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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

WGA tells studios to sue AI trainers

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is calling on Hollywood studios to take a stand on the use of their members’ works as AI training data. Leaders of the WGA West and East demanded that producers take “immediate legal action” against any firms that have used writers’ work to train AI models. A letter sent […]

December 13, 2024

Yospace CEO: “Streamers will eke max value of ad inventory”

Tim Sewell, CEO at Yospace, a specialist in server-side ad insertion, has shared his predictions on OTT monetisation for 2025. “With ad-based streaming an increasingly important element of many media owners’ businesses, we’ll see a real desire to eke out the maximum value of ad inventory. That means a closer focus on dynamic ad insertion […]

December 13, 2024

CBS News extends Veritone contract

Veritone, a specialist in building human-centered enterprise AI solutions, has announced the renewal of its global licensing agreement with CBS News. The multi-year contract expands the partnership to include exclusive local news content from CBS Owned Stations. For over a decade, CBS News and Veritone’s licensing agreement has paved the way for television producers, filmmakers, […]

December 13, 2024

BT leans on AI for customer service

BT Group is transforming customer support through the integration of advanced AI and generative AI technologies, in collaboration with Sprinklr. The refreshed customer contact platform enhances the EE and BT customer experience through conversational AI, and enhances support processes for the Group’s customer service guides across its Business, Consumer and internal contact channels. BT Group […]

December 12, 2024

TCLtv+ debuts original films

TCLtv+, the streaming service from electronics company TCL, has announced the premiere dates for five new original film shorts produced by its TCL Studios. The film shorts will launch on the TCL streaming service beginning December 12th and rollout throughout the week. These titles represent the first slate of originals from the new studio. The […]

December 12, 2024

Synamedia CTO expects further consolidation in streaming sector

Marc Baillavoine, CTO, Video Network at Synamedia, predicts that the video streaming industry will continue consolidating in 2025, with cost efficiency remaining a top priority. Meanwhile, traditional players will persist in exploring new video formats like social media and short-form content. Baillavoine shared his full industry predictions for the new year: CDN Evolution: The public […]

December 11, 2024

Navigating the digital age: Strategies for TV industry success

The digital revolution has transformed the media landscape, compelling traditional TV networks to innovate rapidly. With audiences increasingly favoring streaming and on-demand content, understanding digital transformation is crucial for survival. At CreaCon 2024, industry leaders gathered to discuss effective strategies for thriving in this new era. As the digital age unfolds, the television industry finds […]

December 11, 2024