Media localization provider ZOO Digital lost more than half its revenues in H1 FY24 vs. the previous year, as a direct result of the Hollywood strikes, as volumes start to reappear.
The Hollywood writers and actors strike is over. AI protections are in place as dubbing and subtitling work is set to resume soon; ZOO Digital’s shares up 30% on news.
In Canada, media localization and services provider difuze has acquired post-production studio WANTED!, with the goal of expanding its presence in Toronto.
The growing significance of AI in the language industry, with AI dubbing and related technologies becoming a major focus for startups, LSPs, and tech giants.
ZOO Digital forewarns a “significant EBITDA loss” in upcoming H1 results, triggering a drop in share value, as Hollywood strikes take their toll.
Jonathan Bronfman of AI-enabled visual effects company MARZ on how they are fixing the mismatch between the spoken word and the visuals for dubbed content.
Streaming giant Netflix bets on films and TV series produced outside the US to keep American audiences engaged; viewing hours of non-English series jumped 30% in seven weeks.
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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Farbod Mansorian, CEO of Unilingo, on helping content creators reach a global audience, the limitations of AI dubbing, and improving working conditions for voice actors.
To compete with other streaming services, Amazon has announced it will license its library of 4,000 films and 17,000 TV show episodes to foreign TV networks and other platforms.
Subject to “guardrails” and innovative watermarks, available only to authorized partners, to prevent misuse; the system delivers speech-to-speech translation with lip matching.
UK-based media localization company ZOO Digital raises GBP 12.5m (USD 15.5m) in a share placing to finance its planned acquisition of a Japanese subtitling and dubbing provider.
Using different media samples, Volker Steinbiss shows how AppTek’s fully automatic and adaptive dubbing technology voices many languages, with nuance, and in record time.
Academics, technologists, and business leaders convene at the University of Surrey to address the many ways in which humans and machines are collaborating in language services.
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