Ericsson Provides Live Captioning Services to New Zealand Parliament - TvTechnology

Ericsson Provides Live Captioning Services to New Zealand Parliament

Multi-year contract will be put into action in August

Author:: Michael Balderston
Publish date:: Jun 8, 2016

STOCKHOLM—Ericsson has been tapped to assist the New Zealand Parliament, signing an exclusive, multi-year access services contract with the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives to remotely deliver live captioning services for Parliament TV. The new captioning service will be available starting in August.

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According to David Wilson, clerk of the House of Representatives, one in nine New Zealanders uses captions when watching TV. “As a result, live captioning will enable more people in our communities to be informed about and involved in the work of their Parliament,” Wilson said.

Ericsson reports that this is the first instance that it will provide its captioning services to New Zealand. Throughout the last year, the company has signed multiple deals with stations in New Zealand’s neighbor Australia for captioning services.

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Ericsson continues to expand its services down under, announcing that it has closed a multi-year contract with the Commonwealth of Australia to provide live captioning services for the Australian Parliament.

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Ericsson signed a pair of contracts with Australian public service broadcasters ABC and SBS for multi-year captioning services.

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Ericsson and BBC R&D recently collaborated on new technology that is designed to address the latency of live captioning for television.

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Ericsson has signed a multi-year contract to provide the online video platform for T-Mobile Netherlands’ new OTT service, KNIPPR.

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Ericsson is getting in on the OTT game, as the company has announced that it will launch a new end-to-end subscription video-on-demand content service, NuVu.

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Ericsson and UKTV have reaffirmed their relationship, as the companies announced a multi-year extension for Ericsson to provide its playout, video on-demand, and access services to the U.K. broadcaster.

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Ericsson is partnering with Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service once again, as it has signed an exclusive media delivery services contract with the public service broadcaster.