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Forecast: Video conferencing market at $5.1bn in 2024

The global video conferencing market is navigating a period of steady expansion, with volumes expected to approach four million units by the end of 2024, according to a report from Futuresource Consulting. Despite economic pressures, value is expected to surpass $5.1 billion (€4.9bn), up from $4.9 billion in 2023, driven by the rising adoption of […]

December 23, 2024

Bites partners with Unilever Food Solutions

Bites, a player in AI-powered knowledge-sharing solutions, has announced its collaboration with Unilever Food Solutions to enhance real-time communication and streamline knowledge distribution for frontline teams. Using Bites’ integrated platform, Unilever FS has created a professional communication and training layer on top of familiar channels such as SMS, WhatsApp, and MS Teams, enabling seamless and […]

December 19, 2024

Asteria, Moonvalley build clean AI model for Hollywood

Asteria, the artist-led generative AI film and animation studio, has partnered with AI research company Moonvalley to build the entertainment industry’s first clean foundational AI model. Named ‘Marey’ after early cinema trailblazer Étienne-Jules Marey, this model aims to bring power to film and media production, while distinguishing itself by relying exclusively on ethically sourced data […]

December 18, 2024

Nielsen collaborates with Realeyes

Nielsen is launching expanded capabilities in their Outcomes measurement suite. By bridging creative evaluation with brand and sales lift, Nielsen says it will deliver deeper insights on the performance of ad creatives to power ad effectiveness and desired outcomes. The launch includes a new collaboration with Realeyes, a specialist in attention measurement.  With the addition […]

December 18, 2024

Bell Media, Shopsense AI bring curated shoppable TV to Canadian viewers

Bell Media, Canada’s leading media and entertainment company, has partnered with Shopsense AI, a specialist in shoppable TV technology, to bring innovative second-screen shopping experiences to Canadian viewers. This collaboration marks Shopsense’s first expansion outside of the US and the first integration of its Commerce OS into Canadian entertainment programming. The partnership will debut on […]

December 18, 2024

Perion collaborates with Experian

Perion Network, a technology player in connecting advertisers to consumers across all major digital channels, has announced the integration of Experian’s identity graph into its proprietary solutions; a strategic enhancement to Perion’s cross-channel and cross-device targeting and attribution capabilities. This collaboration complements Perion’s existing advertising solutions, boosting its capabilities to deliver advanced digital advertising tools […]

December 18, 2024

UK creatives fear AI copyright waiver

In a consultation announced by the UK government, it is proposed there may be an exemption to copyright laws, letting tech companies use material to train their artificial intelligence (AI) models unless the rights holder objects under a so-called ‘rights reservation’ system. In return, tech companies may be forced to open their AI models to […]

December 17, 2024By Colin Mann

AI: Devil and Deep Blue Sea

Remember Deep Blue, the IBM computer that beat a Grandmaster at chess? Sometimes seen as the moment Artificial Intelligence entered the public consciousness? These days, it is front and centre in both the tech and the creative industries. Uniquely, you can find protagonists in both who regard it as humankind’s next great step, and those […]

December 17, 2024

EDO, DoubleVerify team up

EDO, the TV outcomes company, and DoubleVerify, a software platform for digital media measurement, data, and analytics, has announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to deliver AI-powered optimisation for Connected TV (CTV) advertising. Leveraging DV Scibids AI – DoubleVerify’s proprietary technology designed to maximise ad performance and cost efficiency across the world’s leading DSPs – the partnership […]

December 17, 2024

Moments Lab, Bitcentral partner on AI content discovery

AI and video search company Moments Lab has announced its integration with Bitcentral. enabling Bitcentral Oasis MAM users to enrich their media assets with AI-generated metadata while retaining their on-prem or fusion hybrid storage architecture. Moments Lab’s public API can be used to integrate its MXT-1.5 multimodal AI with Oasis. MXT-1.5 combines what it sees […]

December 16, 2024