European developer Profuz Digital will launch a powerful upgrade to its Profuz LAPIS digital media management platform at IBC2026 in Amsterdam at stand 8.A88. The latest version of LAPIS features AI-assisted search across all types of data, including improved on-the-fly reporting, lifecycle-aware archiving and enriched multi-source analysis that combines speech recognition, face detection and content fingerprinting. Together with new AI transcription integrations in Profuz Digital’s SubtitleNEXT platform, these advancements mark a significant leap in localisation efficiency and broadcast workflow intelligence.
Profuz LAPIS manages entire workflows within an organisation by coordinating and distributing tasks across multiple AI processing engines into a unified workflow, where data is processed in layers and enriched at each stage. LAPIS brings cumulative benefits by combining data from multiple sources, including speech recognition paired with face detection, to create richer and more accurate insights.
For IBC, LAPIS has been further upgraded with intelligent AI-assisted search and reporting across all fields, including archiving module restoration lifecycle management, with enhancements to metadata handling, the video player and subtitle generation.
Other new features and capabilities in LAPIS showcased at IBC include S3 Glacier integration, file duplication checking, live subtitle stream generation, an enhanced media player with variable-speed rewind and fast-forward, integration with the ElevenLabs API, an external processing server with automatic content fingerprinting, embedded metadata handling of files, image extraction from high-resolution video, multilingual rich-text fields, media source selection for the media player and marker customisation through the UI.
Organisations such as France Galop, Canal+ France, the Council of Europe, Bulgarian National Radio and others have invested in Profuz LAPIS’ ability to deliver an effective asset management solution. LAPIS organises media assets such as news, images, audio, movies, documentaries, series, clips and promotions for categorisation, advanced searching, filtering, metadata tagging and sorting by centralising all data securely and efficiently within one system.
Also on show is the latest version of SubtitleNEXT – an affordable timed-text software platform that is intuitive and manages subtitles and audio description. Loaded with an extensive range of new features, SubtitleNEXT now includes IMSCR import and export support for IMS Common Script formats, enabling smoother integration with modern localisation and production workflows. HiDPI support provides enhanced UI scaling and rendering for high-resolution displays, delivering a sharper and more consistent user experience across modern workstations.
There is also a new Movie File Burn Expert Plugin for advanced subtitle burn-in to video, now enhanced with video file conversion to multiple formats and resolutions, along with further improved Batch Processing that adds burn-in support to batch operations as well as new duplicate and delete functions for more efficient batch management.
The advanced Batch Subtitle Conversion feature has broadened the available options for selecting time-code conversion methods and configurable time-code offset handling during batch subtitle conversion. Configurable and re-orderable columns for greater control over workspace customisation have also been added, allowing users to optimise layouts based on project requirements.
Another significant upgrade for broadcasters is SubtitleNEXT’s support for extended Teletext Validation, with broader teletext checks and related tools that help ensure compliance with broadcast delivery specifications. The Speaker Roles capability helps assign and manage speaker roles, improving the organisation of subtitles and accessibility workflows.
SubtitleNEXT offers users Extended AI Transcription Integration with added support for additional speech-to-text engines such as AssemblyAI, Deepgram, ElevenLabs and Whisper. These integrations provide greater flexibility when selecting transcription services based on language coverage, accuracy, turnaround time and deployment requirements.
With a well-established track record of success, SubtitleNEXT is used by organisations including ARTE Television, Proximus Media House, Euro Media Group (EMG), Polsat, Bulgarian National Television, IT Pros Italy, Digitalmeister, Leinhäuser Language Services, the University of Warsaw, Ghent University and KU Leuven University, among others.
“Broadcasters benefit from cost-effective AI processing integration with intelligent task-management distribution. Modular designs combined with creative tools arm subtitling professionals to be the best they can be. We look forward to demonstrating the latest features at IBC,” said Kamen Ferdinandov, CTO and developer at Profuz Digital.
Ivanka Vassileva, CEO of Profuz Digital, noted, “Profuz LAPIS and SubtitleNEXT are making an impact and are trusted long-term and forward-thinking investments for organisations of all sizes. Our focus has always been on our customers’ unique ways of working and adapting our software to suit their specific needs accordingly. We look forward to another successful IBC and encourage show attendees to see how our latest enhancements can make a real difference.”
To see Profuz Digital technology in action at IBC2026, attendees can visit Stand 8.A88.
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