Advanced Television

AI

WSC Sports to provide AI-powered content for Dyn OTT

WSC Sports, a specialist in artificial intelligence (AI) powered sports video content, is partnering with new German streaming challenger brand Dyn Media to deliver content for its OTT streaming platform. Dyn has chosen WSC Sports’ technology to automatically create and distribute real-time video content and highlights directly to the new OTT platform and its associated […]

April 27, 2023

Report: Physical and digital opportunities for media

Consultancy firm Arthur D. Little (ADL) has published its annual State Of The Media Market report, which analyses how global trends are impacting the major subsegments of the media, sports, and entertainment sectors. Despite the inflationary and recessionary economic pressures from the fallout of COVID-19, plus the effects of an unstable geopolitical environment, the report […]

April 26, 2023By Colin Mann

ARwall announces new investment and partners

ARwall, the XR technology company whose work on Disney’s Muppets Haunted Mansion resulted in an Emmy win, has announced a new round of funding to expand their business and launch new products in SaaS, mobile, cloud, and AI. The expansion follows a slate of successful patent wins for the team covering virtual production. The announcement […]

April 25, 2023

VodafoneZiggo deploys Media Distillery

Media Distillery, a provider of AI-enabled video analysis solutions for the video entertainment industry, has announced that the Netherlands’ multiservice provider, VodafoneZiggo, has implemented EPG Correction Distillery  to improve the user experience for its nearly 4 million video subscribers. VodafoneZiggo is a joint venture between Vodafone Group and Liberty Global. EPG Correction Distillery was rolled […]

April 25, 2023

Phillpotts named Pixellot VP of Business Development

Pixellot, a provider of AI-powered sports production and analytics solutions, has announced the appointment of Brian Phillpotts as new Vice President of Business Development for Sport Governing Bodies. Phillpotts has spent four years with Pixellot as a consultant developing global partnerships with federations, data companies, and broadcasters. He will be responsible for growing new business […]

April 20, 2023

Report: 120m smart homes in US, Europe

According to a research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of smart homes in Europe and North America reached 120.5 million in 2022. North America is the leading market in terms of penetration and 39.2 per cent of all households in the region had at least one smart home product or […]

April 18, 2023

Forecast: Search marketing worth $350bn in 2023

Search marketing is on the cusp of its most consequential transformation since Google first introduced its sponsored keyword search auction over 20 years ago, and the more recent introduction of the use of data and algorithms to provide greater personalisation in search results. Now a third era of search beckons – one defined as much […]

April 13, 2023

EDPB ChatGPT taskforce

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is to create a taskforce on ChatGPT. The EDPB is an independent body that oversees data protection rules in the European Union, composed of national data protection watchdogs. “The EDPB members discussed the recent enforcement action undertaken by the Italian data protection authority against OpenAI about the Chat GPT […]

April 13, 2023

UK unveils future telecoms strategy

According to the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, digital infrastructure is crucial to unlocking opportunities for growth and prosperity and delivering the department’s mission to put the UK at the forefront of global scientific and technological advancement. Future telecoms is one of the  critical technologies identified in its recently published Science and Technology Framework. […]

April 11, 2023By Colin Mann

PlayOn, MediaRadar streaming data deal

Advertising intelligence company MediaRadar and streaming video recording platform specialist PlayOn have agreed a partnership that will see MediaRadar use data derived from video captured via PlayOn to enhance its streaming media advertising analytics and insights products. MediaRadar summarises OTT data covering overall and category trends in ad spend across the leading ad-supported streaming video […]

April 6, 2023