Topic: Monetization Strategies
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Launch Your Online TV Streaming Service: Essential FAQs
Building a successful online TV streaming service involves navigating content, technology, and audience engagement, but it is achievable with the right approach and understanding of core components like content strategy and monetization. The Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) model combines vi...
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Eluvio's Global Sports League Wins Set Stage for IBC2025
Eluvio's Content Fabric platform is transforming sports broadcasting by enabling high-quality, low-latency streaming and direct-to-fan engagement through partnerships with major sports organizations. The platform supports over 500 live OTT streaming events with features like multi-view options, d...
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Harmonic Revolutionizes Live Sports Streaming for Fans
Harmonic introduces a new streaming solution that enhances fan engagement, combats piracy, and creates new revenue opportunities for broadcasters and service providers. The platform features geo-synced low-latency streaming for near real-time viewing, interactive multiview for personalized experi...
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Character.AI Shifts Focus from AGI to Storytelling
Character.AI has shifted from developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) to focusing on AI-powered storytelling and entertainment, citing competition and leadership changes. The company, led by CEO Karandeep Anand, now positions its AI companions as entertainment tools rather than substitut...
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Game Companies: AI Insights from 1.5M Gamer Chats
Advanced AI analyzed 1.5 million online discussions to precisely understand gamer sentiment, using large language models (LLMs) to detect nuances like sarcasm and slang. External media, such as Netflix’s "The Witcher" series, significantly influenced gamer sentiment, showing entertainment adaptat...
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Minute Media Acquires Indian AI Startup for Automated Sports Highlights
Minute Media, backed by BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, has acquired Indian AI startup VideoVerse to enhance automated sports highlights generation across its portfolio, including Sports Illustrated and The Players’ Tribune. VideoVerse, valued between $200–250 million, specializes in AI tools for sp...
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The 1 Billion Followers Summit 2025: A Global Celebration of Creativity, Innovation, and Purpose
The 1 Billion Followers Summit 2025, held from January 11–13 in Dubai, was a monumental gathering that brought together the brightest minds in the global content creation industry. Organized by the UAE Government…
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How Speed Is Transforming Sports Media Economics
Sports media consumption is rapidly evolving, with real-time content delivery becoming crucial as fans demand instant highlights and behind-the-scenes footage, pushing media companies to modernize workflows. Younger audiences, especially Gen Z, prefer short-form clips on platforms like TikTok and...
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Mistral AI Explained: The Rising OpenAI Competitor
Mistral AI is a leading European AI startup, competing with OpenAI through innovative models like Le Chat, backed by strong funding and partnerships while prioritizing openness and sustainability. Le Chat's mobile launch gained rapid traction in France, hitting 1M downloads in two weeks and intro...
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Google AI Mode: The Future of Search Ads & Monetization
Google's AI Mode revolutionizes search by combining conversational interactions with traditional results, powered by Gemini 2.5 for dynamic, context-aware dialogues. The shift to AI-driven search forces advertisers to rethink strategies, as nuanced, evolving queries challenge traditional keyword-...
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Comcast to Power Dubai Media's End-to-End Video Platform
Comcast Technology Solutions partners with Dubai Media Incorporated to provide a comprehensive video management platform, enhancing streaming services for channels like Dubai TV and Dubai Sports. The collaboration leverages the Comcast Media360 platform to streamline content workflows, including ...
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Microsoft Revamps Copilot Pricing for Businesses
Microsoft is restructuring Copilot's pricing by bundling specialized tools into the core Microsoft 365 subscription, reducing the cost from $50 to $30 per user monthly to boost business adoption. The company is consolidating its AI divisions and focusing on developing Agent 365, a platform for ma...
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Zapping Time & Personalization: The New Keys to Viewer Retention
Viewer retention in streaming now depends on fast content access and deep personalization, shifting the competitive focus from content libraries to superior user experience. A high-performance backend is essential for minimizing latency and meeting user expectations, with key metrics like zapping...
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ChatGPT's Impact: What Every C-Suite Leader Needs to Know
By mid-2025, ChatGPT saw unprecedented adoption with an estimated 700 million weekly users, but this does not translate to increased referral traffic for brands, as value shifts to the AI's use in decision-making before direct brand interaction. Usage has shifted dramatically toward personal acti...
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