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yellaUmbrella Integrates OOONA Convert
into its Stellar and Nebula Solutions
Cloud-based subtitle file conversion API converts between different subtitle and caption formats...

OONA, a globally active provider
of
translation,
subtitling,
management and captioning tools for
the media localization industry, has
announced that Convert, OOONA's
subtitle file conversion technology,
has been selected for integration into
yellaUmbrella's platform. Based in
Suffolk, UK, yellaUmbrella produces a
wide range of tools for manipulating,
creating, reviewing and editing timed
text, audio and video content.
" We are delighted to be working
with OOONA to integrate its Convert
subtitle file conversion service with our
Nebula and Stella tools, " comments
yellaUmbrella CEO/MD Matt Deakin.
" The combination allows us to offer
a market leading level of support
for the widest possible range of file
formats. Now our clients can convert
between subtitle, closed caption, audio

description and dubbing file types
that cover almost all formats and
languages used worldwide. "
" Convert
allows
localization
service-providers
to
perform
subtitling and format conversion
quickly and easily from practically
any internet-connected desktop or

OOONA Convert graphic interface

portable computer, " adds OOONA
co-founder and CEO Wayne Garb.
" We are confident that yellaUmbrella
customers will find it an efficient and
effective additional resource. "
A browser-based online application
available on Standard and Pro price

models, OOONA Convert allows subtitle
files to be selected for conversion
using direct file choice or drag-anddrop. Import settings, including file
format, language and video frame
rate, can be defined manually or from
predefined templates. User settings
can be saved within Convert and
optionally shared with colleagues.
Convert API Standard supports up
to 1,000 conversions per month.
Convert API Pro is intended for
high volume users requiring up to
10,000 conversions per month. Both
are available on 6-month or annual
subscriptions. The integration with
yellaUmbrella allows users of the
Nebula and Stellar systems to access
the OOONA Convert tool on a pay per
use basis per file.

Qbics media GmbH Launches
W

ith the beginning of the new
year, Michael Schüller is
launching his new company Qbics
media GmbH in Munich. The young
company is all about modern software
and innovative solutions for creating
synergies in editorial workflows and
managing media content. The clear
focus is put on broadcast- and mediarelated companies in Europe, that
are ready to head into new ways of
planning and producing up to date
news and magazines.
After a very intense year that was
packed with research and initial talks
to partners and potential customers,
Michael Schüller has now, after leaving
ANNOVA/SCISYS (which was recently
taken over by CGI), founded a new
enterprise in Munich. Obviously, topics
such as " Newsroom " and " Storytelling "
are on focus, as well as the idea to
optimize editorial workflows through
top-notch consulting services and
state of the art software. It is key for
Qbics media to work together with
its customers in order to innovate
the ways of producing news and
managing content overall.
The mission of the Qbics media
GmbH is to establish innovative
solutions for the versatile new

Mjoll Mimir user interface

requirements of nowadays editorial
systems. They are approaching this
goal by facilitating effective interfaces,
thus closing possible gaps that might
occur between applications currently
used in the daily business. This allows
for mastering many old and new
challenges in planning and production

7Mountains DiNA user interface

of news and magazines for Online,
Social Media, TV and Radio.
However, proficient services are not
all that is offered; from the first day
of business onward Qbics media will
operate as exclusive sales partner
of the FONN Group from Norway including manufacturers 7Mountains
and Mjoll - and therefore provides
full-service, cloud-based Software
solutions for the story centric planning
of News as well as acquisition and
management of multimedia/cross
media content. The portfolio
of Qbics media is extended
by the entire product suite of
the XEBRIS Solutions GmbH
from Vienna, who has been
developing an innovative
and also web-based
system for planning
traffic-news on radio.
Michael Schüller

" We simply love good News! That's
our guiding principle. We want to
support our customers in every
sense to ease their path towards
producing News and Features in
an even more efficient, more costconscious and best-quality manner.
Our core competency is based on our
team of experts, who are very much
experienced, actively listening and not
simply providing a piece of software or
a day of service.
" They rather offer complete,
premeditated concepts that are
specifically designed to meet the
requirements of the respective
editorial office. " said Michael Schüller.
" Quite often it is the little things
that make a big difference! We are
convinced that with our creativity
and our passion for news we will be a
perfect partner in many areas. "

XEBRIS Flow import map

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