Originally Posted by
bocastephen
I think our wrath should be targeted at this vendor - there is absolutely no I had the name of the inflight entertainment vendor before, when I went looking for a copy of the Hawaii boarding video, but I can't seem to find it now. Perhaps someone knows who they are and we can inquire what their thinking was to censor this word?
This is from the thread in the AA forum. I don't know if its helpful for the CO discussion, or not:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...=646349&page=4
post #46
My company manages the IFE content for American Airlines, along with many of the top tier airlines today. Each airline makes its own decisions concerning censorship of audio and video content. We implement those decisions when we encrypt the content for release.
The actual censored passages are removed by humans and not merely by software filters. There is a great amount of post-production that goes into formatting a video for airline use. Each airline has their own standards (QF is rather lenient, AA is rather conservative).
I hope this bit of information is helpful.