Tremor Video, the programmatic video platform, has expanded its demand-side platform’s (DSP) advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning technology. The move positions Tremor Video at the forefront of the industry – revolutionising the concept of data-driven marketing with a platform that is capable of adjusting for user behaviour based on real-time changes in the market. […]
Early adopters in various economies are dominating demand for leading-edge electronics devices, with these elite consumers owning 61 per cent of all virtual reality (VR) headsets and 43 per cent of all smart speakers and 49 per cent of all smartwatches and, according to a multinational survey conducted by IHS Markit. The early adopters represent […]
The BBC has revealed it is planning to launch a digital voice assistant next year similar to Amazon’s Alexa service. It will not be a hardware device in its own right but rather software designed to work on all smart speakers, TVs and mobiles. The plan is to activate it with the wake-word Beeb, although […]
The global smart speaker market grew 55.4 per cent in Q2 to reach 26.1 million units, according to Canalys. Amazon continued to lead with 6.6 million units shipped. Google, however, fell to the third spot as China’s Baidu surged ahead. Baidu in Q2 grew 3,700 per cent to reach 4.5 million units, overtaking Google’s 4.3 […]
Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet (Google) dominate the cloud market, but the demand for edge computing could shift the balance towards operators believes analyst Chetan Sharma. In Edge Internet Economy The Multi-Trillion Dollar Ecosystem Opportunity, Sharma estimates
Global sales of smart speakers continued to soar in the second quarter of 2019, reaching 30.3 million units, nearly double the same period in 2018, according to research from Strategy Analytics. With a 21.9 per cent share Amazon remained the leading brand, although its share has fallen from 29.1 per cent in Q2 2018. Google […]
LG Electronics has revealed the results of an experiment in collaboration with Realeyes – the emotion AI company – to analyse the physical and emotional responses to its 2019 OLED TV versus its 2013 LED TV, the latter representing the most common type of TV in homes across the UK. To inform the experiment, LG […]
WSC Sports, a leader in AI-powered sports video content, announced it has raised $23 million (€25.69m) in Series C funding, bringing the company’s total funding to$39 million. The new capital will be used to further expand WSC’s growth across new sports, products and geographic regions. This funding round was led by Eyal Ofer’s O.G. Tech […]
The Walt Disney Co has revealed plans to offer US consumers a streaming bundle of Disney+, ESPN+, and advertising-supported Hulu for $12.99 (€11.60) a month, beginning November 12th, setting out its stall in what is likely to become a fiercely-fought battle with competing SVoD services. The pricing matches the most popular subscription from Netflix, with […]
Following the success of BBC Click’s personalised, interactive episode, the Corporation’s R&D team is continuing to explore object-based formats powered by its StoryKit tool. For its latest project, it commissioned independent production company Spirit to produce Instagramifaction, a documentary about the good, the bad and the ugly of the world’s fastest-growing social network. Following research […]