WeSEE.com, the innovative advertising and visual classification company, announces the hire of Sam Kayum as Chief Commercial Officer, a capacity in which he will lead the company’s continued commercial push in to the online advertising and video market. Kayum’s remit will include growing the commercial side of the business to include key partnerships with media […]
Free-to-air instrumental music channel LandscapeHD has launched what it describes as a “revolutionary” new technology for modern television delivery. Designed to avoid prohibitively expensive broadcast costs that inhibit the growth of niche music television channels, the new generation server can deliver a highest quality 1080p television signal (in an 8Mb or 10Mb feed) into any […]
Multi-screen video and brand advertising platform smartclip and Samsung Electronics have agreed a global advertising partnership for Samsung Smart TVs and Blu-ray players through Samsung’s digital advertising platform, Samsung AdHub. Samsung AdHub has been supporting advertising on smart devices including smart phones, tablets and Smart TV devices, and smartclip will be a key partner to […]
Rovio Entertainment, the creator of the globally successful Angry Birds franchise, has selected the Brightcove Video Cloud online video platform to support the launch of its Angry Birds Toons animated series. Angry Birds game users, which number more than 1.7 billion downloads according to Rovio, can now watch the latest adventure of the birds and […]
Civolution, the provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, has confirmed its integration by Tubetime, the entertainment technology company that brings TV viewers a fun, simple and rich viewing experience with an all-in-one television-companion app. Civolution will provide Tubetime with access to its SyncNow real-time Ad Identification service, which will allow […]
BSkyB and BT have teamed up to force rival Virgin Media to drop an advert that claimed that its broadband is “unlimited”, after the advertising watchdog found that heavy users could find their download speeds cut by up to 50 per cent. Virgin Media, which claims it can outpace rivals by offering customers superfast Internet […]
Shazam the media engagement company, has hired Daniel Danker as Chief Product Officer. In this newly created position, Danker will be responsible for leading the product expansion of the Shazam service which is used by more than 300 million people globally. Danker is General Manager of Programmes and On Demand at the BBC and has […]
Trevor Beattie, one of the UK’s most celebrated advertising men has claimed that modern technology has killed the 30-second TV commercial. Beattie told the Advertising Week Europe conference in London that the only really long-form content that should exist these days is “Attenborough and movies” in a world where we snack on content and live […]
Innovid, the technology platform delivering immersive video advertising anywhere, announced that it raised $11 million in Series C funding. Existing investors Sequoia Capital, Genesis Partners, and T-Venture (Deutsche Telecom) participated in the round, with a new investment from Vintage Investment Partners. This announcement comes on the heels of a global leadership position in the agency […]
As revealed February 11 by advanced-television.com, UK supermarket retailer Tesco has confirmed the launch of Clubcard TV to its 16 million Clubcard loyalty card customers. Hundreds of movies and TV shows are available to watch for free online, with content specifically tailored to family and kids. Michael Comish, CEO of Tesco Digital Entertainment, said: “Clubcard […]