Monthly Archives: June 2012

Softel to take part in the 2012 Australian Broadcasting Exhibition – 7th to 9th August

Softel will take part in the series of presentations taking place during the 2012 ABE conference, delivering a talk on subtitling and closed captioning in the “TV Production and Workflow” section of the conference. The ABE is the annual engineering conference of Free TV … Continue reading

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USA judge says closed captioning law suit can proceed – National Association of the Deaf alleges that Netflix discriminates against the hard of hearing by not including closed captions on streamed content

Broadcast Engineering article – June 27th A Federal District judge in Massachusetts has tossed out a request by Netflix to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the National Association of the Deaf alleging the OTT entertainment provider discriminates against the deaf … Continue reading

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Softel New Online Resources Explain How To Simplify Subtitling and Closed Captioning Processes To Reduce Costs

Softel announced today that it has published a number of application notes to help broadcasters better understand how to streamline their subtitling and closed captioning processes to reduce operational costs. In these documents, Softel explains how the integration of transcoding … Continue reading

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Softel at Broadcast Asia 2012 – Stand 4F3-11

At the 2012 Broadcast Asia Show, Softel will showcase its range of feature-rich subtitling and closed captioning products which enable the creation, repurposing, encoding, transcoding, insertion and transmission of subtitles and closed captions in a wide array of file formats … Continue reading

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Softel to Discuss Second Screen Experience, Technology, Monetization and Deployment at TVoT 2012

Norwalk, CT ― June, 6, 2012 ― Softel today announced that the company will participate in a number of panel discussions at the TV of Tomorrow conference taking place in San Francisco, CA on June 12-13. Softel is an expert … Continue reading

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Softel Appoints Ideal Systems Singapore as Reseller

Softel today announced that it has appointed Ideal Systems,  a leading broadcast system integrator, as a reseller for the South East Asia region. This appointment allows Softel, the expert in multi-language subtitling and closed captioning and interactive TV, to further … Continue reading

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