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Instoried secures $8m to expand AI-powered platform

Instoried, the only AI-powered pre-publication sentiment analysis tool that enhances content performance in real-time has raised $8m in funding from Pritt Investment Partners and 9Unicorns with participation from Mumbai Angels, Venture Catalysts Angel Fund and SOSV. Instoried turns traditional content performance tracking software on its head, delivering real-time sentiment analysis at the point of content […]

October 27, 2021

Tata Sky expands its DataMiner System

Skyline Communications, a global player in AI-powered multi-vendor network management and orchestration software for ICT media and broadband solutions, announces an expansion of their award-winning DataMiner platform at Tata Sky India. DataMiner continues to fully manage Tata Sky’s DTH operations, but now across an even wider scale of data sources. Tata Sky, headquartered in Mumbai, […]

October 15, 2021

Forecast: Cloud providers most important distribution channel

In a session at CCS Insight’s annual Predictions event, the company’s analysts focus on the future of networks and how operators can capitalise on soaring levels of demand. Kester Mann, Director, Consumer and Connectivity comments: “In recent times, the value of broadband and mobile networks has surpassed all expectations, reinforced by eye-watering demand among households […]

October 14, 2021

Forecast: Smart TV VA transactions near $500m in 2023

A study from Juniper Research has found that spend through voice assistant-enabled smart TVs will reach nearly $500 million (€432.2m) in 2023; a sharp increase from the $126 million expected in 2021. This growth reflects how voice assistants are becoming context‑dependent sales portals, as well as information and control systems, and smart TVs will bring […]

October 11, 2021

Basketball Champions League and WSC Sports extend partnership on AI highlights

The Basketball Champions League and WSC Sports, the global leader in AI sports video technology, today announced the extension of their partnership to bring automated real-time video highlights to the BCL until 2024. The BCL, together with its official broadcast and marketing rights holder SPORTFIVE, will be working with WSC Sports to provide BCL with […]

October 11, 2021

Patent protects JW Player’s status

JW Player, the video software and data insights platform, today announced the company has been awarded patent number US11,102,546 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its real-time viewability technology. The technology provides advertisers with an unprecedented degree of certainty on whether an ad will be viewable before they place a bid, […]

October 9, 2021

TiVo brings IPTV platform to TIGO customers in LatAm

TiVo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi, is introducing TiVo’s IPTV platform to Latin American subscribers of Tigo, provider of fixed and mobile services in Latin America. Tigo ONEtv subscribers will now be able to quickly find, watch and enjoy the content they want with TiVo’s user interface, across all their devices. TiVo’s IPTV platform is […]

October 6, 2021

Kantar brings AI-based creative testing to digital video advertising

Kantar, the data-driven analytics and brand solution company, has announced the global launch of Digital Video AI, a fully AI-powered creative effectiveness tool that predicts the performance of digital video advertising. Building on the launch of Link AI for TV advertising in 2020, Digital Video AI is a state-of-the-art creative measurement tool designed to evaluate online video ads against […]

October 6, 2021

Report: Pandemic accelerated demand for visual-first experiences

Findings from brand media experience platform Cloudinary’s third State of Visual Media report reveal a substantial increase in images and video content publishing during the pandemic. For example, video views nearly doubled and video bandwidth grew almost 140 per cent in Q2 2020, when the pandemic first began. At the same time, brands are just […]

September 30, 2021

ThinkAnalytics enhances ThinkAdvertising

ThinkAnalytics, a global provider of cloud-based personalised content discovery, viewer insight, and targeted advertising solutions, has announced enhancements to ThinkAdvertising that bring even more sophisticated, digital-style ad targeting to the TV sector, and provide opportunities for video service providers to build additional revenue streams. Chief among the enhancements is the ability to blend first-party behavioural […]

September 30, 2021