Netflix Shares Plan to Reaccelerate Growth; Builds Out Localization Capabilities
Netflix shares its strategy to reaccelerate viewing and revenue growth after subscription slump; focuses on long-term growth outside US.
Netflix shares its strategy to reaccelerate viewing and revenue growth after subscription slump; focuses on long-term growth outside US.
With three game-studio acquisitions since September 2021 — including USD 72m for Next Games — Netflix has expanded its gaming offerings, with similar plans for localization.
Twitter Movement #TranslatorsInTheCredits pushes for translator’s names to be included in game credits as translators share frustrations over invisibility.
Lionbridge Games acquires Berlin voice-over and localization studio, mouse-power. Managing Director, Tugdual Delisle, on plans to ‘win the hearts and minds’ of three billion gamers.
More than 20,000 gamers — plus two Pokemon voice actors — sign a petition for the cause, citing European Spanish translations with offensive meanings in Latin America.
Inside look into how Pole To Win (PTW) deploys text-to-speech technology globally in delivering localization for video game, software, and technology companies.
Katrina Leonoudakis joins SlatorPod to discuss Japanese-to-English cultural context, machine translation in the workflow, and equivalent experience in the video game industry.
Studios release machine translated games and players run QA. Fan translations predate MT, but new tools may help gamers contribute to more seamless localizations.
As competition with other streaming services heats up, Netflix rolls out limited selection of Android games to maintain subscriber interest. Game localizers should take note.
League of Legends game developer, Riot Games, wants to be the most player-focused game company in the world. Director of Localization, Sarkhan Lyutfaliev, on how localization powers that mission.
Andrew Day steps down as Keywords Studios CEO after a leave of absence. Gaming giant reports 36% growth in Group revenues for the first four months of 2021.
Google ends bid to join game dev market, but Stadia game-streaming platform stays. Some 150 employees affected by move; head of game dev team to leave Google.
UK-listed video game specialist Keywords Studios expects to generate EUR 373m in the 12 months to 2020, with adjusted profit before tax of around EUR 55m.
Video game services provider Keywords Studios said they expect organic revenues to grow 8% in H1 2020, as coronavirus accelerates demand for video games content.
Game localization experts at SlatorCon Remote 2020 talk about skepticism toward machine translation and which other language technologies can be deployed in localization workflows.
Keywords Studios grew 30% to revenues of EUR 326.5m in 2019 on acquisitions and organic expansion. Game localizer shares coronavirus mitigation plans and 2020 outlook.
UK-listed video game services provider Keywords Studios grew revenues by 30% in 2019, despite a “relatively light year for video games” ahead of new Xbox and Playstation.
At SlatorCon Amsterdam 2019, One Hour Translation’s Yaron Kaufman shared his strategy for showing customers why now is the time to adopt machine translation.
Apple’s new streaming platform reflects changes in the gaming industry, and a possible language requirement for game apps may drive game localization demand.
Keywords Studios CEO lays out strategic rationale for game localization giant’s cautious, yet deliberate, move into TV and film localization.