Topic: monetization strategy
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OSN & Harmonic Launch Targeted Video Monetization for Streaming
OSN and Harmonic have partnered to introduce targeted advertising on OSN's streaming platforms in the Middle East and North Africa, aiming to boost viewer engagement and revenue. Harmonic's VOS360 Ad SaaS platform enables personalized, high-quality ad insertion with seamless integration and advan...
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OpenAI Preps ChatGPT for Ad Integration
OpenAI is building an internal advertising infrastructure for ChatGPT, as indicated by a new job listing for a Growth Paid Marketing Platform Engineer to develop ad campaign management systems. The company plans to monetize its 700 million weekly free users by introducing ads as early as 2026, cr...
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Unlock More AI Videos: Sora's New Premium Plan
OpenAI has introduced a paid credit system for Sora, allowing users to purchase additional video generations beyond the free daily limits, addressing sustainability concerns. Pricing for extra credits starts at $4 for ten videos, with the cost varying by video specifications, and purchased credit...
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Spotify and Netflix Partner on Video Podcasts
Spotify will launch video podcasts on Netflix starting early 2026, beginning in the U.S. and expanding globally, featuring content from Spotify Studios and The Ringer across genres like sports and true crime. The partnership is part of Spotify's strategic shift toward video content to enhance adv...
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OpenAI Launches Web Browser to Challenge Google
OpenAI has launched Atlas, a new AI-driven web browser that integrates with ChatGPT and moves away from traditional browsing to offer a conversational experience, aiming to monetize AI investments and compete with giants like Google Chrome. The browser is initially available on MacOS with a paid ...
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5 Streaming Strategies to Boost Your OTT Quality of Experience
The global OTT video market is projected to reach $347.11 billion by 2025, making Quality of Experience (QoE) crucial for viewer retention and revenue growth. Achieving high QoE requires a seamless technical workflow from ingestion to playback, with modern systems relying on automated quality con...
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OpenAI Preps ChatGPT for an Ad-Driven Future
OpenAI is hiring a Growth Paid Marketing Platform Engineer to build an internal ad platform, signaling a strategic move to introduce advertising into ChatGPT by 2026. The engineer will develop foundational systems like APIs and data pipelines to manage campaigns and integrate with external ad pla...
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YC Alum's Viral Text-to-3D Tool Raises $4.1M for AI Copilot
Adam, a Y Combinator alum, raised $4.1 million in seed funding to develop its AI copilot for computer-aided design after gaining viral attention with its text-to-3D application. The startup's strategy focuses on consumer adoption first, then enterprise expansion, and it plans to launch a professi...
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Fortnite Pets Arrive: Meet the Dance-Off Banana Puppy
Epic Games is introducing cosmetic companion pets called Sidekicks to Fortnite, allowing players to personalize their experience without affecting gameplay. The first Sidekick, Peels, will be available in the battle pass starting November 1st, with more companions and a feline option planned for ...
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OpenAI's Sora Video Model & iOS App Now Available
OpenAI has launched the Sora iOS app in an invite-only rollout for the U.S. and Canada, marking its first consumer app beyond ChatGPT and featuring the Sora 2 model for generating videos with synchronized audio. The app emphasizes creation over passive consumption, offering collaborative tools li...
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5 Pivots to Profit: How a YC App Hit 300K Users & $1M ARR in 6 Months
Candle, a social app for couples and close friends, rapidly grew to 300,000 users and over $1 million in annual recurring revenue by pivoting from a failed AI shopping tool based on user feedback and a viral TikTok video. The app differentiates itself by focusing on strengthening existing relatio...
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Pokémon Friends: Adorable but Comes With Hidden Costs
Pokémon Friends is a new educational puzzle game for mobile and Switch, featuring bite-sized Pokémon-themed challenges designed for young players, with a free-to-play model raising monetization concerns. The game combines problem-solving puzzles with collectible virtual plushies, targeting presch...
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Why Soulframe Won't Steal Warframe's Player Base
**Soulframe aims to differentiate itself from Warframe by targeting a new audience with a fantasy setting, slower pacing, and exploration-focused gameplay, contrasting Warframe’s fast-paced sci-fi action.** **Digital Extremes is prioritizing iterative player feedback during Soulframe’s developmen...
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OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent Aims to Handle Everything
OpenAI's new ChatGPT agent automates complex tasks, from personal chores like cupcake orders to enterprise workflows, enhancing productivity with AI-driven decision-making. The agent features a virtual browser for third-party interactions, creating PowerPoints and Excel files, challenging traditi...
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Spellcasters Chronicles: Quantic Dream's Risky Gamble After Star Wars Eclipse
Quantic Dream is shifting from its signature narrative-driven single-player games to the competitive multiplayer arena with *Spellcasters Chronicles*, a free-to-play 3v3 game focused on strategic spellcasting and team-based combat. The game emphasizes innovation with features like unrestricted fl...
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Battlefield 6's Honeymoon Phase Has Ended
Battlefield 6's initial positive reception has soured due to player frustration with new features like vibrant cosmetic skins and a battle pass system, which are seen as clashing with the game's original military atmosphere. The introduction of the Redsec battle royale mode and compact new map Bl...
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Meta's VR Smart TV: The Future of Home Entertainment
Meta's Horizon TV app transforms home entertainment by bringing a familiar smart TV interface into virtual reality, aiming to attract audiences beyond traditional gamers and make VR a mainstream platform. The app features content from partners like Amazon Prime Video and YouTube but lacks major s...
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ChatGPT Adds Travel, Learning, and Real Estate Apps
ChatGPT is evolving into an all-in-one platform with integrated third-party apps for travel, learning, and real estate, enabling users to perform tasks like booking trips or designing graphics directly within the chat interface. The platform is supported by an open-source Apps SDK and AgentKit, a...
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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Apps & Developer SDK
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Apps and a Developer SDK, enabling developers to create interactive tools using the Model Context Protocol and integrating third-party services directly into ChatGPT for users outside the EU. Early partners like Spotify and Zillow offer seamless in-chat functionality, ...
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Flipkart's Super.money Expands Reach with Juspay Partnership
Super.money is expanding its market presence through a partnership with Juspay, aiming to reach $100 million in annual revenue by 2026 by enhancing its direct-to-consumer checkout services. The company has rapidly grown to become one of India's top five UPI apps by transaction volume and is a lea...
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Hank Green’s Focus Friend App Soars on App Store - Adorable & Effective
Focus Friend is a new productivity app by Hank Green that gamifies focus by linking user productivity to a virtual bean's knitting progress, rewarding success with in-game items like socks. The app has quickly risen to No. 4 among free apps on the App Store and No. 2 in productivity apps, l...
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Snapchat's New Subscription Offers Hundreds of Exclusive Lenses
Snapchat introduces Lens Plus, a new $8.99/month subscription offering exclusive AR lenses, including AI-powered video and interactive Bitmoji game lenses. Subscribers gain access to Snapchat Plus perks like early feature access, aligning with Snapchat’s strategy to monetize AR and reward...
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VUZ Raises $12M to Expand Immersive Video in Emerging Markets & US
VUZ secured $12 million in pre-Series C funding led by IFC to expand its immersive 360-degree video platform in emerging markets and the U.S. The platform differentiates itself with VR-enabled experiences and exclusive deals, growing to 15 million users and 3 billion lifetime views. VUZ focuses o...
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OpenAI Launches Sora: A TikTok Rival with New AI Model
OpenAI has launched Sora 2, an advanced AI model for generating audio and video, and a social media app that allows users to create and share personalized videos in a feed similar to short-form video services. Sora 2 improves upon previous models by simulating accurate physics to produce more rea...
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Spotify's Dev Tools Side Hustle Gains Momentum
Spotify's open-source platform Backstage has gained widespread adoption, with over 2 million developers and 3,400 organizations using it to simplify infrastructure management. Backstage is evolving into a premium SaaS offering with Portal for Backstage and AiKA, an AI-powered knowledg...
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Build Apps Inside ChatGPT With OpenAI's New Tools
OpenAI is introducing tools that let users build and interact with third-party apps directly within ChatGPT, turning it into a central hub for tasks with contextual guidance. During a demonstration, ChatGPT integrated with apps like Canva to create promotional materials and Zillow to search for p...
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OpenAI Launches Open-Source GPT Models: GPT-OSS-120B & GPT-OSS-20B
OpenAI released two open-source language models, GPT-OSS-120B and GPT-OSS-20B, offering high performance and accessibility for enterprises and developers. The models feature a permissive Apache 2.0 license, enabling commercial use and local deployment, ideal for privacy-sensitive industries like ...
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