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Chelsea shoots to maximise digital revenues with Horizm

Chelsea FC has signed up with Horizm, a provider of digital inventory management in sport, in a deal that will enable the Premier League football club to identify new digital revenues through Horizm’s Artificial Intelligence powered platform. Fuelled by success on the pitch and an extensive programme of commercial and international development activities, Chelsea has […]

February 5, 2021

Report: Europe lags on key digital metrics

At a time in which the EU is striving for digital sovereignty, fresh data shows that Europe is trailing global peers on key network roll-out and digital investment metrics, including on 5G, AI and network investment. Despite this, Europe shows progress with respect to last year, with more people covered

February 1, 2021

Imagen launches Imagen Go AI platform

Imagen, the digital asset management company has announced thelaunch of Imagen Go – a smart, AI powered media platform that helps people to connect with the content they need to stay productive. Imagen Go reduces the complexity of managing digital assets and makes it easy to share, store and collaborate on creative projects. As many […]

January 28, 2021

Survey: Tech trends increasing need for test & monitor

Viavi Solutions has revealed that virtualisation (78 per cent), automation (70 per cent) and network slicing (70 per cent) are the top technology trends increasing the need for test, monitoring and assurance, according to communications service providers (CSPs). These findings are explained in The 2021 Network Test Survey, an industry report commissioned by VIAVI that explores insights […]

January 27, 2021

TiVo, Pindrop partner for authentication

TiVo has made a strategic partnership with authentication startup Pindrop. With Pindrop’s tech embeded into smart TVs, users could be authenticated based on their voice, as opposed to punching in usernames and passwords. Family members could also be differentiated by voice for the purpose of user profiles, and search and recommendation. “Contextual awareness is key […]

January 26, 2021

Must TV content discovery beta launches

Must Ltd has announced the launch of beta site Must TV, which it says will “create an elegant solution to the problem of content discovery”. Must TV highlights the best new TV by aggregating critics’ reviews of shows whilst building a comprehensive library of the content available across all streaming platforms. The site enables users […]

January 19, 2021

Tooke joins Media Distillery

Media Distillery, a provider of AI technology to understand what’s inside video, has appointed Chris Tooke as Director of Sales, responsible for global new business sales and partner relations. Tooke joins after 19 years with content discovery company ThinkAnalytics, where he was part of the founding team and as Senior Vice President and was also […]

January 19, 2021

Forecast: Virtual assistant market to double by 2024

The global market for virtual assistants (VAs) continues to exhibit robust performance, propelled by enhancements in the underlying technologies along with increasing penetration across Consumer Electronics. According to research from Futuresource Consulting, shipments of products with built-in voice assistant technology will double to 3 billion units in 2024, representing a CAGR of 19 per cent […]

January 11, 2021

Forecast: Operators ‘weaponise’ customer service

With a rocky road ahead for their core offerings, triple play operators are having to weaponise customer care in order to keep a hold on their revenues, according to research from Rethink TV. Traditional OSS/BSS offerings are not up to the job, which has given rise to a new breed of vendors, focused on improving […]

January 6, 2021

Viasat buys RigNet for $222m

California-based Viasat has bought specialist connectivity business RigNet in an all-share deal worth $222 million (€181.8m). RigNet has some 1200 onshore sites and 11,000 Internet of Things sites internationally, and specialises in ultra-secure, intelligent networking solutions and applications. Viasat will add RigNet’s 650 customers to its existing portfolio. Rick Baldridge, Viasat’s president/CEO commented, “With the […]

December 22, 2020By Chris Forrester