New IYUNO CTO Allan Dembry outlines his plans; while CEO Shaun Gregory shares how they recruited Dembry and why he sees a future of fewer but bigger players in media localization. Continue reading
Just in time: ZOO Digital closes two contracts for its new localization management and cloud-dubbing platforms as legacy DVD and Blu-ray business trends towards zero. Continue reading
TransPerfect acquires France-based media localization provider Lylo and three smaller players in a move to compete at scale in media localization. Continue reading
As demand for media loc strains suppliers, there is a case for automation. Research finds NMT might be used for subtitles without special training. Continue reading
This is VSI’s first operation in South America and will join VSI Group’s existing network of 23 owned facilities in the EMEA region and North America. Continue reading
ZOO Digital moves beyond “frustrating” disruptions in the financial year ended March 2019 linked to changes in a key buyer’s supply chain and contraction in DVD and Blu-ray sales. Continue reading
Nordisk Undertext, a media services company specializing in language localization, is expanding quicker than any other company in its industry – across the globe. Continue reading
Media localizer BTI Studios executes global restructure prompting CFO and Interim CTO hires, Regional MD, and Subtitling and Dubbing Director promotions. Continue reading
UK-based AI video production startup Synthesia, which uses synthetically-generated face masks to reanimate speech movements, has just secured USD 3m in funding. Continue reading
Matteo Natale, Director of Localization for Prime Focus Technologies, talks about what it takes to localize 35,000 hours of subtitles and 7,000 hours of audio each year. Continue reading
ZOO Digital shares dive on revenue and earnings miss after large localization project was cancelled unexpectedly and a secular decline in its legacy DVD and Blu-ray business accelerates. Continue reading
A+E Networks UK localizes 12,000 hours of subtitles and 4,000 hours of audio annually and sees opportunities in the over-the-top media boom as well as heightened expectations from neural machine... Continue reading
Half-year revenues at Media localizer ZOO Digital up 17% driven by adoption of cloud-based dubbing and a sales mix shift to localization. Earnings declined due to heavy investment in order to... Continue reading
Mark Howorth, CEO of the largest media localizer globally, SDI Media, lifts the lid on a booming media localization industry and discusses the turbulence caused by Netflix, talent shortage,... Continue reading
memoQ, the leading provider of translation technology, has released memoQ version 8.5. The DeepL MT Plugin and the video preview for subtitling are among the high-notes in this new release. Continue reading
Netflix closes Hermes, its online subtitling and translation test and indexing system, and says it has ‘reached its capacity for each one of the language tests’. Continue reading
Under the Revised 508 Standards, US federal government agencies are now required to comply with new rules on captioning, audio descriptions and other alternate texts for digital content made... Continue reading
Subscription video on demand (SVoD) provider, iflix, is rolling out its service across two dozen emerging markets. To date, iflix provides localized content in 16 languages and initiated full... Continue reading
The Translation Centre sees a sustained demand for translation from EU agencies and bodies in 2018. But to deliver three-quarters of a million translated pages per year, it relies on extensive... Continue reading
Social media platforms are joining Internet VOD players like Netflix to create original programs. This presents growth opportunities for media localizers. Neural MT will affect subtitling but not... Continue reading
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