Big Data (AI/ML, Audience Measurement, Metadata, Content Identification, Advertising)

VIZIO reports Q1 2023 financial results
May 9, 2023 – VIZIO Holding (NYSE: VZIO) has announced results for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The company reported that there are now 17.5 million SmartCast Active Accounts. SmartCast ARPU was $29.20, up 23% YoY.
News categories: VIZIO, William Wang, Advertising, Digital TV, Results, Smart TV, Streaming, USA

iKO Media Group launches iKOGUIDE TV guide editor
May 10, 2023 – iKO Media has launched iKOGUIDE, its TV guide editor. iKOGUIDE provides TV channels with an easy-to-use solution for managing, customizing, enhancing and enriching their TV guides and their TV channel.
News categories: iKO Media, Sharon Malkiel, Big Data, Digital TV, Europe, Middle-East, Satellite, Streaming, UX

CTV now accounts for over half of global video impressions
May 11, 2023 – CTV now accounts for 51% of global video impression share, an increase of 10.9% compared to 2021 - with mobile and desktop steadily declining - according to a report from Innovid (NYSE: CTV).
News categories: Innovid, Dave Helmreich, Advertising, Digital TV, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide

ThinkAnalytics powers personalized recommendations at Go3
May 11, 2023 – TV3 Group has teamed up with ThinkAnalytics to implement AI-based, personalized content recommendations for customers of its Go3 streaming service in the Baltics.
News categories: ThinkAnalytics, Go3, Samuel Sweet, Jan Wykrytowicz, Baltics, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, UX

Fubo enhances CTV ad measurement with iSpot.tv
May 10, 2023 – FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) has partnered with iSpot.tv to bolster CTV measurement across its video ad inventory, including data on the number of impressions delivered to households not reached by linear TV.
News categories: iSpot.tv, FuboTV, Dan Loewenberg, David Gandler, Advertising, Digital TV, Streaming, USA

Xperi signs second top-10 Smart TV OEM for TiVo OS
May 9, 2023 – Xperi (NYSE: XPER) has announced results for the period ended March 31, 2023. In the quarter Xperi signed an agreement with a second top-10 Smart TV OEM to integrate the TiVo Operating System (TiVo OS) into their TV lineup.
News categories: Xperi, Jon Kirchner, Automotive, Big Data, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Smart TV, TV OS, USA, Worldwide

Sportradar to integrate NPAW video analytics
May 3, 2023 – NPAW has announced that it will be providing analytics capabilities to Sportradar. Sportradar will use NPAW Suite Video Analytics to optimize its streaming service and provide analytics to its clients.
News categories: NPAW, Sportradar, Ruben Senor-Megias, Big Data, Digital TV, QoE, Streaming, Worldwide

Nielsen solution measures content viewing across all device types
May 3, 2023 – Nielsen has introduced Nielsen ONE Content Alpha, delivering measurement of content viewing across all device types. Nielsen ONE Content uses Gracenote ID for entertainment content identification.
News categories: Nielsen, Deirdre Thomas, Jon Turner, Roberto Ruiz, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, USA

Unruly provides TCL FFALCON ad inventory access through Amobee
May 2, 2023 – Unruly has partnered with TCL FFALCON to provide advertisers using the Amobee demand-side platform with access to TCL FFALCON ad inventory on the TCL Channel in the US, Europe and APAC regions.
News categories: Tremor International, TCL FFALCON, Unruly, Kenneth Suh, Rebecca Wan, Advertising, Digital TV, Smart TV, Streaming, Worldwide