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VentureBeat chooses AnyClip

AnyClip, continuing to ride the momentum sparked by the recent closing of a new $47 million (US) investment, has announced an exclusive live events partnership with VentureBeat. Through this deal, VentureBeat has chosen AnyClip’s Visual Intelligence platform to power its upcoming events, beginning with Transform 2021.  This follows a successful collaboration in 2020.  Widely regarded as the “the AI event […]

July 13, 2021

Forecast: Spending on smart home solutions to soar

Global consumer spending on smart home solutions is set to grow to $123 billion (€104bn) in 2021 after declining in 2020 due to the economic impact of Covid-19 according to research published in Strategy Analytics’ 2021 Global Smart Home Forecast. Strategy Analytics forecasts global consumer spending in 2021 on smart home products and services will […]

July 7, 2021

ITV launching Shoppable TV

ITV is to launch Shoppable TV, allowing viewers to discover and purchase items from its programmes directly on screen. Viewers can initiate the shopping interface at any time by using their LG remote but must actively opt-in to receive the notifications and use the service. The service launches during hit dating series Love Island on […]

July 6, 2021

Iron Mountain unleashes full potential of content with Smart Vault

Iron Mountain Entertainment Services (IMES) has announced the launch of Smart Vault, a new Media Asset Management solution for IMES’ market-leading storage services that provides broadcasters, production companies, brands, sports rights holders, and any media organisations involved in the production of content with a powerful one-stop solution for content management, storage, and archive. Smart Vault […]

June 25, 2021

Metaphysic launches to create hyperreal content

The creators of the viral @DeepTomCruise account on TikTok- viewed over 70 million times with 1.5 milion followers – announce the launch of Metaphysic, a synthetic media platform that uses deep learning and artificial intelligence to help brands, creators and the entertainment industry create hyperrealistic content without the expense or time required to shoot in-person. […]

June 23, 2021

GIGAEurope expresses tech trust concerns

Following the EURACTIV-GIGAEurope Digital Debate ‘Trust in the Digital Decade’ on June 21st, GIGAEurope has called for governments, industry and civil society to intensify their partnership to ensure that the next phase of technology-driven transformation is human-centred, inclusive and sustainable. GIGAEurope is a trade body that brings together private operators who build, operate and invest […]

June 22, 2021

Research: 82% US homes OTT subs

According to Parks Associates’ latest research of 10,000 US broadband households, 82 per cent of US broadband households now have at least one OTT video service subscription, up from 76 per cent in Q1 2020. Parks revealed the data in advance of its fourth annual Future of Video: OTT, Pay TV, and Digital Media virtual […]

June 4, 2021

Blackbird and Newsbridge partner

Blackbird and Newsbridge have partnered to provide media professionals with a flexible, powerful end-to-end cloud video management and production solution. The integrated solution combines two cloud-native services: Newsbridge’s smart asset management platform powered by AI and Blackbird’s video editing and publishing platform. Optimised for speed, flexibility and resilience, the solution empowers users with easy access […]

May 26, 2021

AnyClip nets $47m funding round

AnyClip, fuelled by the closing of a new $47 million (€38.3m) investment led by JVP, is positioning itself as The Visual Intelligence Company. The company is introducing the expanded AnyClip platform, saying it is “ushering in a new era in video analytics with the goal of providing businesses the next generation AI tools necessary to […]

May 25, 2021

Telenet implements UI image optimisation solution from Media Distillery

Media Distillery, a provider of AI technology to understand what’s inside video, announces that Belgium’s largest multiservice provider Telenet has extended its deployments of Media Distillery technology in its nationwide cable TV and IPTV video services. Telenet has implemented the Image Distillery solution to improve the TV browsing and content discovery experience for its 1.8 […]

May 25, 2021