Remote Interpreting Pushback, Subtitling and Dubbing Land Grab
Interpreters pushback on RSI, Meta’s MT “breakthrough,” growth in media localization with ZOO and Keywords, Zoom’s translation feature, and Disney experiments with synthesized voices.
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Keywords Raises Guidance for Full-Year 2021, Appoints New Localization Head
Ireland-headquartered, video game localizer, Keywords Studios, raises guidance for full-year 2021 revenues and pre-tax profit amid strong second-half trading.
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.
Keywords Studios Hires Novartis Exec, Bertrand Bodson, as CEO
Keywords Studios has named a new CEO. Bertrand Bodson will join the gaming services provider fresh off four years at pharmaceutical giant Novartis.
Keywords Delivers 20% First-Half Growth in Game Localization
Video games specialist Keywords delivers 20% first-half growth in game localization services from subtitling, voice over, in-game text translation, and localization testing services.
Slator Pro Guide: Finding Growth in Adjacent Services
Pro Guide for LSPs to identify growth opportunities in adjacent services. Profiles 15 adjacent services, analyzing barriers to entry, risks, and synergies.
Keywords Expects Strong First-Half Growth as CEO Search Continues
Gaming giant Keywords Studios issues trading update for the first half of 2021; expects revenues to grow 37% amid buoyant video games market. Search for new CEO continues.
Search Is On for New Keywords Studios CEO as Andrew Day Retires
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.
Gaming Giant Keywords Grows Footprint in TV, Film, OTT Localization
Video game provider Keywords releases FY 2020 results; text-based game localization declined while subtitling and dubbing services for OTT, film, and TV provide growth.
Keywords Studios Upgrades 2020 Forecast Despite Covid Impact
Keywords Studios expects 2020 revenues to be up due to continued strong trading and production through Covid; indicates resilience of game localization space.
World’s Biggest Game Localizer Raises GBP 100 Million to Buy Rivals
Game services provider Keywords is raising GBP 100m in a share placing in London as it plans to acquire smaller rivals hurting from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report
Download the Slator 2019 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report — an in-depth summary and analysis of the 60 language industry M&A and 15 start-up and tech funding rounds.
Korea’s Flitto Raises USD 23m in IPO
Korean language services and data company Flitto raises USD 23m in IPO on electronic trading platform Kosdaq, Korea’s answer to Nasdaq; CEO heralds “AI boom era.”
The Post-Deal Lives of Over 100 LSP Owners Who Sold Their Business
Slator tracked over 70 language industry M&A transactions and reviewed the next steps founders took after selling their business.
Slator Jobs Index Rebounds Slightly in March 2019
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI) tracks how employment activity is trending across the global language industry and climbed slightly in March 2019.
Slator Jobs Index Slips Below Baseline in February 2019
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in July 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, slipped below the baseline for the first time in February 2019.
Slator Language Industry Jobs Index (LIJI) Climbs 2 Points in October 2018
The Slator Language Industry Job Index (LIJI), launched in August 2018 to track how employment activity is trending across the global language industry, climbed over two points in October 2018 to 102.69 from 100.05 the previous month.
Where Is the Billion Dollar Language Service Provider?
The language industry is huge, worth around USD 40bn per year. Yet, unlike other industries of this size, there is no one single provider generating a billion US-Dollars in revenue. Here’s how it could be done.
Keywords Studios Acquires Player Research
Ireland-based video game localizer Keywords Studios continues acquiring rivals and vendors. Latest acquisition Player Research comes on the heels of former aviation executive David Broderick’s appointment as Group Finance Director, replacing Andrew Lawton.
Keywords Shares Hit Record High on Half-year Results
Game localization company’s stock price hits new highs as revenues and profits rise strongly in the first half of 2016, pushing market capitalization past USD 220m. Virtual and Augmented Reality seen as new growth drivers.
Keywords Pays USD 4m for Volta as Stock Trades at All-time High
As its stock continues climbing, game localizer Keywords Studios is now worth nearly as much as Lionbridge. Announces latest deal with buyout of Canadian art and animation studio Volta Creation from parent company Frima for USD 4m.
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