Screen Subtitling Systems has announced the appointment of Colin France as Head of Research.

France, who previously led the Grass Valley development team responsible for the maintenance and support of Publitronic Software has joined the team at Screen to explore new markets, help extend the product portfolio and consequent reach of the company.

ZOO Digital, a leading provider of localization and digital distribution services is delighted to announce that Tony Ferkranus has joined the team as Vice President of Sales for the Americas.

VDM, one of Frances longest-established audiovisual businesses, has collaborated with digital distribution specialist Under the Milky Way (UMW) to develop a cost-effective solution to the need to subtitle European films. The partnership was established in response to a European Commission call for tenders, Crowdsourcing Subtitling to Increase the Circulation of European Works.

Vimond Media Solutions and iflix, Southeast Asias leading Internet TV service, are to establish a jointly-operated development centre in Kuala Lumpur to create innovations in OTT TV and break new ground in the way consumers watch television in a mobile-first environment.iflix has installed the Vimond Platform to power its range of OTT services across the Southeast Asian region, reaching audiences in Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia, with a potential market of half a billion people.

Softel announced today that Frances highly respected TF6 station has installed Swift¢ vTX from Softel to handle subtitle processing for the channels mix of original entertainment, drama and feature films. Swift vTX is handling subtitle encoding and transcoding for TF6s file-based workflow in its Paris studios.