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Ateme, AWS partnership

Ateme, a player in video compression technology, has announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring their compression expertise to the Graviton platform with their Titan product line. By adopting AWS Graviton processors, Ateme will bring the benefits of ARM-based CPU architectures to AWS media customers with up to 60 per cent […]

September 3, 2024

Kelce brothers sign Amazon podcast deal

NFL stars and brothers, Travis and Jason Kelce. have signed a podcast deal with Amazon, reportedly worth $100 million (€90m). The three-year deal gives Wondery, an Amazon partner company, exclusive multimedia rights to the brothers’ popular New Heights podcast. The siblings launched the podcast in 2022, which sees the pair interviewing celebrity guests and discussing […]

August 28, 2024By Nik Roseveare

The new WNBA TV deal worth $2.2bn through 2036 

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has had a record-breaking year in 2024, thanks to Indiana Fever’s addition of rookie Caitlin Clarke. The hype around this young superstar has created rivalries that raised the intensity and competition of games, which has attracted more viewership from sports fans across the US and resulted in a new […]

August 27, 2024

Forecast: Global ad spend to top $1tn in 2024

A study from WARC, specialists in marketing effectiveness, has found that global advertising spend is on course to grow 10.5 per cent in 2024 to a total of $1.07 trillion (€0.96tn) – the best performance in six years if the post-Covid recovery of 2021 (+27.9 per cent year-on-year) is disregarded. Ad spend growth is also […]

August 22, 2024

Jimmy Carr hosts Last One Laughing UK on Prime Video

Prime Video will launch a UK version of the international hit format, Last One Laughing, which will be hosted by comedian, television presenter and writer, Jimmy Carr. The series will see Carr challenge 10 of Britain’s best-known comics to spend the day together without so much as cracking a smile. Over the course of the […]

August 22, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Amazon acquire’s Xperi’s Perceive for $80m

Xperi has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Amazon.com Services to sell substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Perceive Corporation, a subsidiary focused on edge inference hardware and software technologies, for a gross amount of $80 million (€72.5m) in cash. “Since Perceive’s inception, the landscape for edge inference technology has evolved, […]

August 19, 2024

Prime Video announces Kenny Dalglish doc

At the Prime Video Presents Sport showcase in London, Managing Director of Prime Video UK, Chris Bird, joined Gabby Logan on-stage to reveal a number of feature updates and announcements relating to the streaming platform’s sports documentaries. Liverpool footballing legend Sir Kenny Dalglish joined the stage to confirm an upcoming documentary, titled King Kenny, exploring […]

August 19, 2024By Nik Roseveare

AWS Marketplace adds Veritone AI tools

Veritone, a specialist in building human-centered enterprise AI solutions, has announced that its media and entertainment solutions are available in AWS Marketplace, a curated digital catalogus of independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Veritone’s availability in AWS Marketplace provides media, […]

August 15, 2024

YouTube leapfrogs Netflix as UK’s ‘Coolest Brand’

Youtube has leapfrogged Netflix to regain its number one crown in the 100 Coolest Brands for Kids & Teens according to a study of 21,000 youngsters, unveiled tby Beano Brain, the specialist kids and family insights agency. In the third edition of Beano Brain’s annual 100 Coolest Brands Report, the entertainment giants continue their neck-and-neck […]

August 14, 2024

Nautilus launching exclusively on Prime Video UK

Prime Video will exclusively launch Nautilus in the UK and Ireland. The 10-episode live-action series inspired by Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, will launch on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland on October 25th. Nautilus tells the origin story of Captain Nemo: an Indian Prince robbed of his birthright and family, […]

August 14, 2024