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Working notes on subtitle and dub delivery from the Fonti Studio pipeline: broadcast specs, AI-dub rights, and what it takes to pass platform QC on the first submission. Every claim is grounded in a primary source and one real delivery number.
SAG-AFTRA 2026, what a foreign-language dub now requires
The 2026 SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Agreement adds foreign-language dubbing to the digital-replica consent regime. Here is the contract language, the clearance chain a US-content acquisition now requires, and where the warranty sits.
EU AI Act Article 50: disclosure obligations for AI-dubbed feature distribution in 2026
From 2 August 2026, Article 50 of the EU AI Act makes AI-dub disclosure a delivery requirement. Who marks the file, who tells the viewer, and what a distributor puts on the deck when licensing an AI-dubbed feature into Europe.
How much localization for an indie feature actually costs in 2026, a flat-fee breakdown
What subtitles, dubs, and trailer subs actually cost an indie distributor delivering a feature into three to seven territories in 2026, why per-minute pricing burns thin margins, and how a flat-fee model fits the post-AFM economics.
The pitch QA gate, what F0 median + p90 excursion catches that composite scores don't
A single composite quality score for an AI dub averages out the one cue where a male character breaks into falsetto. Here is the dual-statistic F0 gate, median plus 90th-percentile excursion, that catches the per-cue failure a scorer hides.
Bilingual stacked subtitles for Belgian and Canadian theatrical release
Belgian, Swiss and Quebec theatrical releases often demand two subtitle languages on one cue. Here is what a bilingual stacked subtitle file actually contains, how it renders, the line-budget constraint that governs it, and why Fonti Studio ships it free.
Why the Amazon AI-dub pull-downs happened, and the three quality gates that would have caught it
Amazon pulled AI-dubbed Korean dramas in 2024 and AI-dubbed anime in December 2025 within days of launch. Here are the three engineering gates that catch the exact failures viewers heard, and why a composite score alone misses them.
Loudness, true-peak, LRA: the three numbers your AI dub vendor isn't measuring
An AI dub that sounds fine in a browser can still bounce on integrated loudness, true-peak, or loudness range. The three numbers a delivery is graded on, the specs that set them, and how Fonti masters against all three.
The Berlin Court ruling and why we don't clone local dub actors
In August 2025, the Berlin District Court awarded €4,000 per cloned dub-actor voice without consent. Italy's ANAD clause is even stricter. Here is the load-bearing policy choice that keeps Fonti Studio dubs on the right side of those rulings.
CCSL: the Combined Continuity & Spotting List, what it is, what it isn't, and why your localization vendor asks for it first
What a Combined Continuity and Spotting List actually contains, why it lets a localization vendor lock proper-noun spelling across a whole deliverable before a line is translated, and what changes when you don't have one.
Netflix Branded Delivery, what indie distributors get wrong about the subtitle spec
A working guide to the Netflix Branded Delivery subtitle spec for indie distributors who can't afford a rejected QC. Where AI captioners fail, what platform QC catches, and what gets a feature shipped on first submission.