3Play Media Acquires Captionmax and National Captioning Canada

Captionmax Acquires National Captioning Canada

March 1, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Captionmax LLC, a Minneapolis-based media accessibility services provider, acquired Calgary-based National Captioning Canada (NCC) on March 1, 2021. The acquisition expands Captionmax's service offerings and operational capacity in Canada, with all staff retained and plans to broaden live and prerecorded captioning and other media accessibility services.

Riverside Partners Completes Majority Investment in 3Play Media

May 14, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Boston-based private equity firm Riverside Partners completed a majority investment in 3Play Media, partnering with the company's founder leadership team to support accelerated growth. 3Play Media provides captioning, transcription, subtitling, and audio description services to over 2,500 customers and combines human editors with NLP and machine learning to deliver high-accuracy, scalable video accessibility solutions.

Ai‑Media Acquires US Captioning Providers Caption IT and CaptionAccess

December 14, 2020

Media & Entertainment

Australia-based Ai‑Media announced on December 14, 2020 that it will acquire US captioning and access providers Caption IT (Wisconsin) and CaptionAccess (Illinois) for a combined USD 1.9 million (approx. USD 1.6m cash and USD 0.3m in shares). The purchases (expected to complete January 4, 2021) strengthen Ai‑Media's US presence, add complementary corporate, education and government customer relationships, and are expected to modestly benefit FY21 EBITDA and EPS.

InnoCaption Acquires CaptionMate

November 1, 2024

Telecommunications

InnoCaption has acquired CaptionMate, expanding its mobile call-captioning footprint and multilingual capabilities. CaptionMate will operate as a standalone service supported by InnoCaption's engineering and customer-service teams, with CaptionMate founder Beryl Bucher serving in a temporary advisory role.

Verbit Acquires U.S. Captioning Company

May 12, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Verbit has acquired U.S. Captioning Company, a leading U.S. provider of closed captioning and real-time captioning services for national TV networks, producers and programmers, to expand its media vertical. The deal adds U.S. Captioning’s multi-language post-production and real-time captioning capabilities and its nationwide workforce of captioners to Verbit’s transcription and captioning platform, strengthening Verbit’s reach in media and broadcast accessibility.

PlayOn Acquires MaxPreps from CBS Sports (Paramount Global)

April 2, 2025

Media & Entertainment

PlayOn, the fan engagement platform for high school sports, acquired MaxPreps from CBS Sports (a division of Paramount Global) to integrate MaxPreps' scores, stats, and rankings with PlayOn's ticketing, streaming, and digital media products. Financial terms were not disclosed; MaxPreps employees will join PlayOn as the companies combine capabilities to enhance coverage, analytics, and fan engagement for high school athletics.