AVT Masterclass launches on October 15th with OOONA as the cloud tool of choice for the online subtitling and captioning courses it offers. 

“This new initiative will help tackle the resource issue the industry is experiencing,” comments Prof. Agnieszka Szarkowska, co-founder of AVT Masterclass and head of the AVT Lab at the University of Warsaw. “Over the past decade, I have seen hundreds of university graduates, passionate about translating film and eager to enter the labor market, looking for further training and professional opportunities in the field. At AVT Masterclass we harness the power of modern online educational tools to make engaging educational content available 24/7 across the globe.

“OOONA is the best publicly available cloud subtitling platform," says ukasz Dutka, AVT Masterclass co-founder and director of Global Alliance of Speech-to-Text Captioning. "This cooperation will allow us to train localization specialists using the best cloud tools in the market.”

DHD.audio mixing consoles have been chosen for the newly launched Radio Flamingo channel operating from studios at the headquarters of Antenne Steiermark Regionalradio in Graz, Austria. The project includes a 10-fader SX2 console, two TX compact multitouch consoles and an XC2 core processor with built-in Dante audio-over-IP connectivity.

When the remarkable, 1200-horsepower, fully electric DTM Electric Demo Car took to the 4,326-meter-long Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, earlier this month, Riedel Communications' networking and communications technology enabled DTM Trophy champion Tim Heinemann to drive the car remotely using a state-of-the-art simulator 82 kilometers away. The race car completed a breathtaking driverless lap at speeds of up to 180 kph during the cutting-edge demonstration, the "DTM Electric Remote Run" presented by DTM and Schaeffler, prior to the Sunday race at the Red Bull Ring.

Timeline Television has invested in Custom Consoles Module-R desks for a video production gallery, MPX suite and audio control studio at its newly opened Ealing Broadcast Centre. The facility was commissioned in time for the remote production coverage of a large-scale sports event held in Japan from late August through early September.

This fall, KVM manufacturer Guntermann & Drunck GmbH (G&D) will be presenting the best of the KVM world at InfoComm in Orlando, FL. Under the motto "feels right", the company will not only showcase many new products at booth 2761, but also a completely new look and a new communication concept.

Kameraproduksjon AS is a technical supplier of OB and multi-camera services across Norway. Its renowned 4K HDR OB truck, the UHD2, is built with flexibility in mind, having been used in a variety of applications from one-man productions to larger productions with 10 camera chains. Featuring TSL control systems at its core, the brand’s hardware and software panels can manage and control third-party devices from a range of manufacturers. 

For Fargo, North Dakota-based ABC affiliate Forum Communications (WDAY-TV), the pandemic meant finding new ways to significantly streamline operations while maintaining regular sports and events coverage. With social distancing measures in place, the media company had to alter its workflow in order to still broadcast WDAY’s high school game of the week segment without a large crew and multiple cameras. The team found the solution they were looking for with the GY-HC500SPCU Sports Production and Coaching camera, part of the CONNECTED  CAM™ line from JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation.

Some of the world’s most spectacular views are best seen from halfway up a wall of rock. That’s a place where gear has to be reliable, whether it’s crucial safety equipment or the cameras that let the rest of us experience the same dizzying panorama. It’s also a familiar situation to alpinist Renan Ozturk, whose experience includes some of the steepest climbing challenges on the planet as well as documentary filmmaking and photojournalism covering everything from the freezing Himalayas to the African deserts of Chad.

Bolstered by some significant orders in H1 2021, Pebble’s latest financial data indicates the company continues to grow despite the impacts of COVID-19

Pebble, the leading automation, content management, and integrated channel specialist, has announced an impressive set of figures for H1 2021 that point the way to continued, sustainable growth.

All key financial metrics are up over the Covid-impacted 2020, including revenue, pre-tax profits, and net cash, while net debt is down over £1.1 million. There are encouraging signs that this is only the start of a new cycle of growth too, as order intake is up by 64% compared to the same period in 2020, and significant orders have been won so far this year from companies such as ORF,CJP, 1+1 Media, and TV 2 Denmark. The company also reported a sales pipeline which was up 40% in comparison to the same period in pre-Covid 2019.

OOONA has launched a mobile app for iOS and Android, allowing translators and project managers to manage their work fully remotely via a simple and intuitive new addition to its OOONA Integrated platform.

The OOONA app is accessible via OOONA Integrated user accounts. It addresses the need to manage urgent and live work scheduling. Managers can easily view orders and tasks, assign and reassign work. It also allows for urgent jobs to pop up on translators’ mobiles when the relevant feature is enabled so that resources can be assigned promptly.

“Even before COVID, our global workforce needed the ability to respond quickly to new and existing clients with new and changing project demands and deadlines," says Tony Cleveland, Chief Technology Officer for Captionmax. "Partnering with OOONA to develop this app has helped us bring a solution to fruition."