Otter Voice Meeting Notes Streamlines Workflow, Saves Time, and Reduces Cost for Customers in Advertising, Broadcasting, Publishing, Marketing and Social Media Otter.ai, creator of Otter Voice Meeting Notes, an AI-powered live transcription and collaboration app has partnered with Dropbox, Inc., a leading global collaboration platform, as one of Dropbox’s media integrations announced. The Otter integration is now available to Dropbox users. @Otter_ai is now integrated with @DropboxBusiness to improve productivity and…

Voices, the world's leading marketplace for remote voice-over production and services, is extending its leadership in sonic branding with strong partnerships in programmatic advertising for the creation and delivery of booming digital audio advertising opportunities. David Ciccarelli, founder and Chief Executive Officer at Voices, says, "Marketers have saturated the eyes and are moving on to the ears. Widespread screen fatigue and brands' search for whitespace in the marketing landscape are two reasons why marketers…

Issuer Pixel, a global, searchable, enterprise video and audio sharing platform connecting companies to the world, has launched a $2.5M A round offering campaign on Netcapital.com to support final development, beta-testing and commercialization of the platform. The Company is offering $2.5M to investors as it prepares to launch its beta program for early adopters in May 2021. Issuer Pixel chose Netcapital because of its capital raising expertise, success, extensive network of institutional and accredited investors and…

Veritone, Inc., the creator of the world’s first operating system for artificial intelligence, aiWARE™, announced that it has extended its agreement with Audacy , a scaled, multi-platform audio content and entertainment company with the country’s best radio broadcasting group, a leader in virtually every segment of audio, and America’s #1 creator of original, premium audio. Marketing Technology News: Nielsen Annual Marketing Report Underscores the Need for Brands to Evolve Strategies in Wake of… Formerly known as…

Ipsos is pleased to announce the acquisition of Intrasonics, a leading provider of audio recognition technology based in the UK. This is part of Ipsos’ continued strategy to increase its expertise in the field of digital audience measurement and offer new capabilities in the area of Audio, Digital and TV content recognition. Marketing Technology News: Yotta Extends Infrastructure And Cloud-Hosted Workload Protection Via Partnership With Virsec Intrasonics has been a key partner in helping to develop Ipsos’ proprietary…

AppSwarm, Corp., a software development company and aggregator of mobile applications, announces plans to launch a blockchain research lab in Tulsa, OK and New York City to develop new applications utilizing different blockchain protocols. The Company announces plans to launch a Blockchain Research Lab and consulting firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma focused on the development and utilization of current blockchain protocols in partnership with AI Venturetech. Blockchain is a decentralized transaction and data management…

Casted, the first Amplified Marketing Platform and the only audio and video podcast solution made for B2B marketers, announces $7 million in Series A funding led by Revolution Ventures. The round also includes current investors High Alpha Capital, Elevate Ventures, and Tappan Hill Ventures. Casted enables B2B enterprises to leverage audio and video content as a highly effective sales and marketing tool. With Casted, marketing teams can publish content, access a fully searchable content archive with transcription services…

During Spotify’s first-ever Stream On event last month, we explored the journey of creation, the promise of interactivity, and the investments we’re making to further unlock audio’s potential. Today, we are announcing that Spotify has acquired Betty Labs, the creators of Locker Room, a live audio app that’s changing the way insiders and fans talk about sports. This acquisition* builds on our work to create the “future formats of audio” and will accelerate Spotify’s entry into the live audio space. Marketing Technology…

Global consumer spending on media content and technology grew an estimated 6.1% to $2.012 trillion in 2020, driven by the COVID-19 lockdown that kept consumers at home binging on multiple forms of digital entertainment as relief from the pandemic, according to new research from PQ Media®. Global consumer spending on media content and technology grew an estimated 6.1% to $2.012 trillion in 2020, driven by the COVID-19 lockdown that kept consumers at home binging on multiple forms of digital entertainment as…

Globys, a leader in digital customer experience for telecom carriers in the business-to-business (B2B) domain, announced its "State of the Telecom Industry" results today from its recent global research of telecom B2B customer portals. This research was undertaken in response to the accelerated investment in digital transformation by Communication Service Providers (CSPs) due to COVID-19 and the increasing reliance on digital self-service tools to transact business. The key finding was that most CSPs provide business…

Integration Provides Access to 200 Million Uniques Across AdsWizz Marketplace and Other Audio Publishers on the AdsWizz Platform Centro, a global provider of advertising technology, today announced an integration of its Basis platform with AdsWizz, the leader in digital audio advertising solutions. The integration gives programmatic buyers using Basis access to over 200 million monthly uniques, spanning across podcast and digital radio, by enabling them to connect to the AdsWizz Marketplace and other major audio publishers…

Advertising company builds sales team to further guide expansion Vibenomics, a location-based Audio Out-of-Home (AOOH) advertising and experience company, today announces the appointment of John McAdams as VP of Advertising Sales and Linda Ramsey and Lori Perman as Directors of National Advertising Sales for the West Coast and Midwest regions. This announcement comes as Vibenomics gears up for rapid growth, increasing the sales team in the last quarter and adding new members to the team to ensure success. Passionate…

New study data illustrates the immersive experience of audio resonates with consumers during uncertain times Entercom engaged market research firm Alter Agents and neuroscience experts at Immersion to complete a study testing the immersive nature of audio media content. Results show that audio content connects and engages audiences at a much deeper level than other media types, forming emotional connections and capturing attention. Entercom is presenting the results of the study during a session at the virtual CES show this…

Customers and creators offered suite of new services and devices Sony announced the expansion of its 360 Reality Audio services and product offerings, including adding new video streaming capabilities and content creation tools. Through these efforts, Sony will continue to expand the 360 Reality Audio ecosystem. Introduced in 2019, Sony's 360 Reality Audio makes it possible for artists and creators to produce music by mapping sound sources such as vocals, chorus and instruments with positional information and placing…

Deal Includes A Minimum of Seven Slates of Existing Audio Up Media Podcasts/Vodcasts Plus a Partnership to Develop and Produce New Original Podcasts and Original Music in Podcasts with IP for TV, Films, Licensing and More Existing Podcasts include "Halloween in Hell" with Machine Gun Kelly, Tommy Lee, iann dior, and 24KGoldn; "Uncle Dark" with Gary Busey and Dennis Quaid, "Where the Bodies are Buried" with Phil Chalmers and "Tom Green Interview" with Tom Green LiveXLive Media, a global platform for livestream and on-demand…

AudioEye, Inc., the industry-leading digital accessibility platform, announced Rob Ulveling has joined the company as Chief Business Officer. With 20 years of experience building strategic product partnerships and scaling customer acquisition, Rob will focus on building AudioEye's partnership strategy to support the company's growth and make digital content accessible to everyone. He will report to interim CEO David Moradi. Marketing Technology News: TPx Launches UCx with Cisco Webex "Rob's experience and passion for…

81% of retail marketers wish to automate at least part of the creation and delivery of social advertisements in the New Year Smartly.io, the leading social advertising automation platform for designers and performance marketers,  announced new research outlining how retail organizations are spending their marketing dollars on social media advertising. Based on a survey of 300 senior marketing executives from retail organizations around the world, the report examines year-over-year findings while also exploring new topics to…

Consumer audio streaming behavior has shifted this year due to the coronavirus. While we continue to navigate the waters of uncertainty, one thing remains clear: consumers are spending more time at home and on the go with their connected devices and streaming all types of audio more than ever. However, audio is scattered across the internet in hard to find places, much of it costs money, discoverability continues to be a challenge and cohesive playback across audio types is not easy. Until Vurbl, there was no one-stop-shop…

As the UK entered lockdown in March, fitness vlogger Joe Wicks instantly saw his YouTube channel become the go-to for the nation’s schoolchildren and their parents looking for their daily workout. Audio content is a great marketing resource. The national – and even international – popularity of The Body Coach was phenomenal, illustrating the potential power of influencers on our everyday lives. And yet, due to copyright issues, Wicks had to conduct his sessions without backing music, after George Ezra’s record label…

Partnership elevates the performance of SEO with AI-powered accessibility AudioEye, Inc., the industry-leading digital accessibility platform, and digital marketing agency Neil Patel Digital, announced their strategic partnership to integrate AudioEye's digital accessibility platform with Neil Patel's Ubersuggest SEO platform to show digital marketers how accessibility impacts the performance of SEO. Patel has helped digital marketers at Amazon, Microsoft, Airbnb, and Google accelerate growth through performance marketing…