Captionmax Acquires National Captioning Canada

3Play Media Acquires Captionmax and National Captioning Canada

February 15, 2022

Media & Entertainment

3Play Media, a Riverside Partners–backed video accessibility platform, has acquired Captionmax and its subsidiary National Captioning Canada (NCC). The add-on expands 3Play's live captioning capabilities and gives the company an established Canadian footprint; financial terms were not disclosed.

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.

Ai-Media Acquires US ASL Interpreting and Captioning Provider Alternative Communications Services (ACS)

May 11, 2020

Media & Entertainment

Australia-based captioning and translation provider Ai-Media acquired US-based ASL interpreting and captioning company Alternative Communications Services (ACS) on May 11, 2020. Ai-Media used proceeds from a recent AUD 10.3m funding round (which included investors such as CVC Emerging Companies Fund and Anzu Partners) to fund the purchase; the parties did not disclose the transaction price. The deal is intended to accelerate Ai-Media's expansion in North America and broaden its live captioning and interpretation capabilities.

Verbit Acquires VITAC

May 11, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Verbit has acquired VITAC, the largest provider of captioning products and solutions in North America, creating the world's largest AI-powered transcription and captioning platform. The combination expands Verbit's capabilities and market reach across media, education, legal, government, and corporate sectors and brings together VITAC’s decades of captioning expertise with Verbit’s AI-driven transcription technology.