Facebook’s video-on-demand service, Facebook Watch, is now available to users worldwide, one year after it launched in the US, as the social media tech giant ramps up video content capabilities on the platform. Continue reading
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As markets are trending sideways in 2018, a handful of language services and technology providers in media localization and language data managed to outperform the markets. Continue reading
ZOO Digital is expanding in Asia and has appointed a new Head of Operations in the region. LanguageWire welcomes a new Software Director while senior managers join BTI Studios and the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL). Continue reading
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Streaming boom powers localization business for UK-listed ZOO Digital with revenues growing 73% to USD 28.6m for the financial year ending March 2018. New CFO appointed following a 10x rise in the stock price. Continue reading
SlatorCon London 2018 was a spectacular display of the breadth and depth of the language industry, uniting a diverse mix of industry stakeholders from end buyers, vendor CEOs, analysts, and investment bankers involved in industry M&A. Here’s what you missed if you weren’t there. Continue reading
ZOO Digital was in the right place at the right time when the streaming revolution hit. CEO Stuart Green addressed participants at SlatorCon London in May 2018 and explained how media localization has fundamentally changed and how he plans to take the company forward. Continue reading
As technology is boosting productivity and changing buyer expectations, dropping unit prices presents opportunities to vendors that bring the tech, specialization, and size to seize them but it is an existential threat to generalists lacking focus. Continue reading
More than 80 language industry leaders, 6 presentations, a lively panel debate and extended networking opportunities; SlatorCon London 2018 again assembled some of the most important names in the industry and touched on what matters in language services and tech. Continue reading
Slator is coming back to London. Join the language industry’s premier executive forum at the Nobu Hotel. Continue reading
Slator launches the 2018 Slator Language Service Provider Index (LSPI). The index comprises the largest language service providers worldwide with aggregate 2017 revenue of USD 4.7 billion derived from services such as translation, localization, language technology, interpretation, subtitling, dubbing, and related services. Continue reading
Slator readers tell us what they think about buyers prohibiting subcontracting to other providers, the media and game localization boom, Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation rollout, and a resurgence in neural machine translation research and its ongoing implications. Continue reading
Who’s up, who’s down? Listed Language Service Providers continue to do well in 2018 even though the upward trend has slowed somewhat compared to the previous two to three years. Continue reading
Acquisition activity picks up in the new year as more announcements create ever bigger LSPs. The Danish government tries their hand at aggregating public sector translation demand, and Microsoft claims “human parity” in machine translation. Continue reading
On the back of strong market tailwinds UK-based Zoo Digital impresses with its full year performance estimate. Government grant and UAE partnership announced recently also lend investor cheer. Continue reading
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