Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
[proprietary]
English answer:
in-house [more usual term in broadcasting and similar fields]
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Mar 28, 2007 16:59
17 yrs ago
English term
Denmark
the message, not just the words
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Danish to English, English
proprietary (in this context)
English
Other
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
how to describe 'home-made' programmes
a proprietary series produced by the regional studio
A proprietary series for children (as opposed to bought-in programmes)
I'm proofreading a large text about a broadcasting company, and the word 'proprietary' keeps cropping up to describe programmes, series, broadcasts etc.
The original word means literally 'home-produced', and sometimes the translator has used proprietary to avoid expressions like 'home-produced broadcasts produced by the local journalists'.
I do not like 'proprietary' in this context, and would prefer 'in-house produced' or ' home-produced'
- as opposed to bought-in programmes made by other companies, which of course are also broadcast when suitable.
It would be perfectly possible to rephrase sentences to avoid 'home-produced ... produced by ...'
All the references to 'proprietary programmes' etc. that I can find seem to be about computer programmes or products of a more tangible kind. In connection with TV and radio broadcasts it grates on my ear somehow.
It sounds too much like 'own brand' - which is not what they mean in connection with impartial news coverage, for instance.
Am I just out of touch?
Thanks for any suggestions!
A proprietary series for children (as opposed to bought-in programmes)
I'm proofreading a large text about a broadcasting company, and the word 'proprietary' keeps cropping up to describe programmes, series, broadcasts etc.
The original word means literally 'home-produced', and sometimes the translator has used proprietary to avoid expressions like 'home-produced broadcasts produced by the local journalists'.
I do not like 'proprietary' in this context, and would prefer 'in-house produced' or ' home-produced'
- as opposed to bought-in programmes made by other companies, which of course are also broadcast when suitable.
It would be perfectly possible to rephrase sentences to avoid 'home-produced ... produced by ...'
All the references to 'proprietary programmes' etc. that I can find seem to be about computer programmes or products of a more tangible kind. In connection with TV and radio broadcasts it grates on my ear somehow.
It sounds too much like 'own brand' - which is not what they mean in connection with impartial news coverage, for instance.
Am I just out of touch?
Thanks for any suggestions!
Responses
| 4 +4 | in-house |
Tony M
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| 5 +1 | The term is not a good choice and your suggestions are far better so.. |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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| 4 | original |
NancyLynn
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| 2 | home-grown |
Jeanette Phillips
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Responses
+4
6 mins
English term (edited):
proprietary
Selected
in-house
Well, when I was involved in broadcasting, that was the term used as the opposite of 'bought-in programming'
Don't know if that's going to be applicable in your context, but I feel sure it's at least better than 'proprietary', which I think means something QUITE different!
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Note added at 8 mins (2007-03-28 17:08:24 GMT)
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Here's a couple of examples from a quick Google:
ATV's News Archive April 3rd - April 7th
ITV is joining the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel Five in this summer’s digital ... The company aims to distribute in-house and bought in programming through ...
www.advanced-television.com/2006/news_archive_2006/apr03_ap...
HEADING 1
The BBC is also in a unique position in the television industry in terms of the volume of in-house programming it produces and to which it retains the ...
www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/uploads/BBC3_proposal_a...
Don't know if that's going to be applicable in your context, but I feel sure it's at least better than 'proprietary', which I think means something QUITE different!
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Note added at 8 mins (2007-03-28 17:08:24 GMT)
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Here's a couple of examples from a quick Google:
ATV's News Archive April 3rd - April 7th
ITV is joining the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel Five in this summer’s digital ... The company aims to distribute in-house and bought in programming through ...
www.advanced-television.com/2006/news_archive_2006/apr03_ap...
HEADING 1
The BBC is also in a unique position in the television industry in terms of the volume of in-house programming it produces and to which it retains the ...
www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/uploads/BBC3_proposal_a...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jeanette Phillips
28 mins
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Thanks, Jeanette!
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| agree |
Dave Calderhead
4 hrs
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Thanks, Dave!
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| agree |
Richard Benham
: I've got to admit this makes me want to chunder at least twice as much as "proprietary", but perhaps a judicious mixture might relieve the boredom.
7 hrs
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Thanks, RB! Chunder away, old pal, and think of Knut!
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kmtext
: I still work in the industry and the terms used are in-house as opposed to outsourced or bought-in.
13 hrs
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Thanks, KMT! It's very reassuring to have your authoritative confirmation
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Tony!
Most of the translator's terminology is spot on (I've checked a lot) and she is usually very good, so I began to doubt!
But nobody's perfect."
7 mins
original
One of our national private broadcasting networks, the CTV, advertises its home-produced, proprietary programs as CTV Original Programs.
HTH
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Here's an example from another station:
It's called Original Programming here
TV Land Unveils Original Programming Slate of Pilots and Series to Air on ... TV Land Productions was created in 2003 to develop original programming that ...
www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20061113tvland01 - 31k - 26 Mar 2007
HTH
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Note added at 12 mins (2007-03-28 17:12:28 GMT)
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Here's an example from another station:
It's called Original Programming here
TV Land Unveils Original Programming Slate of Pilots and Series to Air on ... TV Land Productions was created in 2003 to develop original programming that ...
www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20061113tvland01 - 31k - 26 Mar 2007
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tony M
: I have to say that I think that's a bit ambiguous; a programme could be 'in-house' without necessarily being 'original'; 'of our own origination' would of course be clear, but useless!
3 mins
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34 mins
Jeanette Phillips
Native in English
&
English
Specializes in field
lateral thinker
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, French to English, English
home-grown
This phrase is used in UK English, and it could work in the context of regional broadcasting. Tony's right though, for the 21st century.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-03-28 20:38:55 GMT)
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please may I change my confidence level?
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-03-28 20:38:55 GMT)
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please may I change my confidence level?
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tony M
: Trouble is, Jeanette, it tends to mean 'made in Britain (etc.) as distinct from imported' / I realize that wasn't your intention, but I think there's a danger that would be people's first reaction: "More home-grown programmes and less foreign soaps"
28 mins
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Not always, and I didn't mean it like that. Anyway, it's subtle.
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+1
6 mins
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Native in English
&
English
Works in field
Related KudoZ points
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12
The term is not a good choice and your suggestions are far better so..
I'd go for in-house produced.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/proprietary
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-03-28 17:09:58 GMT)
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Produced by in-house broadcasters. Broadcasters producing in-house.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-03-28 21:00:22 GMT)
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xxx (company name) inhouse/onsite production broadcasts
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/proprietary
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-03-28 17:09:58 GMT)
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Produced by in-house broadcasters. Broadcasters producing in-house.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-03-28 21:00:22 GMT)
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xxx (company name) inhouse/onsite production broadcasts
Discussion
Points go to Tony for a well-explained confirmation of my gut feeling - that I had seen 'in house' somewhere.
You're welcome to change your confidence level, Jeanette, if you know how to do so! There's nothing I can do except note the fact.