Media Localizer Dotsub Shuts Down, Blames ‘Liquidity Situation’
Media localization company Dotsub has ceased operations. Founder Michael Smolen apologizes on the website for not communicating and cites “current liquidity situation.”
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Dubbing & Subtitling
Keep up to date with the latest trends in the dubbing and subtitling industry as TV, film, and video games become increasingly international.
K-Pop Star Uses Youtube’s New Multi-Track Audio Feature to Launch Multilingual Single
K-Pop star publishes music video in six languages using AI voice cloning. The move indicates broader adoption of YouTube’s early access multi-track audio.
Voice Actors Win Battle, But Face War on Voice Cloning in Gaming
As tech catches up with the growing demand of an increasingly international gaming market, voice actors object to overreaching contracts and potential manipulation of their work.
AI Dubbing Startup Deepdub Gets Certification from the Motion Pictures Association
AI-enabled dubbing company Deepdub gets certification from the Motion Picture Association’s Trusted Partner Network to work with pre-release movies and TV series.
Disney Investigates Movie Subtitle Translation Leak, Wants Reddit to Identify Culprit
Someone allegedly leaked the Portuguese subtitles to “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” weeks before the movie’s release. Disney is trying to find out who is responsible.
Slator Game Localization Report
100-page report on the fast-growing game localization vertical. Includes market size, game development, language tech, GaaS, and in-depth localization process guide.
Here Is How Amazon Wants to Improve Machine Dubbing
AWS researchers create a way to train an automatic dubbing system based on bi-directional language data. Using phonemes instead of words resulted in better aligned speech and MT.
Why MrBeast is Launching a Dubbing Company
The world’s most popular YouTuber, MrBeast, has launched a dubbing company targeting creators, as YouTube confirms multi-track audio roll-out.
ZOO Digital Adds USD 20m in Market Cap After Signing Major Hollywood Studio Deal
Shares in ZOO Digital rally as media localizer signs a new contract with major Hollywood studio for subtitling and dubbing services and use of its cloud platform.
Large Amazon Study on Human Dubbing Has ‘Surprising’ Implications for AI Dubbing
Amazon reviewed hundreds of hours of Prime content and found that human dubbers prioritize translation quality and speech naturalness over timing and lip sync.
YouTube Rolls Out Machine Dubbing to Indian Healthcare Partners
YouTube announces that Google’s machine dubbing product, Aloud, is available to its healthcare partners in India, making “dubbing as easy as one, two, three.”
Papercup’s Bloomberg Win Highlights Growing Adoption of Synthetic Voices, AI Dubbing
AI dubbing startup, Papercup, just landed a two-year contract with Bloomberg Media — signaling that a broader swath of clients is growing more comfortable with synthetic voices.
AI Dubbing Platform, NeuralGarage, Raises USD 1.45m in Seed Round
Indian visual dubbing startup, NeuralGarage, raises USD 1.45m in seed funding to build R&D, engineering, and product teams.
Zoo Digital’s Stuart Green on Future-Proofing Media Localization
Zoo Digital CEO, Stuart Green, shares vision for future-proofing dubbing and media localization via new talent practices, technology, more flexible facilities.
Indian Machine Dubbing Startup Dubdub Raises USD 1m
Machine dubbing startup, Dubdub, raises USD 1m in seed funding. Finds traction with marketing, creative agencies; sees “strong pull” from production houses, OTT.
How to Become a Netflix Dubbing Provider
Netflix shares what it takes to become an approved audio localization provider for its original series and films under the NP3 program.
This Streamer With Over 100 Million Subscribers Already Uses Machine Dubbing
After sampling over a hundred movies and series, we found evidence of machine dubbing at one of the world’s largest video streamers. AI dubbing reportedly led to a revenue boost.
After 70% Drop in Shares Since 2020 IPO, Ai-Media Bags Google Contract
Ai-Media inks three-year USD 3.5m contract to provide live captions and translation services to Google employees. Deal win provides welcome reprieve after steep share drop since IPO.
YouTube Tests Feature That May Create Netflix-Sized Opportunity for Dubbing Providers
YouTube quietly tests a new multi-language audio feature that would open up a massive new market for professional dubbing if rolled out across the platform.
What Is Respeaking and How Does It Improve Multilingual Subtitles?
Interlingual respeaking combines the best of human and machine technology to produce better multilingual captions and subtitles. Here’s how.
Disney Experiments With Synthesized Voices for Film, Theme Park Voice Assistant
Like its competitors, Disney has partnered with voice tech startups for a Disney+ miniseries and dabbled in text-to-speech promotions; now, the company seeks experts to work in-house.
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