Digital TV News: Meta

Gracenote augments metadata with related facts to drive engagement
Sep 4, 2024 – Gracenote has launched Gracenote Watch Prompts, a dataset that equips global video platforms and services with interesting facts about TV programs and movies to influence consumer viewing decisions.
News categories: Gracenote, Trent Wheeler, Big Data, Digital TV, IBC2024, UX, Worldwide

Global E&M industry continued to grow in 2023
Aug 16, 2024 – According to PwC, the global entertainment & media (E&M) industry continued to grow in 2023, with total revenues rising 5% in 2023 to US$2.8 trillion - outpacing overall economic growth.
News categories: PwC, Werner Ballhaus, Wilson Chow, Advertising, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide

No-code App Builder 2.0 leads IBC demos from MwareTV
Aug 20, 2024 – MwareTV will be showcasing its TVMS (television management system) at IBC2024. Taking centre stage will be version 2.0 of the company's no-code-required App Builder for drag-and-drop UI design.
News categories: MwareTV, Sander Kerstens, Apps, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBC2024, UX, Worldwide

UK forecast to have largest entertainment and media market in Europe
Aug 14, 2024 – The UK is forecast to have the largest entertainment and media (E&M) market in Europe from next year, according to PwC. UK E&M revenue is expected to break the £100bn barrier this year.
News categories: PwC, Mary Shelton Rose, Dan Bunyan, Ben Bird, Advertising, Digital TV, Gaming, Market Research, Streaming, UK

Globo shows TV 2.5 with Advanced HDR by Technicolor and Fraunhofer
Aug 10, 2024 – During the Paris Games, Advanced HDR by Technicolor, Fraunhofer IIS and Globo showcased HDR and MPEG-H Audio content that is compliant with Brazil's TV 2.5 standard on Hisense TVs.
News categories: Advanced HDR by Technicolor, Fraunhofer IIS, Globo, Adrian Murtaza, Valerie Allie, Wood Bi, Brazil, Content Distribution, Digital TV, SBTVD, Smart TV

Media Press Group launches non-proprietary entertainment metadata IDs
Aug 13, 2024 – Media Press Group has launched OpenID, a non-proprietary ID solution supporting metadata flows throughout the media supply chain. The group will make its metadata archive available through OpenID.
News categories: Media Press Group, Gijs Davelaar, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, UX, Worldwide

Amagi brings contextual CTV advertising to FAST with Anoki
Aug 6, 2024 – Amagi has partnered with Anoki on contextual advertising for FAST services. Anoki's platform generates contextual scene-level metadata on content served by Amagi using multimodel generative AI.
News categories: Amagi, Anoki, Srinivasan KA, Raghu Kodige, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, Worldwide

Xperi signs seventh TV partner to integrate TiVo OS
Aug 5, 2024 – In its 2nd quarter 2024 results Xperi (NYSE: XPER) announced that it has signed a seventh TiVo OS partner, a top 5 supplier of smart TVs in the U.S. market, with plans to launch TVs in 2025.
News categories: Xperi Inc, Jon Kirchner, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, In-Car, IPTV, Japan, Results, Smart TV, TV OS, USA, Worldwide

Gracenote teams with major CTV players on contextual ad targeting
Jul 24, 2024 – Gracenote has announced that new contextual categories powered by its metadata are available for Q4 campaigns via publishers including Cineverse, DIRECTV Advertising, Philo, Tastemade and Xumo.
News categories: Gracenote, Peer39, Magnite, Trent Wheeler, Mario Diez, Kristen Williams, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, USA