SubtitleNEXT makes a major localization breakthrough with transformative vertical video and text capabilities impacting content creators

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For immediate release – 17 May 2023, Sofia, Bulgaria – Profuz Digital, the established developer of software technology in localization and digital workflow asset management for global content creators, has made a significant impact in the latest version of SubtitleNEXT, by unleashing its ground-breaking vertical video and text capabilities.

SubtitleNEXT is currently the only subtitling system to provide such an extensive vertical text feature, including improved vertical video support that allows for smooth aspect ratios settings.

Its new vertical writing proficiency accommodates East Asian languages such as Chinese, Korean and Japanese, and offers comprehensive support of vertical text in every possible direction – from right to left, left to right, top to bottom, and bottom to top – along with all the attributes contained within every single language that exists on earth. Emphasis (boutens) and rubies which are the annotations used in Japanese and other East Asian languages that define the pronunciation of a word are fully supported too.

SubtitleNEXT also enables the import and export of subtitles in the all-embracing LambdaCap format which is one the most widely used subtitling formats in Korean, Chinese and Japanese languages.

Other feature highlights in the new SubtitleNEXT 5.12 version include the ability to export subtitling error lists in CSV files; Teletext issue checks and closed captioning processing times; including the addition of a “Quick Styles” toolbar that can speedily set to Default, Raised or Top styles when required.

These remarkable new features in the new version 5.12 have been made available to all SubtitleNEXT users of the SubtitleNEXT desktop version and SubtitleNEXT LAPIS version used in conjunction with the NEXT-TT hybrid platform.

CEO of Profuz Digital and systems integrator PBT EU Ivanka Vassileva states, “Our dedicated team continues to serve customers as demonstrated in this exciting software release. With every new feature developed in response to user feedback, SubtitleNEXT’s new version brings game-changing advances that enhance functionality and user experience. We are proud to offer customers our unique innovative vertical video to text capabilities that can easily be repurposed according to different screen aspect ratios.”

SubtitleNEXT is a popular timed-text platform that produces accurate and fast subtitling and captioning results in real-time and offline across all media formats. Many blue-chip organisations have invested in SubtitleNEXT’s technology including studios and companies of all shapes and sizes, including universities. Some of the organisations that have already adopted Profuz Digital’s technology include London’s Titles-On, EMG, Tarjama in the UAE, IT Pros Italy, Digitalmeister GmbH, Leinhäuser Language Services GmbH, Polsat, Kino Polska, Max Live Media Access, Biovisjon, Doli Media Studio, Cube Cinema Technologies, Tring TV, Bulgarian National Television, Canal Plus Myanmar, AMC, HD Media, KU Leuven University in Belgium, University of Rome Tor Vergata, University of Warsaw, University of Ghent, European School of Translation, Hellenic American College of Greece, the Complutense University of Madrid, and many others.

Discover the power behind Profuz LAPIS here www.profuzlapis.com;
Find out more about SubtitleNEXT at www.SubtitleNEXT.com;
Explore the NEXT-TT platform further at https://subtitlenext.com/product-line/platform/

 

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About Profuz Digital
Profuz Digital develops and provides performance-leading solutions for customisable engineering system integration to empower content providers, broadcast, production, and post-production professionals to operate efficiently at the forefront of an ever-evolving digital environment. Profuz Digital’s primary focus is flexibility, futureproof customer-driven product innovation, fast deployment, along with committed teamwork.

Creators of the advanced real-time and offline captioning and subtitling software platform SubtitleNEXT and Profuz Digital’s digital asset workflow management platforms, Profuz LAPIS, designed to efficiently centralise processes and data all under one roof. Proven technology already adopted by the likes of Canal PLUS, Jornal do Centro, Council of Europe, Bulgarian National Radio and many other organisations.

The NEXT-TT system combines SubtitleNEXT’s functionalities with Profuz LAPIS into an all-in-one powerful hybrid technology-base that provides media professionals with a versatile backbone for enhanced localization services. NEXT-TT can be customised to produce targeted management and efficient workflows. It manages subtitles, dubbing and localization services for media content including the coordination of teams of translators, subtitlers, AV professionals, creative freelancers, while providing users with powerful toolsets in a secure workspace environment.

Many organisations have already adopted Profuz Digital’s technology including Titles-On, EMG, Tarjama in the UAE, IT Pros Italy, Digitalmeister GmbH, Leinhäuser Language Services GmbH, Polsat, Kino Polska, Max Live Media Access, Biovisjon, Doli Media Studio, Cube Cinema Technologies, Tring TV, Bulgarian National Television, Canal Plus Myanmar, AMC, HD Media, KU Leuven University of Leuven, Belgium, University of Rome Tor Vergata, University of Warsaw, University of Ghent, European School of Translation, Hellenic American College of Greece, the Complutense University of Madrid, and many others.

www.profuzdigital.com

Dubai’s Tarjama embraces SubtitleNEXT and NEXT-TT for Localization Services

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Leading MENA language tech firm chooses NEXT-TT for secure cloud-based subtitling

For immediate release – 3 November 2022, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Well-established technology developer, Profuz Digital is thrilled to announce that leading language solutions provider Tarjama, has selected the SubtitleNEXT and NEXT-TT platforms to optimise subtitling, translating and localization services, along with further reinforcing security.

Founded in 2008, Dubai-based Tarjama is a pioneering language technology firm that offers a wide variety of linguistic services that includes translation, localization, content creation, transcription, subtitling and strategic advisory.

SubtitleNEXT is a sought-after timed-text platform that offers real-time and offline subtitling and captioning for all media formats. Profuz LAPIS is an integrated web-accessible digital workflow asset management system that powerfully executes total desktop and cloud-management through browser functionality.
NEXT-TT combines SubtitleNEXT’s functionalities with Profuz LAPIS, into one powerful hybrid technology-base. The unique NEXT-TT platform provides an adaptable and multipurpose foundation for delivering enhanced localization services.

Tarjama adopted SubtitleNEXT and NEXT-TT to further boost their automatic voice recognition and machine translation services in order to manage costs.
Founder and CEO of Tarjama Nour Al Hassan says, “Tarjama uses a hybrid model that controls the speed of our innovative proprietary technology. Paired with the accuracy and creativity of expert linguists, it enables subtitlers to deliver quality content to companies at phenomenal speed, and efficiency. The fact that the Profuz LAPIS technology within NEXT-TT allows companies of all shapes and sizes to access projects at any given time, from anywhere, and facilitates collaboration among clients and staff, was a major draw. NEXT-TT can also be customized to produce targeted management and efficient workflows.”
Profuz LAPIS’s capabilities within NEXT-TT brings Tarjama many other advantages. It plays a central secure role, and controls the organisation’s processes seamlessly, from acquisition, classification, storage, search, post-production, to media content distribution. Data-files ranging from audio, videos, images, subtitles/captions, documents, news, projects, and more, are managed through its multi-platform content delivery capabilities that extensively synchronise the entire content production workflow and distribution chain.
Security is also of paramount importance to Tarjama and was a vital factor in their decision-making process. Nour Al Hassan confirms, “After extensively researching many cloud-based subtitling and workflow management platforms, we made the decision to invest in Profuz Digital’s SubtitleNEXT and NEXT-TT platforms as they fulfilled all our requirements, and “ticked all the right boxes”. As a company, we opted to pivot from single-license desktop subtitling applications to more accessible cloud-based subtitling tools. So, not only does this shift bring convenient benefits, but more crucially, security.”
“Particularly when employing freelance linguists,” Nour added, “it is imperative that we ensure security for our clients, many of whom entrust us with sensitive material that might not yet have been aired or hit cinema theatres yet. So therefore, the possibility of security breaches would have disastrous consequences, and it’s a risk we are never willing to take. That’s why we chose SubtitleNEXT and NEXT-TT as trusted technologies that we can safely rely on in this area.”
CEO Nour Al Hassan founded Tarjama to meet the growing demand for excellence in translation services that cater to the unique multicultural environment of the Middle East. By tapping into an undervalued network of exceptional and talented women, she challenged conventional norms and went on to excel in the translation and localization fields. Under her stunning leadership, Tarjama has set new standards in the industry through the company’s commitment to quality, speed, and extraordinary linguistic value.
Nour affirms, “SubtitleNEXT and NEXT-TT have proven to be the solution that caters for all our technical needs and is the most cost-effective of all the other solutions that we had researched. Working in a fast-paced world of subtitling that comes with extremely tight deadlines and air dates, we also find the Profuz Digital and PBT EU teams to be very helpful and responsive. Their fast and effective support is essential to our business continuity, and we are extremely pleased to have the perfect support-system now in place, with Profuz Digital and PBT EU at the helm as our technology partners.”
Ivanka Vassileva, CEO and Managing Partner of Profuz Digital and PBT EU concludes, “Tarjama has an excellent reputation in the MENA region and delivers first-rate subtitling projects for incredible clients that use cutting-edge technology and span across a multitude of verticals, such as VOD, cinematic theatre releases, e-learning, corporate and government videos, in-flight entertainment and so much more. All of these areas demand their own set of specific requirements, challenges, and workflows, and Tarjama’s aim is for all of these projects to now go through SubtitleNEXT and NEXT-TT systems. We are absolutely delighted that Tarjama has chosen SubtitleNEXT and NEXT-TT technology as they continue to serve their customers and expand their offering, and we very much look forward to supporting them for the long-term.”

Discover the power behind Profuz LAPIS here www.profuzlapis.com;
Find out more about SubtitleNEXT at www.SubtitleNEXT.com;
Explore the NEXT-TT platform further at https://subtitlenext.com/product-line/platform/

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About Profuz Digital
Profuz Digital develops and provides performance-leading solutions for customisable engineering system integration to empower content providers, broadcast, production, and post-production professionals to operate efficiently at the forefront of an ever-evolving digital environment. Profuz Digital’s primary focus is flexibility, futureproof customer-driven product innovation, fast deployment, along with committed teamwork.
Creators of the advanced real-time and offline captioning and subtitling software platform SubtitleNEXT and Profuz Digital’s digital asset workflow management platforms, Profuz LAPIS, designed to efficiently centralise processes and data all under one roof. Proven technology already adopted by the likes of Canal PLUS, Jornal do Centro, Council of Europe, Bulgarian National Radio and many other organisations.
The NEXT-TT system combines SubtitleNEXT’s functionalities with Profuz LAPIS into an all-in-one powerful hybrid technology-base that provides media professionals with a versatile backbone for enhanced localization services. NEXT-TT can be customised to produce targeted management and efficient workflows. It manages subtitles, dubbing and localization services for media content including the coordination of teams of translators, subtitlers, AV professionals, creative freelancers, while providing users with powerful toolsets in a secure workspace environment.
Some of the many organisations, that have already adopted Profuz Digital’s technology include Titles-On, EMG, Digitalmeister GmbH, Leinhäuser Language Services GmbH, Polsat, Kino Polska, University of Rome Tor Vergata, the University of Warsaw, University of Ghent, European School of Translation, Max Live Media Access, Biovisjon, IT Pros Subtitles, Doli Media Studio, Cube Cinema Technologies, Tring TV, Bulgarian National Television, Canal Plus Myanmar, AMC, HD Media, Hellenic American College of Greece, European School of Translation, the Complutense University of Madrid, and many others.
www.profuzdigital.com

About Tarjama
Tarjama is a language technology and services provider helping companies scale rapidly with multilingual content of every format and language. With a mission to help companies realize their potential for global growth, Tarjama is committed to delivering language solutions that meet international standards of quality, speed, and cost-efficiency. To find out more about Tarjama, visit www.tarjama.com

Profuz Digital unveils latest Subtitling and Localization innovations made ahead of Berlin’s Languages and The Media Conference

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Profuz Digital’s Cloud-enabled, flexible workflows transform localization and AV

For immediate release – 27 October 2022, Berlin, Germany – Profuz Digital, the technology leader that creates customizable solutions for language services providers, and media companies to operate at the forefront of ever-evolving digital environments, supports the Languages and The Media Conference again this year in Berlin (7– 9 November). Following the demand for localization services, the event provides Profuz Digital with an excellent platform to highlight its latest enhancements for translators and subtitlers.

The latest developments in the SubtitleNEXT, NEXT-TT and Profuz LAPIS product lines that will be unveiled at the Languages and The Media show for the first time, are aimed at simplifying the subtitler’s work experience by providing greater accessibility and secure protection across networks.

SubtitleNEXT is a sought-after timed-text platform that offers real-time and offline subtitling and captioning for all media formats, already adopted by the likes of EMG, Digitalmeister, Ghent University, Leinhauser Language Services, Noon Localization Services, Biovjsion, Substream including many other leading institutions, universities and colleges.

Headlines for the Languages & The Media conference include the release of SubtitleNEXT version 5.4.11 which includes real-time machine translation capabilities and support for Deep L, the world’s most accurate and nuanced machine translation. Deep L is widely used by translators and continues to set new standards with its advancements in neural network mathematics and methodology. Deep L recently launched new models that can more accurately convey the meaning of translated sentences and helping to overcome the challenge of industry-specific professional jargon. (https://www.deepl.com/)

Furthermore, the new version of SubtitleNEXT can now integrate with the cutting-edge web-based live streaming platform Clevercast. Rated as the best streaming innovation of the year, Clevercast facilitates the delivery of multilingual live streaming to global audiences. Its live management dashboard allows users to broadcast, translate and stream live video with any number of audio languages and closed captions. (https://www.clevercast.com/)

In addition, the SubtitleNEXT “Enterprise” product line will be introduced to the Languages and The Media audience, with focus on subtitle transmission automation, including the latest SubtitleNEXT Central Server version which comes with a brand new SubtitleNEXT DVB Mixer.

SubtitleNEXT Central now supports the latest DVB TTML format used for broadcasting subtitle streams to online video platforms, in addition to the already available DVB Graphics and DVB Teletext in both SD and HD.

To boot, the Profuz Digital team will showcase the latest live Subtitle workflows for broadcasting real time captions and subtitles using the SubtitleNEXT “Live Manager” server.

The NEXT-TT platform by Profuz Digital provides an adaptable and multipurpose foundation for delivering enhanced localization services. NEXT-TT combines SubtitleNEXT’s functionalities with Profuz LAPIS, into one powerful hybrid technology-base. Companies that have invested in NEXT-TT for their localization services include IT Pros Subtitles, London’s Titles On, Tarjama Language Services in Dubai, Linxstream and Bulgarian National Radio.

Profuz LAPIS is an integrated web-accessible digital workflow asset management system that powerfully executes total desktop and cloud-management through browser functionality. Profuz LAPIS is used by the likes of Canal PLUS, Council of Europe, Jornal do Centro and many other organisations.

New in the NEXT-TT platform to feature at Languages and The Media includes enhanced integration with SubtitleNEXT, as well as a new subtitle converter and subtitle versioning capabilities.

Profuz LAPIS’s capabilities within NEXT-TT are core to maintaining processes efficiently and securely within an organisation, irrespective of size. From seamless acquisition, classification, storage, search, post-production, to media content distribution, Profuz LAPIS powerfully manages all company activities and procedures in one centralized place. Data-files such as audio, videos, images, subtitles/captions, documents, news, projects, and many others, are managed through its multi-platform content delivery capabilities that synchronizes the entire content production workflow and distribution chain.
New advancements available in the Profuz LAPIS digital asset management software include support for multichannel audio streams, extended income and expenses commercial reports, improved integration with AppTek’s machine translation engine, integration with Microsoft Cognitive Services, automatic transcription and translation from audio and keyboard accessibility upgrades, further advancements in mobile phone usability plus much more.
“In time for Languages and The Media, we have developed multiple new features and advancements within Profuz LAPIS’s management layer, giving customers the option of controlled guest user access (without registration) to the web platform. These changes bring greater efficiency, security and convenience to individuals and organisations, which we look forward to sharing at the upcoming event.” CTO of Profuz Digital Kamen Ferdinandov confirms.
Ivanka Vassileva, CEO and Managing Partner of Profuz Digital and PBT EU comments, “The Languages and The Media is Europe’s leading conference on language transfer in AV media, and a dynamic industry hub for exchanging ideas. We have participated for a few years running and really look forward to meeting people face-to-face again. We are passionate about making media accessible for everyone, and have already embraced these challenges ahead of time, reflected in the capabilities we’ve developed within our suite of products. SubtitleNEXT, NEXT-TT and Profuz LAPIS are designed to deliver viable solutions to the people we speak to, by simplifying and solving complex and everyday challenges that industry media professionals encounter.”
For more information about the ‘Languages & the Media,’ visit the SubtitleNEXT website https://subtitlenext.com/club/events

Discover the power behind Profuz LAPIS here: www.profuzlapis.com;
Find out more about SubtitleNEXT at: www.SubtitleNEXT.com;
Explore the NEXT-TT platform further here: https://subtitlenext.com/product-line/platform/

About Profuz Digital
Profuz Digital develops and provides performance-leading solutions for customisable engineering system integration to empower content providers, broadcast, production, and post-production professionals to operate efficiently at the forefront of an ever-evolving digital environment. Profuz Digital’s primary focus is flexibility, futureproof customer-driven product innovation, fast deployment, along with committed teamwork.
Creators of the advanced real-time and offline captioning and subtitling software platform SubtitleNEXT and Profuz Digital’s digital asset workflow management platforms, Profuz LAPIS, designed to efficiently centralise processes and data all under one roof. Proven technology already adopted by the likes of Canal PLUS, Jornal do Centro, Council of Europe, Bulgarian National Radio and many other organisations.
The NEXT-TT system combines SubtitleNEXT’s functionalities with Profuz LAPIS into an all-in-one powerful hybrid technology-base that provides media professionals with a versatile backbone for enhanced localization services. NEXT-TT can be customised to produce targeted management and efficient workflows. It manages subtitles, dubbing and localization services for media content including the coordination of teams of translators, subtitlers, AV professionals, creative freelancers, while providing users with powerful toolsets in a secure workspace environment.
Some of the many organisations, that have already adopted Profuz Digital’s technology include Titles-On, EMG, Digitalmeister GmbH, Leinhäuser Language Services GmbH, Polsat, Kino Polska, University of Rome Tor Vergata, the University of Warsaw, University of Ghent, European School of Translation, Max Live Media Access, Biovisjon, IT Pros Subtitles, Doli Media Studio, Cube Cinema Technologies, Tring TV, Bulgarian National Television, Canal Plus Myanmar, AMC, HD Media, Hellenic American College of Greece, European School of Translation, the Complutense University of Madrid, and many others.
www.profuzdigital.com

About the Languages and The Media Conference
Visit www.languages-media.com

Profuz Digital heads to IBC2022

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Profuz Digital’s team attending IBC to gauge industry trends post-Covid


For immediate release – 18 August 2022, London, UK – Creators of the subtitling system SubtitleNEXT, Profuz Digital, confirms its teams attendance at IBC this year. Plans to meet up with industry professionals and reassess the current state of the industry, post-Covid are priority. IBC allows companies like Profuz Digital to reunite, engage with friends, and re-energise once again.

Profuz Digital is an established European technology developer and creates customised platforms that allow global firms to access projects at any given time, from anywhere, and facilitate collaboration.

At IBC, CEO and Managing partner of Profuz Digital Ivanka Vassileva will be available to meet potential partners and clients and share the latest innovations available in the Profuz Digital range of products – SubtitleNEXT, Profuz LAPIS, and NEXT-TT.

The highlight of the show is the IBC2022 Special Award which will reward those who came together via a LinkedIn Group called ‘Support for Ukrainian Media Professionals’. Initiated by Sonya Chakarova at PlayBox Neo and Daniella Weigner of Cinegy, with consultant Phillip Covell, the LinkedIn Group provides resources, solutions and hardware to Ukrainian TV channels and media outlets to ensure they can stay on air during the ongoing war and has evolved into an active technical hub.

IBC will celebrate this collaborative effort of over 400 broadcast, media companies and individuals enabling broadcasting in Ukraine during the conflict. The Innovation Awards winners will be announced and showcased at an online digital awards show on 5 September at 4pm BST, followed by IBC’s prestigious Innovation Awards Ceremony at The RAI in Amsterdam on Sunday, 11th September.

“We are so grateful to the SubtitleNEXT team for offering subtitling solutions across Europe, helping efforts to support displaced refugees with easy access to television programming.” Said Phillip Covell on behalf of the ‘Support for Ukrainian Media Professionals’ LinkedIn Group.

The Profuz Digital team has been providing subtitling services via its SubtitleNEXT platform across Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, and other countries that have taken in Ukrainian refugees. SubtitleNEXT is included in the list of industry companies, and initiatives acknowledged and given special mention by The Group, such as AVID, VIZRT Group, Octopus Newsroom, and others.

SubtitleNEXT is a popular and affordable timed-text platform that offers real-time and offline subtitling and captioning for all media formats.

Profuz LAPIS, one of Europe’s most advanced digital asset workflow management platforms, has already been adopted by the likes of Canal PLUS, Jornal do Centro, Council of Europe, Bulgarian National Radio, and many other organisations. It delivers highly adaptable, business-based future-proof efficiency and is proven technology that can be deployed on AWS or other cloud service providers as well as on-premises.

Profuz LAPIS is a discerning investment for companies requiring management process integration under one roof. Web-accessible, it powerfully executes total management of cloud and desktop technologies through browser functionality. It plays a central secure role, and controls the organisation’s processes seamlessly, from acquisition, classification, storage, search, post-production, to media content distribution. Data-files ranging from audio, videos, images, subtitles/captions, documents, news, projects, and more, are managed through its multi-platform content delivery capabilities that extensively synchronise the entire content production workflow and distribution chain.

Profuz LAPIS’ other key features include optional modules for commercials management; unlimited users with supported licensing file modes; plus various data-files irrespective of location managed from a single dashboard without local system storage transfer. Configurable consoles for various user levels with built-in workflow design and automation are included. Flexible software licensing ownership and subscriptions pricing options are available.

The NEXT-TT system combines SubtitleNEXT’s functionalities with the integrated business management system Profuz LAPIS, into an all-in-one powerful hybrid technology-base that provides media professionals with a versatile backbone for enhanced localization services.

NEXT-TT can be customised to produce targeted management and efficient workflows. It manages subtitles, dubbing and localization services for media content including the coordination of teams of translators, subtitlers, AV professionals, creative freelancers, while providing users with powerful toolsets in a secure workspace environment.

Organisations that have embraced SubtitleNEXT and NEXT-TT’s technology include London’s Titles-On, EMG, many universities such as University of Ghent, Warsaw, Hellenic American College of Greece, European School of Translation, Complutense University of Madrid, Max Live, Biovisjon, IT Pros Subtitles, Doli Media Studio, Cube Cinema Technologies, Tring TV, Bulgarian National Television, Canal Plus Myanmar, AMC, HD Media, and others.

Profuz Digital proudly supports all its customers, most of which are already adopting cloud-based facilities capable of remote working capabilities, which has always been at the core of NEXT-TT’s strategy, long before the pandemic even arose. Profuz Digital’s aim is to best help companies manage security and complexity across projects, global offices, staff, and freelancers.

“It will be great to be back at IBC this year, especially, as we prepare to launch Profuz LAPIS, in the UK for the first time at London’s KitPlus Show. Being able to attend IBC beforehand, provides us with an exceptional platform from which to explore, expand options and be inspired with new ventures and European partnerships in the pipeline.” noted Kamen Ferdinandov, CTO of Profuz Digital and technical brainpower behind SubtitleNEXT, Profuz LAPIS and NEXT-TT technologies.

Profuz Digital’s CEO and Managing Partner Ivanka Vassileva added, “We are delighted to catch up with technology creatives in-person at IBC again and listen to current concerns people are facing. We’re eager to share the advantages our customised solutions bring individuals and organisations including our support for remote and in-house production pipelines and media localization workflows. We are honoured to support Ukrainian broadcasters helping refugees, and it is humbling to receive recognition, along with other companies from IBC’s Awards team. We look forward to seeing you there.”

To arrange a meeting with Profuz Digital at IBC, contact Ivanka Vassileva on +359 884 83 93 53, via mobile or WhatsApp, or by email at Ivanka@profuzdigital.com

Register to attend IBC at https://show.ibc.org/registration

For more information about LinkedIn Group “Support for Ukrainian Media Professionals” visit https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12630563/

Find out more about SubtitleNEXT at www.SubtitleNEXT.com;
Discover the power behind Profuz LAPIS here www.profuzlapis.com;
Explore the NEXT-TT platform further at https://subtitlenext.com/product-line/platform/


About Profuz Digital

Profuz Digital develops and provides performance-leading solutions for customisable engineering system integration to empower content providers, broadcast, production, and post-production professionals to operate efficiently at the forefront of an ever-evolving digital environment. Profuz Digital’s primary focus is flexibility, futureproof customer-driven product innovation, fast deployment, along with committed teamwork.

Creators of the advanced real-time and offline captioning and subtitling software platform SubtitleNEXT and Profuz Digital’s digital asset workflow management platforms, Profuz LAPIS, designed to efficiently centralise processes and data all under one roof. Proven technology already adopted by the likes of Canal PLUS, Jornal do Centro, Council of Europe, Bulgarian National Radio, and many other organisations.

The NEXT-TT system combines SubtitleNEXT’s functionalities with Profuz LAPIS into an all-in-one powerful hybrid technology-base that provides media professionals with a versatile backbone for enhanced localization services. NEXT-TT can be customised to produce targeted management and efficient workflows. It manages subtitles, dubbing and localization services for media content including the coordination of teams of translators, subtitlers, AV professionals, creative freelancers, while providing users with powerful toolsets in a secure workspace environment.

Some of the many organisations, that have already adopted Profuz Digital’s technology include Titles-On, EMG, Digitalmeister GmbH, Leinhäuser Language Services GmbH, Polsat, Kino Polska, Hellenic American College of Greece, Complutense University of Madrid, University of Rome Tor Vergata, University of Warsaw, University of Ghent, European School of Translation, Max Live Media Access, Biovisjon, IT Pros Subtitles, Doli Media Studio, Cube Cinema Technologies, Tring TV, Bulgarian National Television, Canal Plus Myanmar, AMC, HD Media, and many others.

www.profuzdigital.com

Ghent University adopts SubtitleNEXT to equip students for the future

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For immediate release – 19 May 2022, Ghent, Belgium – Europe’s prestigious Belgian Ghent University has invested in the SubtitleNEXT platform for the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication to further empower students.

After carefully reviewing a number of subtitling software systems, including free cloud-based programmes, the university’s Language and Translation Technology team chose SubtitleNEXT as system of choice to replace their previous subtitling tool.

Ghent University is a major public research institution, currently ranked within the top one hundred World University Rankings. With a total of 36,000 students and 9,000 staff, the University of Ghent has over eleven faculties offering more than two hundred courses that conduct in-depth research within a wide range of scientific disciplines, while its research investment averages around £180 million annually.

Within the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Multilingual Communication, students are being trained as language and language technology specialists, which offers them career perspectives in the translation and interpreting industry, including marketing and communications, education, natural language processing (NLP), and so forth.

For many years, subtitling has been part of the curriculum at Bachelor, Master, and Postgraduate level, and constitutes an important internship program thanks to collaborations with The International Film Fest Gent.

Ghent University’s Language Technology Lecturer Cynthia Van Hee says, “SubtitleNEXT stood out from the other systems due to many factors such as its intuitive interface and the large number of functionalities it offers. The versatile licensing schemes, including PBT EU’s dedicated technical support and maintenance options also appealed to us, as they give us flexibility to request specific functionalities for our purposes.”

Expanding on the key elements that attracted the department to invest in SubtitleNEXT, Cynthia outlines further details, “With teaching purposes in mind, our decision was mainly based on the technical advantages that SubtitleNEXT offers, outlined in my summary as follows:

Firstly, SubtitleNEXT’s intuitive interface works for us. Basic functionalities for loading a video, such as, spotting, adding, removing, and editing subtitles are all straightforward in the system. This is a major requirement for us, given that teachers and students with different backgrounds would be working with SubtitleNEXT.

Secondly, we were very impressed with the multitude of functionalities SubtitleNEXT has to offer and that they are also relevant to a range of other courses in our department. SubtitleNEXT provides invaluable respeaking and live subtitling options for candidates in our Interpreting Master’s programme too, including automatic translation plugin possibilities for the courses on Translation, displaying different interface layouts that allow easy comparison of subtitle files and so on.

Thirdly, given our yearly collaborations with different film festivals, SubtitleNEXT also delivers in this important area for us, with the types of video formats the system supports and the number of export possibilities.

Finally, the SubtitleNEXT floating licensing option that PBT EU offers is a considerable advantage when working with many groups of students.”

In addition, Cynthia reveals a few of her favourite features in SubtitleNEXT, “We really like the logical and clear layout design with limitless options for subtitle layout and editing. The various interface layouts, such as the side-by-side view for correcting purposes are useful, as well as the support for different video and export formats. It’s also great that we have the opportunity in SubtitleNEXT to create different subtitling profiles, each with their own set of properties.”

Looking ahead to what’s next, she adds, “We are also eager to learn more about the live subtitling option in the future. We are truly satisfied with SubtitleNEXT as our new subtitling software, and so are our students. The software appears to be very intuitive to them and provides all necessary options to allow them to successfully embark on their subtitling adventure.

We are also really happy with and grateful for the customer support we received so far. Switching software always implies many changes and a steep learning curve, but we can always address our concerns and questions, which are responded quickly and efficiently.”

CEO and Managing Partner of PBT EU, Ivanka Vassileva concludes, “We are delighted to welcome Ghent University to the growing community of SubtitleNEXT professionals. We feel immensely proud that the university’s dynamic Language and Translation Technology team invested in SubtitleNEXT for its various language and translation programmes, arming a future generation with key skills within a fast-paced global market. As a team that places our customers as first priority, we deeply value the relationship we have with the university, and we very much look forward to working with Cynthia and her outstanding team as they continue to transfer excellent subtitling skills to the next generation in an evolving digital world.”

The SubtitleNEXT platform is used for both offline and real-time captioning for all kinds of media formats. Some of the many organisations, including universities that have already adopted SubtitleNEXT include EMG, Digitalmeister GmbH, Leinhäuser Language Services GmbH, Polsat, Kino Polska, University of Rome Tor Vergata, the University of Warsaw, European School of Translation, Max Live Media Access, Biovisjon, IT Pros Subtitles, Doli Media Studio, Cube Cinema Technologies, Tring TV, Bulgarian National Television, Canal Plus Myanmar, AMC, HD Media, Hellenic American College of Greece, European School of Translation, the Complutense University of Madrid, and many others.

Find out more about SubtitleNEXT at www.SubtitleNEXT.com

For more about Ghent University’s Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication, visit https://www.ugent.be/lw/vtc/nl. Further information about the Department’s Translation and Language Technology research can be found here https://lt3.ugent.be/

 

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About PBT EU

PBT EU develops and provides performance-leading solutions and customisable engineering system integration to empower content providers, broadcast, production, and post-production professionals to operate efficiently at the forefront of an ever-evolving digital environment. PBT EU’s primary focus is flexibility, futureproof customer-driven product innovation, fast deployment, teamwork, perseverance, openness, speed, high quality work, as well as dedicated support of its products, solutions and services, which include – PlayBox Technology Neo product suite, EXEcutor™ broadcast servers and software applications, advanced captioning and subtitling software platform SubtitleNEXT, as well as Profuz Digital’s powerful business process and information management system LAPIS designed to efficiently centralise processes and data all under one roof. PBT EU collaborates with worldwide renowned technology partners across distribution and system integration projects. Headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria, with a global outreach including centres outside the country where sales, support, manufacturing, and R&D operations take place. www.pbteu.com

 

About SubtitleNEXT

SubtitleNEXT is a user-friendly, innovative, customisable, intuitive, and affordable timed-text software platform. Already adopted across various multimedia industries, it is designed for personal and professional use. It easily adapts to any settings, resolutions, and formats such as AR, MR, VR, 8K, 4K, 2K, HD, SD, 3D, UHD across online video, TV, film, theatre, concerts, festivals, conferences, and events. It can be applied throughout the entire video production process from concept to distribution. SubtitleNEXT already has a proven track record of success and continued to support customers throughout the entire pandemic, owing to its flexibility and remote capabilities. Visit www.SubtitleNEXT.com

 

About Ghent University

To find out more, visit the Language and Translation Department website (in Dutch): https://www.ugent.be/lw/vtc/nl

The website of the research group Language and Translation Technology: https://lt3.ugent.be/

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London-based Titles-On embraces NEXT-TT to fully optimise global localisation efficiency

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NEXT-TT penetrates the UK market as technology partner at London’s Titles-On

For immediate release – 25 May 2022, London, UK – Broadcast media and localisation specialists PBT EU announced today that London-based company Titles-On has invested in the NEXT-TT localisation workflow management technology platform to bolster the company’s infrastructure. NEXT-TT’s wide-ranging functionality has provided Titles-On with a powerful backbone designed to further support the whole organisation, in one single efficient system.

The NEXT-TT and SubtitleNEXT editors system which has been deployed at Titles-On, provides the organisation with dependable support for all subtitling management workflow processes which include closed captions, and subtitles creation, editing, correction, delivery, and in other crucial areas, such as freelance orders, financial and media asset management, purchase order management, automatic pricing calculations, income, and expenses breakdown reports and much more. NEXT-TT is also being used to support clients, in-house project management and professional teams of freelance subtitlers and translators, through to accounting staff and owners.

PBT EU installed a complete NEXT-TT management solution to integrate seamlessly within the organisation as a whole. Titles-On now makes full use of the CRM and commercials management modules within NEXT-TT. The platform’s consistent capabilities encompass every aspect of the business, irrespective of the complexity or simplicity of the tasks at hand.

UK-based Titles-On is a global company with an expanding presence in Asia. The company provides quality subtitling and audio services, such as dubbing and audio description and comprised of talented professionals from around the world to provide subtitling and localisation services. The team is set up to work remotely via cloud technologies, connectivity, and the best industry software. The company has established a reputation for consistency and has acquired exceptional recognition worldwide.

Titles-On is passionate about accessibility and believe that everybody should be able to enjoy the world of media. They also recognise that captions can be instrumental in supporting literacy, and they feel strongly that there is a special place in their hearts for independent film makers to reach audiences across borders and get their films distributed on streaming platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, and Amazon. Titles-On is affiliated to a number of organisations that work with them to provide the best services for their clients such as The American Translators Association, Media & Entertainment Media Alliance, Entertainment Globalization Association, and the Raindance Film Festival.

“Titles-On is a tech-enabled player at the forefront of utilising the smartest technology to automate parts of our workflow. When choosing our technology partner, the deciding factor was the flexible approach of the team at NEXT-TT, creating a solution for us to meet our specific preferences today as well as facilitating adaptation of the system to meet future requirements. It is like having bespoke technology at retail prices.” Stated CEO of Titles-On, Bente Ottersen.

“We are thrilled to support Titles-On as a fully-fledged cloud facility, which has always been at the core of NEXT-TT’s strategy, long before the pandemic arose. Our aim is to best help companies manage security and complexity across projects, global offices, staff, and freelancers,” noted PBT EU’s CTO Kamen Ferdinandov. “The partnership with Titles-On demonstrates how NEXT-TT’s platform allows global firms to access projects at any given time, from anywhere, and facilitate collaboration among staff.”

“We are immensely proud to be Titles-On technology partner, and it’s rewarding to see them embracing NEXT-TT as their platform of choice for their production pipeline for media localisation workflows, and much more,” PBT EU’s CEO and Managing Partner Ivanka Vassileva said, “Titles-On has an excellent reputation for delivering high-calibre services. They are a dynamic company that continually revises and works with the latest technology to stay ahead of change within our industry, ensuring best practice and adapting to emerging technologies in order to benefit their clients and wider community. We admire their outlook and are very pleased to be providing the NEXT-TT platform from which they can continue to deliver great work. We look forward to a long partnership with them.”

PBT EU specialises in the broadcast and media market with a host of hardware and software solutions for digital asset management and localisation services, which includes the SubtitleNEXT and NEXT-TT platforms.

NEXT-TT is a hybrid software platform for managing timed-text, dubbing and localisation services for all types of content. It includes functionality for managing translation teams, audiovisual professionals, creative freelancers, while providing users with powerful toolsets in a secure workspace enabling accelerated workflows with quality results.

The SubtitleNEXT platform is used for both offline and real-time captioning for all kinds of media formats. Some of the many organisations, that have already adopted SubtitleNEXT include EMG, Digitalmeister GmbH, Leinhäuser Language Services GmbH, Polsat, Kino Polska, University of Rome Tor Vergata, the University of Warsaw, University of Ghent, European School of Translation, Max Live Media Access, Biovisjon, IT Pros Subtitles, Doli Media Studio, Cube Cinema Technologies, Tring TV, Bulgarian National Television, Canal Plus Myanmar, AMC, HD Media, Hellenic American College of Greece, European School of Translation, the Complutense University of Madrid, and many others.

Find out more about NEXT-TT at https://pbteu.com/products/next-tt/

For more about Titles-On, visit www.titles-on.com

SubtitleNEXT Version 5.11 Kick-Starts 2022, allowing users to directly Translate Audio in Real Time and more

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SubtitleNEXT kick-starts 2022 with a brand-new release of SubtitleNEXT Version 5.11 that further equips subtitling, captioning and localisation specialists with an array of stunning innovative toolsets at their fingertips. The popular and affordable SubtitleNEXT software platform is used for captioning live events and offline content in real time and is being embraced by a growing number of industry professionals across the globe.
Filmmakers and broadcasters benefit from subtitling software that provides them with flexibility so they can enjoy a seamless in-house network to share live output across multiple different production teams on a world-wide scale. With reliable and affordable software systems on the market such as SubtitleNEXT, subtitling is no longer burdensome or expensive.
A major new feature that stands out in SubtitleNEXT V5.11 allows for the direct translation from audio in real time. This significant capability can be used for automatic translation work and to generate subtitles directly from sound.
The remote capability that SubtitleNEXT offers, through the implementation of its dynamic licensing model in the current pandemic era, helped raise the bar for localisation companies to continue to excel to a new high when regulations call for flexible working.
The new version of SubtitleNEXT has gone another step further by providing its users with the ability to self-administrate their own licenses. The options include static licenses, which can be used offline on one PC, or alternatively, utilised in a dynamic and secure capacity that requires a log-in mode. These licensing models empower users, team managers and producers, with the added benefit and flexibility to be able to switch between different licensing preferences, on an “as and when” basis according to project requirements.
Other highlights of the latest upgrade in V5.11 include several new improvements and additions that enhance live subtitling projects, one example being the streaming of subtitles to Zoom, irrespective of the text length. SubtitleNEXT version 5.11 further improves how content can seamlessly stream in multiple formats that are compatible with linear broadcasting, VOD, and social media platforms at accelerated speeds.
PBT EU’s CEO Ivanka Vassileva reflects on the success of 2021, “We enjoyed a highly successful year, welcoming many new SubtitleNEXT customers on board, despite the challenges living in a pandemic situation presents. Nevertheless, we still had a productive and industrious year by participating in various digital online seminars and tradeshows, where we have continued to listen to our current customers, academics, and localisation professionals concerning their growing needs in the industry. Our focus is always on our customers, and we’ve been hard at work on new developments over the past few weeks, to meet the challenging demands and tight turnaround times that our customers face. The new user-friendly tools and resourceful features in version 5.11 will provide excellent advantages and benefit busy subtitlers. This coming year holds great promise, and it’s motivating to start the year off on such a positive note.”
In addition, the SubtitleNEXT team ran a series of free online “SubtitleNEXT Friday Workshops” at the end of last year which proved to be a big hit, providing subtitlers with key tools and skillsets to tackle real live projects to round off what has been an extremely successful 2021, following SubtitleNEXT’s virtual presence at successful APTRAD and Languages & the Media digital events. The 8 sessions were presented by the developer of SubtitleNEXT Kamen Ferdinandov, which attracted a fantastic turnout of attendees, who interacted and engaged in the Q&A after each session.
Key feature topics covered included how to create subtitles from scratch or from a source; tips on how to work more efficiently when checking, editing, correcting, fixing, and finalising subtitles for delivery.
The October 29th SubtitleNEXT Workshop covered ideas on how to work more efficiently when translating subtitles, other sessions revealed how to creatively style and format subtitles using SubtitleNEXT and how subtitlers can use SubtitleNEXT for live subtitling of TV shows, live events, online meetings, and video streaming platforms. The workshops also helped familiarise attendees on how companies and teams can collaborate and successfully perform online subtitling with NEXT-TT and SubtitleNEXT used in tandem. The December 3rd SubtitleNEXT Workshop outlined NEXT-TT’s innovative management features to help subtitlers gear up and be well-prepared to confidently face 2022 and the challenges ahead in their upcoming projects. The final SubtitleNEXT Workshop of the year fell on December 10th and ensured subtitlers were armed with the latest generation subtitling tools and knowledge skillsets they need to enhance their work.
Recordings of the SubtitleNEXT Workshops are available on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFMPWFADMbyUopPfcb_uK-5EUo7LYhpem

Euro Media Group relies on SubtitleNEXT to support expanding Digital Services

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SubtitleNEXT selected by EMG Belgium as software of choice for reliable and flexible workflows used in major productions

For immediate release – 23 March 2022, Brussels, Belgium – We are happy to announce that Euro Media Group (EMG), Europe’s leading global provider of broadcast facilities and media services, has expanded its digital services division with the purchase of new SubtitleNEXT licenses to support major productions. The SubtitleNEXT platform is used for captioning offline content in real time and is embraced by a growing number of broadcast and film industry professionals across the globe.

EMG’s position as an industry leader for over 30 years, offers world-renowned expertise that masters the entire value chain from image creation to distribution. EMG is a valued partner for major international events, including sport brands (Tour de France, UEFA Football World Cup, Formula One, Wimbledon), live events (Eurovision), and entertainment programmes (The Voice, Masterchef, the X-Factor) with its main operating companies now adopting the same Group name.

SubtitleNEXT was adopted by EMG-owned Videohouse back in 2018 already, and continues to provide unmatched efficiency, reliability, and versatility to a world-leading talented team of professionals, designed for application throughout the entire production process from creative concept to delivery. The recent SubtitleNEXT upgrade further optimises EMG’s subtitling capabilities ahead of major broadcast and sporting productions, which include television series for leading networks, to the largest sports tournaments in the world.

Videohouse now known as EMG Belgium provides national and international services for television and media productions and facilitates content creation with the latest technology and enthusiastic service-oriented professionals. It has served big-brand accounts that include the likes of HBO, Endemol, Canal PLUS, Council of Europe, European Commission, Fremantle Media, Discovery, Disney, Facebook, AWS, BT Sport, ESPN, BBC, Sky Sports, ITV Studios, Endemol Shine Group, and others. As a specialist in management and processing solutions, EMG Belgium records, digitises, encodes, archives, and distributes video content at lightning speed and with flawless accuracy.

SubtitleNEXT was chosen by EMG Belgium for its powerful toolset, innovation, and flexible licensing models, which have proven vital for remote productions during the pandemic period. The SubtitleNEXT system gives EMG Belgium the ability to support a diverse range of production requirements and enhances subtitling creativity. Current notable projects using SubtitleNEXT at EMG include commercials, films, and television series such as Dexter: New Blood, local productions Déjà Vu, Stamnummer 1, Mauve, including HBO shows And Just Like That and Euphoria.

Subtitler and Translator at EMG Belgium, Elisabeth Barber commented, “SubtitleNEXT is the only subtitling brand we now use and has become the exclusive subtitling software platform here, so we use it for all our subtitling projects. We are still very happy with SubtitleNEXT as the platform provides us with superb stability. We can also take advantage of a whole range of brand-new features that have been added since the last upgrade. If ever there is a slight technical issue, we know we can always count on the prompt response from the SubtitleNEXT support team whenever we need them.”

Elisabeth outlined some of the SubtitleNEXT’s key features that she regularly relies on, “Two features we use a lot here are the ‘compare’ and ‘fix titles’ options. However, what SubtitleNEXT really does well which makes it stand out, is the vast amount of keyboard shortcuts it lets you assign to timing operations. One of them provides the option to add or deduct one frame to or from the in and out cue of a subtitle. This operation can be done while the video is still playing, so this is very handy indeed!

The other key feature in SubtitleNEXT we really like is the capability to simultaneously change the ‘out cue’ of a subtitle, and the ‘in cue’ of the next subtitle, and vice versa.

The ‘auto out cue’ short key, which automatically sets the ‘out cue’ at the desired reading speed specified in the settings, is one we use all the time. As far as we know, these features are not available in any other subtitling program.”

With two new colleagues joining the team recently, Elisabeth added, “It was very easy to get them started with SubtitleNEXT, since the program is so intuitive. So, in all, we are very happy with SubtitleNEXT. It is a visually appealing environment to work in and it is perfectly catered to a subtitler’s needs.”

Ann Van Bogaert, Head of EMG’s Subtitling and Translation Department confirmed, “As we support the needs of our growing department at EMG Belgium and meet the rise in demand for content, we rely on a system that delivers powerful, flexible, and future-ready subtitling workflows that can fit into our strategy. SubtitleNEXT’s development team always steps up to the plate, demonstrating passion for innovation with exciting new features and capabilities that will support our continued growth. We have a solid working relationship with PBT EU, and they are always willing to work with us in a collaborative way to deliver solutions that align with the needs of our business.”

PBT EU’s CEO Ivanka Vassileva stated, “We are extremely proud that EMG Belgium has once again upgraded its SubtitleNEXT licenses, as they continue to expand and work on demanding high-profile projects. Renown for seeking out the best in technology and expertise and owing to its continued success, EMG is able to invest in innovative systems, and therefore maintains its status as a forerunner in a competitive market. As the demand for captivating viewing experiences rises, EMG thrives on keeping up with the pace of technology and we respond by continuing to offer flexibility to meet their creative needs. We admire their principles that match ours: – an ethos built on reliability, strong customer relationships and a tremendous passion for innovation and world class delivery.”

CTO of PBT EU Kamen Ferdinandov concluded, “The industry as a whole needs to innovate with new technological solutions, and EMG already leads the way. As the landscape develops, I’m looking forward to us being ahead of the curve and supporting EMG Belgium with ongoing advancements and also continuing to adopt our ‘customer-focused’ approach to everything we do.”

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About SubtitleNEXT
SubtitleNEXT is a user-friendly, innovative, customisable, intuitive, and affordable timed-text software platform. Already adopted across various multimedia industries, it is designed for personal and professional use. It easily adapts to any settings, resolutions, and formats such as AR, MR, VR, 8K, 4K, 2K, HD, SD, 3D, UHD across online video, TV, film, theatre, concerts, festivals, conferences, and events. It can be applied throughout the entire video production process from concept to distribution SubtitleNEXT already has a proven track record of success. Throughout the entire pandemic, it has continued to support customers, owing to its flexibility and remote capabilities. Visit the SubtitleNEXT website to find out more www.SubtitleNEXT.com

About PBT EU
PBT EU develops and provides performance-leading solutions and customisable engineering system integration to empower content providers, broadcast, production, and post-production professionals to operate efficiently at the forefront of an ever-evolving digital environment. PBT EU’s primary focus is flexibility, futureproof customer-driven product innovation, fast deployment, teamwork, perseverance, openness, speed, high quality work, as well as dedicated support of its products, solutions and services, which include – PlayBox Technology Neo product suite, EXEcutor™ broadcast servers and software applications, advanced captioning and subtitling software platform SubtitleNEXT, as well as Profuz Digital’s powerful business process and information management system LAPIS designed to efficiently centralise processes and data all under one roof. PBT EU collaborates with worldwide renowned technology partners across distribution and system integration projects. Headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria with a global outreach including centres outside of the country where sales, support, manufacturing, and R&D operations take place. Visit www.pbteu.com

About EMG
EMG is a leading global provider of broadcast services and media solutions for live sports, entertainment and events, active in 10 countries: France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Luxembourg, the USA & Australia. Constantly proposing state-of-the-art technologies through highly experienced teams, EMG is a valued partner for major international events, including sport (Tour de France, Football World Cup and Formula One…) live events (Eurovision, Royal Weddings, Concerts…) and entertainment (The Voice, Masterchef, the X-Factor…). For more information, visit www.emglive.com

SubtitleNEXT extends its reach in Germany, attracting Leinhäuser Language Services with state-of-the-art text subtitling capabilities

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“SubtitleNEXT supports length restrictions and frame gap settings and recognises cut changes, thus contributing to a smooth, fast spotting process…the software’s ability to integrate subtitles into a video provides Leinhäuser with an increasingly attractive delivery format.”
Isabel Schneider, Senior Account Manager & Language AV Specialist, Leinhäuser Language Services


For immediate release – 14 December 2021, Munich, Germany – PBT EU extends its reach in Germany by welcoming new localisation client Leinhäuser Language Services GmbH to the expanding SubtitleNEXT family of users across Europe. As one of Germany’s top industry-leading localisation specialists, the firm has invested in four SubtitleNEXT Explorer Licenses to further boost their professional AV translation capabilities.

Leinhäuser Language Services provides cross-media text and translation services for corporate and finance communications and specialises in the adaptation and implementation of content in analogue, digital and audio-visual media. Over the past ten years, Leinhäuser has been moving systematically into the high-end segment of the translation industry. The company’s pool of high-quality internal and external staff with a network of over 300 linguists worldwide, has enabled them to position themselves as a supplier to large international corporations with experience at the highest levels of management as well as to significantly extend their expertise in the areas of internal and external corporate communication, financial texts, accounting, and management.

Leinhäuser has gained an excellent reputation for professional excellence throughout the translation market and has been commended with partner of choice status for their vast portfolio of clientele. The company offers services that include translation, copywriting, interpreting, terminology management, senior editing, process optimisation and much more, for big global brands and many other blue-chip companies across corporate communications, marketing agencies, SMEs, language service departments and financial institutions.

An increase in international AV projects coming in to Leinhäuser within corporate communications and product marketing, has created a demand, and posed a dual challenge to obtain top quality translation for texts and subtitles with extremely short turnaround times. SubtitleNEXT solutions have helped set the stage for innovative localisation at Leinhäuser, facilitating a complete support system of subtitling for next-level localisation services..

Isabel Schneider, Senior Account Manager and Language AV Specialist at Leinhäuser says, “Using SubtitleNEXT software means that a break in the interface between the linguistic services and the subtitling technology, as well as lost time, is a thing of the past. SubtitleNEXT supports length restrictions and frame gap settings and recognises cut changes, thus contributing to a smooth, fast spotting process. In addition, the software’s ability to integrate subtitles into a video provides Leinhäuser with an increasingly attractive delivery format.”

Isabel further notes, “Along with the software’s wide range of functions, we were also especially impressed with SubtitleNEXT’s intuitive user guidance. This will become even more important in the future as the audiovisual market is growing more dynamic. To balance text and subtitle quality with short turnaround times, our steadily expanding team requires a state-of-the-art tool.”

PBT EU’s SubtitleNEXT Sales Manager and Product Specialist, Maria Markovska adds, “SubtitleNEXT has strengthened its position in Germany to support the rapidly growing market for localisation services. Leinhäuser is a well-respected professional language services organisation, and we are extremely pleased that they have adopted SubtitleNEXT. It’s great to see the SubtitleNEXT system play a vital role in helping the team achieve excellence in both quality and delivery for its host of high-profile clients. The remote capability that SubtitleNEXT offers, through the implementation of its dynamic licensing model in the current pandemic era, has also helped raise the bar for localisation companies to continue to excel to a new high when regulations call for flexible working.”

New features in SubtitleNEXT version 5.10 include integration with newsroom editing systems such as AVID, iNews and Octopus, real-time live subtitling with one or two stages respeaking capability, dictation corrections plus more, which are compatible with You Tube, Zoom, Decklink, Newfor and others.
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About Leinhäuser Language Services GmbH
Learn more about them here www.leinhaeuser.com

About SubtitleNEXT
SubtitleNEXT is a user-friendly, innovative, customisable, intuitive, and affordable timed-text software platform. Already adopted across various multimedia industries, it is designed for personal and professional use. It easily adapts to any settings, resolutions, and formats such as AR, MR, VR, 8K, 4K, 2K, HD, SD, 3D, UHD across online video, TV, film, theatre, concerts, festivals, conferences, and events. It can be applied throughout the entire video production process from concept to distribution. www.SubtitleNEXT.com

Germany’s Digitalmeister selects SubtitleNEXT for high-volume AV workflows

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SubtitleNEXT’s advanced subtitling and captioning tools attracts Germany’s largest AV transcription provider

For immediate release – 6 December 2021, Hanover, Germany – Digitalmeister GmbH (abtipper.de) – a German transcription and translation agency that is looking to expand into the world of subtitles, has selected SubtitleNEXT to support its high-volume AV translation projects. Armed with the latest version 5.10 of SubtitleNEXT and the New Floating License possibilities, the transcripts and subtitle files at Digitalmeister are generated by the professional audiovisual translator team. The SubtitleNEXT system has already been put to work at Digitalmeister and will be used in many projects. Transcription and translation clients at Digitalmeister include the likes of big corporate brands such as Daimler, BMW, Mini, GFK, Sennheiser, Bahlsen, Robert Koch Institute and German media companies such as Brigitte, BILD, arte, Hessischer Rundfunk.
Digitalmeister is an established innovation leader in transcriptions, with an extensive portfolio of over 20,000 high profile projects behind its name. The company delivers transcription services across 80 languages plus regional accents, dialects and accents. Digitalmeister has successfully taken on numerous projects for non-profit organisations too, including Save the Children and FIBS and also supports world-class academic institutions such as the University of Darmstadt, Harvard University, Zurich University and many others.
“We’ve only recently started out with subtitles and are realising more and more projects, so far, mostly for online platforms such as YouTube videos, internal corporate communication and so forth. My team and I purchased SubtitleNEXT in August this year to improve the quality of our subtitles as well as our workflow. Since then, we’re very pleased with all the features the software provides, such as speech-to-text, various formats, as well as hardcoding and the facilitated timing options.” Said Carolin Alsbach, Digitalmeister’s trained translator and head of proofreading and subtitling, “What we did not expect is the amazing customer service that comes with it as well. There is always someone available in chat, if you need them. We’re glad we chose SubtitleNEXT and would definitely recommend using the software for professional subtitling.”


PBT EU’s SubtitleNEXT Sales Manager and Product Specialist, Maria Markovska confirmed, “We are delighted that Digitalmeister has invested in SubtitleNEXT. Digitalmeister chose SubtitleNEXT for its flexible workflow models, advanced offline subtitling and captioning capabilities, as well as its excellent array of user-friendly tools that are packaged in one powerful application. Other key functionalities that appealed, include the use of language dictionaries, QA features for automatic fixing of subtitle files that are based on rule presets and many others. It is very exciting to see Digitalmeister already reaping the benefits of using the system, and we welcome them into the growing SubtitleNEXT family of global users, and continue to support them as they continue to deliver successful results for their clients.”
New features in SubtitleNEXT version 5.10 include integration with newsroom editing systems such as AVID, iNews and Octopus, real-time live subtitling with one or two stages respeaking capability, dictation corrections plus more, which are compatible with You Tube, Zoom, Decklink, Newfor and others.

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About Digitalmeister GmbH (abtipper.de)
Visit www.abtipper.de
About SubtitleNEXT
SubtitleNEXT is a user-friendly, innovative, customisable, intuitive, and affordable timed-text software platform. Already adopted across various multimedia industries, it is designed for personal and professional use. It easily adapts to any settings, resolutions, and formats such as AR, MR, VR, 8K, 4K, 2K, HD, SD, 3D, UHD across online video, TV, film, theatre, concerts, festivals, conferences, and events. It can be applied throughout the entire video production process from concept to distribution. www.SubtitleNEXT.com
About PBT EU
PBTEU develops and provides performance-leading solutions and customisable engineering system integration to empower content providers, broadcast, production, and post-production professionals to operate efficiently at the forefront of an ever-evolving digital environment. PBTEU’s primary focus is flexibility, futureproof customer-driven product innovation, fast deployment, teamwork, perseverance, openness, speed, high quality work, as well as dedicated support of its products, solutions and services, which include – PlayBox Technology Neo product suite, EXEcutor™ broadcast servers and software applications, advanced captioning and subtitling software platform SubtitleNEXT, as well as Profuz Digital’s powerful business process and information management system LAPIS designed to efficiently centralise processes and data all under one roof. PBTEU collaborates with worldwide renowned technology partners across distribution and system integration projects. Headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria with a global outreach including centres outside of the country where sales, support, manufacturing, and R&D operations take place. Visit www.pbteu.com