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Gracenote launches Gracenote On Sports solution

Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has announced the launch of Gracenote On Sports, a new solution developed to transform how viewers discover and engage with sports content across platforms. The solution fixes the consumer problem of finding live sports by providing streaming and linear video platforms an easy-to-implement metadata solution that connects […]

December 11, 2024

Gracenote appoints Michels as Chief Product Officer

Gracenote, the content solutions business unit of Nielsen, has announced the appointment of Bill Michels as Chief Product Officer.  In this role, Michels is responsible for leading Gracenote’s global Product team as the company looks to grow its suite of video, sports and music products and accelerate key market expansion initiatives. “As Gracenote redefines the […]

December 4, 2024

Gracenote: Disney+ leads SVoDs for exclusive content

Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has launched a new Data Hub providing insight into the current state of SVoD programming to identify global content trends and changes over time. Tapping Gracenote Global Video Data, a comprehensive database of TV show and movie information, the data visualisation graphically illustrates the current makeup of […]

November 13, 2024

Gracenote, Amagi FAST partnership

Nielsen’s Gracenote, the entertainment metadata provider, is teaming with Amagi, a specialist in cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and Connected TV (CTV), to help content owners capitalise on consumer appetite for FAST services. This collaboration enables Amagi to serve as a one-stop shop for customers, simplifying the process of getting programming onto major FAST platforms […]

September 26, 2024

Amagi drives Oceania growth with new sales leadership

Amagi has announced that Thomas Parsons has joined Amagi’s APAC revenue leadership team as Senior Director of Sales and Business Development. Based on a professional career spanning over a decade in the broadcast and entertainment technology industry, Parsons brings a proven track record of revenue growth and strategic thinking to Amagi. His knowledge of media […]

September 12, 2024

Gracenote launches Watch Prompts

Gracenote, the content solutions business unit of Nielsen, has launched Gracenote Watch Prompts, a new dataset that equips video platforms and services with facts about TV programmes and movies to influence consumer viewing decisions. Designed to be paired with viewer preference and consumption behaviour data, the new offering enables customers to deliver more personalised viewer […]

September 4, 2024

Gracenote enters contextual CTV advertsing

Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, is powering new contextual categories to give advertisers greater visibility into the content that their messages run against on connected TV (CTV). By teaming with Peer39, a provider of contextual suitability and quality solutions for modern marketers, these Gracenote-powered contextual CTV categories will be available on Peer39 […]

July 25, 2024

Grusd joins Nielsen as CEO of Gracenote

Nielsen has announced that Jared Grusd has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gracenote, effective immediately. Grusd will lead Gracenote in driving product development as Nielsen continues to advance its Convergent TV strategy. As part of this transition, Sujit Dasmunshi will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer for Gracenote and will continue to […]

July 9, 2024

Data: NBC leads black inclusivity with 30% share of cast

Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has released a report quantifying the visibility of different racial, ethnic, gender and disability groups among primary cast in new 2024 TV programming on major streaming platforms and linear channels. Tapping Gracenote Inclusion Analytics data, the report sheds light on opportunities for media buyers to invest in […]

June 14, 2024

Gracenote speeds US FAST channel deployment

Content data specialist Gracenote has expanded its FAST Programme to the US helping content owners and providers more easily launch new free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels. Now, US-based content owners can distribute their TV programmes and movies to leading streaming platforms along with industry-standard Gracenote metadata ensuring their offerings are discoverable and monetisable. First […]

April 3, 2024