Digital Alert Systems (DAS) and DigIt Signage Technologies have joined forces to interface the ChyTV HD-EAS system with television, public information and digital signage displays. The solution works with the DAS series of approved EAS/CAP flexible emergency communications devices.
At the recent UK Council on Deafness’ Annual Conference, Red Bee Media showcased its innovative work in live sign language translation for broadcast TV. The network’s new solution enables deaf translators to work on live programs.
Adstream the global advertising delivery technology company, has chosen both cloud and on-premises deployments of the Telestream Vantage media processing platform to automate its media transcoding and quality analytics needs.
The Metadator app for Avid users, a cloud-based closed caption generation system and the latest version of its flagship Media Monitoring Platform was on show at NAB NY.
From the devices we use to consume content, the type of content we consume, and indeed our viewing habits, almost every aspect of media and more importantly, our relationship with media, has undergone a significant change in the last 10 to 15 years. As an example, in the UK adults aged 16 and over watched, on average, 34 minutes less television in 2017 than in 2010 (according to Statista). While the rise of streaming services and on-demand content is undoubtedly a contributing factor, a bigger influence is almost certainly the rise in social media consumption.In fact, in 2015, more than 370 years of video - just shy of 200 million minutes - were watched on Twitter worldwide on a daily basis. As is the case with any industry, such rapid change brings with it new challenges, and the need for evolution and adaptation, and captioning is no exception.
At the upcoming NAB Show New York conference, October 17-18th at the Javits Center in New York City, local television executives stations will be looking for help in selecting the proper technology path forward.