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BIMM receives AI grant

BIMM Music Institute (part of BIMM University), a creative arts educator with campuses across the UK, Ireland, and Germany. It is spearheading an initiative to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into music education. Backed by almost £1 million (€1.2m) in funding from Innovate UK’s Bridge AI Grant, BIMM is partnering with six global AI innovators to […]

November 26, 2024

Study: Emotional authenticity drives LinkedIn engagement

Vidmob, the creative data company, in collaboration with LinkedIn, has revealed key findings from its 2024 Creative Trends report. The study sheds light on the creative trends that are driving B2B campaign performance in 2024, offering marketers insights into crafting more impactful video and static content on LinkedIn. As a LinkedIn Marketing Partner since 2018, […]

November 25, 2024

Data: AI reshaping US local advertising

Eighty per cent of digital ad professionals now utilise AI tools for media buying and campaign management, according to a report from Frequence, a specialist in advertising sales automation and workflow software. Recently acquired by Madhive, the independent ad platform purpose-built for local CTV, Frequence’s 2024 Local Advertising Sellers Index (LASI) also found that, despite […]

November 22, 2024

Virgin Media O2 offers free AI search assistant

Virgin Media O2 has partnered with Perplexity – the AI-powered search engine – to offer its customers free access to Perplexity Pro, an advanced AI-powered research assistant. Perplexity Pro (which usually costs over £150 per year) is available to all O2 and Virgin Media broadband customers via Priority from now until May 2025. The new […]

November 21, 2024

Report: There is no ‘first’ and ‘second’ screen

IMG has launched its Digital Trends Report 2025, exploring the technologies and developments that will shape the sports media landscape for rightsholders over the next 12 months. Featuring insights and analysis from IMG’s global team of digital experts, this year’s predictions explore how D2C strategy is pivoting from non-premium content to gamification, the notion that […]

November 19, 2024

Report: Generative AI apps boosts interest in differentiated connectivity

Generative AI applications are emerging as a key area in driving interest in differentiated connectivity – guaranteed uninterrupted high-end connectivity when you need it most – among 5G smartphone users globally, Ericsson ConsumerLab research shows. With the number of smartphone owners who use Gen AI apps on at least a weekly basis expected to increase […]

November 13, 2024

Veritone achieves AWS M&E Services Competency 

Veritone, a specialist in designing human-centered AI solutions, has achieved AWS Media and Entertainment Services Competency in Media Supply Chain and Data Science & Analytics, recognising the company’s specialised expertise, technical proficiency and proven success in helping customers transform their media and entertainment operations with cloud-based AI solutions. Veritone achieving the AWS Media & Entertainment […]

November 13, 2024

Bitmovin launches AI Contextual Advertising

Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming solutions, has announced the launch of Bitmovin’s AI Contextual Advertising that combines the Bitmovin Playback Solution and Bitmovin’s Encoding to provide hyper-personalised adverts for audiences based on the content they are viewing. Bitmovin’s AI Contextual Advertising optimises ad placement for users based on a machine learning model that extracts […]

November 13, 2024

Forecast: Internet space race heats up in 2025

From mining on the moon to humanoid robots, DE-CIX experts Ivo Ivanov (CEO) and Dr Thomas King (CTO) evaluate some of the biggest trends and the essential interplay with communication technology. Below are 5 trends they believe will shape the connected business world, the further evolution of technology, and the interconnection business in 2025. Trend […]

November 12, 2024

Prime Video rolls out X-Ray Recaps feature

Prime Video has announced its new generative AI feature, X-Ray Recaps, which is powered by Amazon Bedrock, a fully managed AWS service for building and scaling generative AI applications with foundational models. Using a combination of Amazon Bedrock models and custom AI models trained on Amazon SageMaker, X-Ray Recaps analyses various video segments, combined with […]

November 5, 2024By Nik Roseveare