HIDIVE announces DUBCAST service

HIDIVE announced today that it will launch a new feature for the Spring 2018 season, titled DUBCAST℠. The new service will provide subscribers early access to dubbed versions of "select programming", what this means remains to be seen but we would imagine it to be similar to Funimation's SimulDub™ feature. This will be in addition to the subtitled simulcast programming which HIDIVE already features. According to HIDIVE, DUBCAST enabled shows will offer subscribers local-language dubbed versions within two weeks of an episode's first air date, but with "an initial focus on English-language versions".

HIDIVE provided the following statement with their announcement: “We are extremely pleased to continue to enhance HIDIVE’s value proposition by providing subscribers with one of their most frequently requested features: early access to dubbed content, through the addition of our DUBCAST feature,” said John Ledford, President and CEO of HIDIVE. “The localization, studio operations, and creative teams that power HIDIVE are some of the best in the business and we intend to leverage their experience spanning across three decades to deliver compelling local-language dubbed editions to fans in record time”.

Source: HIDIVE.