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NEW INFILE SOFTWARE INSERTER FOR CLOSED CAPTIONS: NABShow 2008: SysMedia launches a new version of its InFILE software inserter for file based workflows, which now includes support for Line 21 closed captions in HD or SD MPEG-2 files.; New InFile Software Inserter for Closed Captions
WINCAPS SAVES TIME FOR TV GELDERLAND: April 2008: TV Gelderland has purchased WinCAPS to subtitle its daily news and features. The use of live subtitling techniques with WinCAPS has allowed the Dutch regional broadcaster to deliver subtitles on its first news broadcast each evening, as well as each subsequent hourly repeat throughout the night.; TV Gelderland and WinCAPS
NEW SUBTITLE CAPTURE UNIT REDUCES REPEAT COSTS: January 2008: SysMedia launches a new product that reduces repeat costs by re-using previously transmitted subtitles. The CAPture product decodes teletext from a video stream (be it a live transmission or a tape from the archive) and converts the subtitle data into a standard STL file.; CAPture teletext-STL capture unit
RTÉ WINS AWARD FOR MOBILE PHONE TELETEXT SERVICE: December 2007: Irish public broadcaster RTÉ has won a prestigious Irish Internet Association award for its highly successful RTÉ Aertel Mobile Service. Powered by a new WAP output gateway module for the same SysMedia PLASMA system that drives the teletext service for its TV channels, the WAP-based service allows teletext pages to be viewed on a mobile phone.; Award winning RTÉ WAP teletext system for mobile phones
FRANCE 3 DEPLOYS SDR7 SUBTITLE TRANSCODERS: November 2007: France 3 has started to deploy SysMedia's SDR7 Teletext-DVB subtitle transcoder across its DTT network. The units fit easily into the existing broadcast infrastrcture and existing subtitle preparation and playout workflows while providing improved subtitle display for the viewer at very low bandwidth.; France 3 deploys SDR7 subtitle transcoders
ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY INNOVATION AWARD NOMINEE: October 2007: Judges of the prestigious Royal Television Society's Innovation Awards have nominated SysMedia's Speech Follower technology in the Under the Bonnet category. Speech Follower is the multi-language technology that powers SysMedia's latest subtitling product advances - delivering automated timecoding (AutoTime) and automated transmission (AutoTX) - as well as enabling the Voice Plus automatic scrolling of AutoScript's award winning WinPlus teleprompter.
WINNER IABM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE: IBC 2007: AutoScript and SysMedia are presented with an IABM Award for Excellence for the multi-language, self-scrolling Voice Plus teleprompter driven by SysMedia's Speech Follower engine.; IABM Award for Excellence - Autoscript/SysMedia
VTM START LIVE NEWS SUBTITLING: IBC 2007: Belgium's VTM starts using WinCAPS for live news subtitling services, interfaced to its iNews newsroom system and its Polistream subtitle transmission system. The sale is the first to result from the strategic alliance between SysMedia and Screen Subtitling Systems (makers of Polistream).; VTM News Subtitling
SYSMEDIA AND SCREEN SUBTITLING REACH SOLUTIONS PARTNER AGREEMENT: IBC 2007: SysMedia and Screen Subtitling Systems have signed a strategic agreement to recommend "best of breed" solutions for live subtitling (SysMedia) and multi-channel automated subtitle transmission (Screen).; SysMedia and Screen Subtitling
EFFORTLESS OLYMPIC INTERACTIVITY WITH GOLD 2008: IBC 2007: Gold 2008 is a cost-effective package that enables broadcasters to provide compelling interactive services to complement coverage of the Beijing games. It offers multi-screen video selection and automatically updated news, results and medal tables.; Gold 2008
KNR INSTALLS SYSMEDIA TELETEXT AND SUBTITLING: August 2007: Greenland's state broadcaster choses SysMedia systems as part of its complete technical re-build.; KNR Greenland
RE-SPEAKING THE TRUTH: July 2007: Overcoming the challenges of subtitling live programmes using speech recognition; Re-Speaking The Truth
NEW TELETEXT-DVB SUBTITLE TRANSCODER LAUNCHED: May 2007: The new SDR7 Subtitle Transcoder extracts teletext subtitles from an analogue video signal and converts them to the equivalent DVB subtitles. It is designed to integrate easily into an existing teletext subtitling network and workflow to aid transition to digital broadcasting.; New SDR7 Teletext-DVB Subtitle Transcoder
THE NEWS HOUR: ACAP INTERACTIVE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR PBS: May 2007: Following the announcements at NAB, Kevin Lingley, SysMedia's Interactive Product Manager, speaks at the ATSC AGM about developing interactive applications for the PBS ACAP field trial using SysMedia's Plasma Gold authoring tool/content management system.; ACAP Application Development on PBS The NewsHour
PLASMA GOLD PROVIDES IPTV CHANNEL CREATION ENGINE: NAB 2007: Recognizing the rapid growth in IPTV services, SysMedia has adapted its globally successful Plasma Gold to allow IPTV operators to take advantage of its content production and management capabilities.; IPTV with Plasma Gold
PLASMA GOLD NOW COMPATIBLE WITH ALL US INTERACTIVE TV STANDARDS: NAB 2007: The Plasma Gold interactive content production and management engine is now compliant with proposed standard middlewares for US interactive TV development from both ATSC and CableLabs: ACAP for the potential DTT market, ETV-BIF for older cable TV boxes and OCAP for new generation set-top-boxes and PVRs.; Plasma Gold US ACAP EBIF Compatibility
RED BEE MEDIA SIGNS FIRST FRENCH SUBTITLING CONTRACT WITH M6: March 2007: Red Bee Media now provides live news subtitling services for French national broadcaster M6 using SysMedia's WinCAPS SpeakTITLE.; Red Bee Media Signs First French Subtitling Contract With M6; Back to top