode volume climbs.
The platform needed subtitling and an independent QC pass held to one bar across three years, with the partner brand in front of the end client.
What MoniSa changed
MoniSa ran subtitling and a separate QC lane as white-label production, with reviewer continuity and a fixed quality bar across the full engagement.
Separate QC lane
Subtitling and QC ran as distinct passes so timing and language errors were caught before delivery.
Reviewer continuity
Stable reviewers across three years kept readability and timing consistent as the catalog grew.
White-label delivery
Work shipped under the partner brand, with production handled invisibly behind it.
Results
Measured outcomes from this engagement.
The platform received 3,100+ minutes of subtitling and 2,000+ episodes of QC over three continuous years, at reviewed quality subtitling and reviewed quality QC on this engagement.
| Subtitling | 3,100+ minutes |
|---|---|
| QC | 2,000+ episodes |
| Subtitling quality | reviewed quality on this engagement |
| QC quality | reviewed quality on this engagement |
| Duration | Three years, continuous |
What supported the result
Why the fit was real
Long-run subtitling needs a separate QC lane and stable reviewers, not a bench that re-learns timing and readability each season.
What decided the result
Surviving the early feedback cycles and holding quality for three years mattered more than any single batch.
What buyers can reuse
- Subtitling quality is a timing and readability problem that only a separate QC lane reliably catches.
- A three-year engagement is proof of sustained reliability, not a one-off pass that looked good once.
- The evidence keeps the client and partner details confidential and attributes the metrics only to this engagement.
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What was delivered on this engagement?
Subtitling: 3,100+ minutes. QC: 2,000+ episodes. Subtitling quality: reviewed quality on this engagement
What control kept the work stable?
Surviving the early feedback cycles and holding quality for three years mattered more than any single batch.
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