Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker for October 2022
In the October 2022 edition of our buyer tracker, we provide Slator subscribers with a selection of some of the most important changes among buy-side decision-makers.
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Keywords’ Globalize Unit Grows 32% in H1 2022 on Game Localization and Testing Boost
Game services giant, Keywords, releases results for the first half of 2022, as its Globalize segment grows by 31.8% amid strong demand for game localization and testing.
Language Industry Data and News Briefing October 2022
The language industry’s definitive monthly news and data briefing. Features key M&A transactions and fundings, financial results, key hires, company KPIs, product launches, social media highlights.
AI Writing: Threat or Opportunity for Language Service Providers?
Natural language generation (NLG) startups can help content creators write copy in multiple languages. But are AI writers a threat or an opportunity for LSPs?
Dubbing, Subtitling, Captioning, Access: Inside Video Localization’s Great Convergence
A great convergence in video localization is blurring traditional lines in dubbing, subtitling, multilingual captioning, and access services. How and why it’s happening.
Slator Machine Translation Expert-in-the-Loop Report
60-page report on the interaction between human experts and AI in translation production, including AI-enabled workflows, adoption rates, postediting, pricing models.
Language Industry Data and News Briefing September 2022
The language industry’s definitive monthly news and data briefing featuring key M&A transactions and fundings, financial results, key hires, company KPIs, product launches, social media highlights.
Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker for September 2022
In the September 2022 edition of our buyer tracker, we provide Slator subscribers with a selection of some of the most important changes among buy-side decision-makers.
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.
Average Per Word Rate for Translation in the United States Is Dropping
Analysis of nearly 1,000 individual price points on translation rates submitted to the US federal government reveals drop in average rates since 2018 — and big disparity in pricing.
Undervalued? Japan’s Top Language Service Provider Trades at 5.1x 2023E Earnings
Shares in Tokyo-listed Honyaku Center hold steady following modest growth in Q1 of fiscal year ending March 2023. Core translation business stays strong, interpretation starts to recover.
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.
Appen Shares Plunge on Disappointing H1 2022 Results and Full-Year Outlook
Appen reports H1 2022 revenues to be down 7% and EBITDA down 69% versus the comparable period last year. CEO of data-for-AI provider blames sector slowdown rather than competition.
Keywords Shares Rally as New Globalize Unit Posts ‛Very Strong Performance’
Keywords Studios publishes H1 2022 trading update ahead of September half-year results; reflects strength of localization and postproduction service line, Globalize.
Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker for August 2022
In the August 2022 edition of our buyer tracker, we provide Slator subscribers with a selection of some of the most important changes among buy-side decision-makers.
USD 4.8m Private Placement for Canadian Transcription Company VIQ Solutions
Two shareholders have purchased more than 3.55 million shares of publicly traded company, VIQ Solutions, which has grown via recent acquisitions to offer translations and voice-overs.
Straker Translations Posts Solid Q1 FY23 as M&A Integrations Drive Margins
Straker Translations Q1 FY23 revenues up 66% versus same period last year. Sydney-listed LSP stays on track to deliver on guidance despite some weakness in Europe.
STAR7 Buys Boutique LSP Vertere, EBITDA Multiple Paid in Line With Industry Average
STAR7 continues strategic M&A, buys Italian language service provider, Vertere, in USD 0.8m deal after last year’s IPO in Milan.
Straker Translations Chairman Says Goodbye
Two Straker board members to bid adieu at August 24, 2022 ASM. Among them, Chairman Phil Norman, who for the greater part of the past decade led the board of the Sydney-listed, New Zealand-based LSP.
Slator Language Industry Buyer Tracker for July 2022
In the July 2022 edition of our buyer tracker, we provide SlatorPro subscribers with a selection of some of the most important changes among buy-side decision-makers.
Appen Updates Investors on Productizing Linguistic Expertise
Among the platforms and workflows featured in Appen’s 2022 Investor Technology Day: Ontology Studio, which “productizes core components” of Appen’s “linguistic expertise.”
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