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SubtitleNEXT reinforces Media accessibility in pilot Educational Course
SubtitleNEXT adopted by Listen Up and NBU to help hearing impaired gain wider access to AV content
For immediate release – 12 February 2019, Sofia, Bulgaria - Imagine having limited access to news platforms, talk show programmes, native language films and your favourite TV series? There are over 120, 000 hearing-impaired people in Bulgaria today that are in this isolating position and shut out from participating in every day communications that most of us take for granted. As a part of a collective Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative for 2019, the creators of the SubtitleNEXT technology, PBT EU and Profuz Digital, are delighted to announce that they are joining forces to sponsor and partner with the “Listen Up” foundation and New Bulgarian University (NBU). Both companies will provide pro-bono support to the foundation and university to help a worthy cause that aims to open up much wider media access to the hearing impaired. They will be involved in the first-ever professional course of its kind, specifically designed to train up transcribers and live captionists to national broadcast standards that will bring enormous subtitling benefits to many individuals with hearing difficulties. As part of the PBT EU team leading the project, managing partner & sales director Alexander Stoyanov confirms, “We thank everyone supporting this noble cause. We are proud that our flagship product SubtitleNEXT will make a major contribution in opening up a new world for a significant part of society that has not had full access to content for quite some time.” Founder & chairperson at the Listen Up Foundation, Ashod Derandonyan states, “PBT EU and Profuz Digital are a fine example of dynamic companies that are fully committed to the Rights of Equal Access to audio-visual content for the Deaf and hard of hearing and are taking positive action with tangible strategies to see change in this area. We welcome their passion and support.” Lecturer at NBU Amelia Mareva adds, “SubtitleNEXT is innovative and well-established software, which offers subtitlers of the future powerful subtitling and timed text toolsets that help professionals to sustain development in this field. It’s a proven and trusted product with over 20 years of industry expertise behind it. It is managed by a highly motivated team who are driven to provide industry professionals with the very best technology. Their ethos is reflected in how they equip experts in the field to make a positive difference in people’s lives. That is why we are proud to adopt technology like SubtitleNEXT in our department at NBU.” For further information and Terms & Conditions to join the course, please visit - https://cpo.nbu.bg/…/specializirani-subtitri-za-hora-s-uvre… ____________________________________________________________________ Press Information - Images available here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1us1yrz8pjuaxoa/AACMdF_QPRzGsKnD93lpYizka?dl=0 About Listen Up - Visit https://www.wdib.uw.edu.pl/en/home About the New Bulgarian University – Visit https://cpo.nbu.bg About SubtitleNEXT – Visit www. www.SubtitleNEXT.com About Profuz Digital - Visit www.profuzdigital.com About IABM Member PBT EU – Visit www.pbteu.comPBTEU develops and provides performance-leading solutions and customisable engineering system integration to empower content providers, broadcast, production, and post-production professionals to operate efficiently at the forefront of an ever-evolving digital environment. PBTEU’s primary focus is flexibility, futureproof customer-driven product innovation, fast deployment, teamwork, perseverance, openness, speed, high quality work, as well as dedicated support of its products, solutions and services, which include - PlayBox Technology Neo product suite, EXEcutor™ broadcast servers and software applications, advanced captioning and subtitling software platform SubtitleNEXT, as well as Profuz Digital’s powerful business process and information management system LAPIS designed to efficiently centralise processes and data all under one roof. PBTEU collaborates with worldwide renowned technology partners across distribution and system integration projects. Headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria with a global outreach including centres outside of the country where sales, support, manufacturing, and R&D operations take place. PBT EU / Profuz Digital Environment Policy: We are committed to the protection of the environment through implementation and utilisation of responsible operation & management practices. We will adhere to the highest standards of environmentally safe operation of our locations for the protection of our employees, sub-contractors, clients and the people and communities in which we do business. PBT EU / Profuz Digital Corporate Social Responsibility Policy: We are dedicated to integrating ethical, social and environmental factors within our business strategies aiming to constantly improve our CSR performance. 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