{{Short description|American audio transcription company}} {{Infobox company | name = 3Play Media | type = Private | logo = 3Play_Media_logo.svg | industry = Accessibility | founded = 2007<br /> 1993 (CaptionMax) | founders = Josh Miller and Chris Antunes | hq_location = Boston, Massachusetts, United States | products = Closed captioning, Audio description, Subtitling | website = [https://www.3playmedia.com/ www.3playmedia.com] }}
'''3Play Media''' is a media accessibility platform based in Boston, Massachusetts, providing closed captioning, audio description, and subtitling services for television, video content, and podcasts. The company was founded by Josh Miller and Chris Antunes in 2007.
== History == Founded in 2007, 3Play Media developed a range of accessibility solutions for sectors including media and entertainment, education, corporate, government, and e-learning. The company's acquisition of Captionmax, a media accessibility provider, in February 2022 expanded 3Play Media's offerings in live captioning and media accessibility services. The acquisition led to Captionmax's rebranding as 3Play Media on September 21, 2022.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=3Play Media Acquires Captionmax |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/riverside-partners-portfolio-company-3play-media-acquires-captionmax-301483737.html |website=PR Newswire |access-date=2023-08-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=3Play Media Acquires Localization and Accessibility Provider Captionmax |url=https://slator.com/3play-media-acquires-localization-accessibility-provider-captionmax/ |website=Slator |date=22 February 2022 |access-date=2023-08-21}}</ref>
Captionmax, established in 1993, offered closed captioning, translation, video description, and as-broadcast scripts to over 450 customers, including major broadcast and cable TV networks, studios, educational institutions, and corporations. Captionmax's acquisition of National Captioning Canada in March 2021 further expanded its media accessibility services.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Captionmax Acquires National Captioning Canada to Grow Media Accessibility Services |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/captionmax-acquires-national-captioning-canada-to-grow-media-accessibility-services-301279535.html |website=PR Newswire |access-date=2023-08-21}}</ref>
3Play Media's cloud-based platform combines machine learning, proprietary data sets, and automatic speech recognition with human review for accurate accessibility solutions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About 3Play Media |url=https://www.3playmedia.com |website=3Play Media |access-date=2023-08-21}}</ref>
== See also == * Closed captioning * Audio description * Subtitles
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== External links == * [https://www.3playmedia.com/ Official website] * [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/riverside-partners-portfolio-company-3play-media-acquires-captionmax-301483737.html PR Newswire article about acquisition] * [https://slator.com/3play-media-acquires-localization-accessibility-provider-captionmax/ Slator article about acquisition] * [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/3play-media-brightcove-partner-video-130000277.html Yahoo Finance article about partnership] * [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230503005160/en/3Play-Media-Study-Finds-Artificial-Intelligence-Innovation-Has-Led-to-Significant-Improvements-in-Automatic-Speech-Recognition-ASR Business Wire article about AI innovation] * [https://mashable.com/article/ai-captions-transcription-accessibility-concerns-report Mashable article about AI captions]
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