Visual Data, a worldwide provider of Localization Services and end-to-end Digital Media Supply Chain Solutions, is reinforcing its commitment to the highest levels of security for entertainment content by becoming an early adopter of the Trusted Partner Network’s (TPN) new membership program. 

Fully owned by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), TPN was formed to provide content owners and service providers with a credible resource for understanding the need for content security and strengthening security preparedness throughout the media supply chain.

Visual Data, a worldwide provider of Localisation and end-to-end digital media services, have announced their participation in the 2022 International Languages & The Media Conference and Exhibition in November. They will be discussing key trends in localisation, issues around demand and quality in subtitling and dubbing, and industry predictions.

Visual Data is spearheading a new era of content management with VIDA, a cloud-native SaaS platform delivering new efficiencies for managing, migrating, distributing and monetizing library content. The Software as a Service (SaaS) model flexes to fit business needs, offering a unique, next-gen suite of features and capabilities including natural language-based clip searching and viewing, unlimited users, as-is library migration, direct distribution to more than 500 partners and a user-friendly “shopping cart” functionality to facilitate secure content purchases.

Visual Data Media Services responds to customers’ increased demand for quality content along with compressed delivery timelines with its Matchmaker™ film scanning and restoration solution. The workflow combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms with Visual Data’s creative and technical expertise, to significantly reduce the time needed to remaster content to 4K/ HDR and prepare it for distribution -- taking large-scale projects from years or months down to weeks or days.

Visual Data Media Services has expanded its team with the addition of three executives to key leadership roles:  Randy Tunila as CTO, Alina Tarkhanian as VP Client Services, and Derren Young as VP Human Resources. Tunila, Tarkhanian and Young join Visual Data to support the company’s vision of excellence in service and end-to-end solutions, each bringing a strategic and customer-centric vision to their new roles. Their collective expertise will drive further advancements around the company’s technology, workflow efficiencies, client relations and workplace culture initiatives.

Visual Data Media Services was honored for its commitment to diversity and inclusion in professional career development, taking home the “Company Award for Investment in Women” at the 2021 Rise Awards.

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the media technology sector, announced the winners on November 18 at its annual awards ceremony held as part of the DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing.

One of Visual Data's core services is content preparation for distribution platforms, primarily OTT and streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon, and others, as well as European distributors.

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that John Trautman, CEO of Visual Data Media Services was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year^® 2021 Greater Los Angeles Award winner. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program is one of the preeminent competitive awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. The award recognizes those who are unstoppable entrepreneurial leaders, excelling in talent management; degree of difficulty; financial performance; societal impact and building a values-based company; and originality, innovation and future plans. Trautman was selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was announced during the program’s virtual awards gala on July 29^th, 2021.

Visual Data Media Services CEO, John Trautman was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year^® 2021 Greater Los Angeles Award finalist by Ernst & Young LLP (EY US). Trautman is the founder and CEO of Visual Data Media Services, a global provider of end-to-end media supply chain services to the entertainment industry with locations in Burbank, London and Bangalore. For over 26 years with Trautman at the helm, the company has supplied award-winning, quality-driven content management, distribution, localization and media services that enable customers to deliver premium content in any format for any screen or platform, anywhere in the world. 

Global provider of media services, distribution, and content management Visual Data Media Services is expanding its media supply chain capabilities with the addition of former Walt Disney Studios' industry veteran Theo Gluck, as Director of Library Restoration and Preservation. Gluck will focus on growing the company’s restoration business to serve the increasing global demand for diverse media across multiple platforms.

Polygon Labs, an innovative studio pushing the boundaries of interactive data applications and visual branding, has announced its new Visual Data Plugins and Asset Hub software to expand the use of the Unreal Engine 3D creation tool for broadcast applications. The two new products join Polygon Labs’ Porta workflow enabler (used by multiple Vizrt customers) to further bridge the gap between TV content production workflows and Unreal Engine broadcast production.

Visual Data Media Services (“Visual Data” or the “Company”), a leading entertainment services company serving studios and distributors globally with end-to-end content management and digital media supply chain solutions, announced today it will partner with Endeavour Capital, a mid-market investment firm, to support Visual Data’s next phase of growth. John Trautman, founder and CEO and Symon Roue, managing director of the company’s European division, will remain shareholders and will continue to lead the company with the current management team.

Today, 10 founding companies and 50 forming companies have announced their collaboration to create the entertainment industry’s first association focused specifically on entertainment globalization. Globalization is defined as Dubbing, Subtitling, and Audio Description services which allow content to be consumed in languages other than the original version. The founding companies of the association are Audiomaster Candiani, Deluxe, Hiventy, Iyuno Media Group, Keywords Studios, Plint, SDI Media, Visual Data Media Services, VSI, ZOO Digital. The additional 50 companies represent high caliber service providers from all around the world. The Entertainment Globalization Association (EGA) has been formed to create a closer connection to the creative community to better facilitate the “retelling” of their stories for global audiences. The association is primarily focused on creating educational resources, localization standards and generating consumer impact research of localization. Chris Fetner has been named as the managing director of the association. Before this role, Fetner led Netflix’s content localization vendor strategy for nearly a decade and is widely regarded as an industry transformer among entertainment localization companies.

Visual Data Media Services (“Visual Data” or the “Company”), a leading entertainment services company serving studios and distributors globally with end-to-end content management and digital media supply chain solutions, announced today it will partner with Endeavour Capital, a mid-market investment firm, to support Visual Data’s next phase of growth. John Trautman, founder and CEO and Symon Roue, managing director of the company’s European division, will remain shareholders and will continue to lead the company with the current management team.

Visual Data Media Services, the leading provider of digital supply chain services to global content owners and distributors, has announced the opening of a cutting-edge digital cinema at its leading facility in West London, UK.

The new cinema is fully 4K and Dolby Atmos capable and comprises a 10-seat theatre built around a NEC 4 projector and fed by a Doremi digital cinema server. A Dolby Atmos CP950 sound processor is linked to 28x JBL speakers and 14x 1KW Crown amplifiers.

Of particular interest is the 4-meter-wide acoustically transparent woven fabric screen. This is designed to Dolby and THX standards, and allows users to hear the cinema audio without the distraction of the perforations that are typically required to allow the sound from speakers mounted behind the screen to travel into the auditorium.

“This is the final time that many of our clients will see their film before it is distributed to the cinema network and it’s important that they have no visual distractions and are also assured that they’re reviewing their content in a high-end and fully calibrated environment,” explains David Margolis, Director of Digital Cinema at Visual Data Media Services.