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With Over 100 Shows Already Produced and Sold, Live From Out There and LiveXLive Continue to Announce New Shows including 'Vote Now', a live streaming event featuring The War On Drugs, Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes), Kam Franklin (The Suffers), Waxahatchee, Daniel Rossen & Christopher Bear (Grizzly Bear), Kyp Malone & Jaleel Bunton (TV on the Radio) and many more LiveXLive Media, a global platform for livestream and on-demand audio, video and podcast content in music, comedy, and pop culture, and leading 'Virtual…

First Video Features NYC Artist Kid Daytona and Iconic Fashion Brand COOGI First Video Features NYC Artist Kid Daytona and Iconic Fashion Brand COOGI droppTV, the world’s first shoppable streaming video platform, officially launched on Friday, July 31 during a live interview on Cheddar. The first phase of droppTV’s consumer rollout will be dedicated to music videos – for the first time fans can watch music videos and buy what they see in real-time with the click of a button. The platform’s debut video, “Stop Panickin'”…

Controlled, compliant, centralized information-sharing now seamlessly implemented for businesses RocketDocs, a pioneering Saas proposal software company, is pleased to announce the launch of RocketDocs 2.0, its Collaborative Response Management Platform that helps businesses by securely centralizing a single content library across all sales and proposal management teams. The platform is rolling out to new and existing customers this month. Marketing Technology News: Verint Wins 2020 Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer…

Dedicated "Front + Center" Channel to Air Across 8,000 Venues Screenvision Media, a national leader in cinema and premium video advertising, announced an advertising sales partnership with Atmosphere, the leading streaming TV service for businesses. Screenvision will feature its own channel, "Front + Center," debuting on Atmosphere's platform spanning restaurants and bars nationwide, reaching more than 500,000 daily viewers. Additionally, Screenvision's national, regional and local sales team will be the exclusive seller…

Ad impressions and hours of viewing set records in second quarter, boosting monetization and accelerating Wurl's momentum Wurl, the leading provider of streaming video distribution and advertising services for connected TV (CTV), announced today that its key growth metrics – including hours of viewing and ad impressions delivered – accelerated their meteoric rise in the second quarter of 2020, solidifying a record-breaking first half of the year. "We continue to see outstanding CTV growth on the Wurl Network," Wurl CEO…

Industry Dive, a leader in business journalism, and NewsCred, a global leader in enterprise content marketing technology, announced that Industry Dive will acquire NewsCred's Content Marketing studio and services business including assets, people and clients. NewsCred will retain its software products. The acquisition augments Industry Dive's in-depth market expertise, first-party audience insights, and unparalleled distribution through its portfolio of 22 news publications with NewsCred's content creation capabilities.…

Glewed TV to distribute original content on popular streaming platform Glewed TV, a leading video-on-demand (VOD) discovery, live distribution and monetization management platform for original and professionally produced video content, announced a partnership to distribute original content through Plex, the popular platform for streaming all your favorite media. “We are excited about working with Plex to help them provide premium original content to their viewers,” said Melody Wolff, Chief Marketing Officer at Glewed TV.…

Latest Concept to Bring the Fastest Growing Live Entertainment Genres Together for a New Gamification Experience Across LiveXLive's Rapidly Expanding Distribution Network American Rapper, Singer, and Songwriter, Trippie Redd To Star in the Pilot Episode LiveXLive Media, Inc., a global platform for live stream and on-demand audio, video and podcast content in music, comedy and pop culture, and Allied Esports, a global esports entertainment company and a subsidiary of Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc., announced plans to…

Publisher Improves User Experience and Drives Revenue While Delivering Fewer Ad Impressions Salon and Revcontent announced an exclusive partnership after Salon ran a head-to-head split test with other content recommendation partners. Driving the national conversation since 1995, Salon has supported fearless journalism with award-winning content, reaching an audience of approximately 10 million monthly unique visitors. Salon, a digital trailblazer that relies on programmatic ad revenue to offer free content, was seeking…

New company quality controls protect brand ads across mobile, desktop and CTV within brand-safe, hate-free environments LoopMe, the outcomes-based video platform, announced it has released new brand safety policies with a promise to advertisers to prevent ads from appearing alongside hateful and inflammatory content. The company is enhancing its existing brand safety protocols with more stringent controls over content that may be deemed as harassment or hate speech. This hate-free promise to advertisers comes as a response…

Admins and SMEs can crowdsource content for sales readiness and enablement programs within a single platform, driving greater productivity MindTickle, the leader in Sales Readiness technology, today unveiled its Content Authoring Collaboration feature, which allows MindTickle admins to facilitate and streamline collaboration with subject-matter experts (SMEs) to create engaging content for sales enablement and readiness programs. With more teams working remotely, the need for expanded digital collaboration on content is…

Amazon IVS gives customers the ability to add live and interactive video in their mobile and web applications in minutes, using the same technology as Twitch (one of the most popular live streaming services in the world) Amazon Live, Blackboard, 17Live, DeNa, and ScreenCloud among customers using Amazon IVS Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced the general availability of Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS), a new fully managed service that makes it easy to set up live, interactive…

Regalix, a leader in sales enablement and revenue operations, announced that its sales enablement and coaching platform Nytro has been recognized as an innovator and major provider in The Aragon Research Globe for Sales Coaching and Learning, 2020. Nytro's placement is due in part to its innovative use of AI/ML technology to power contextual guided selling and sales coaching and readiness analysis that can be done at scale. Marketing Technology News: Thycotic Expands Identity Provider Integrations with SCIM Connector 2.0…

The New Entertainment & Lifestyle Network to be developed by Quincy Newell, Renowned Media & Entertainment Executive and Producer Cinedigm announced a partnership with renowned entertainment executive Quincy Newell and his company, TwentyOne14 Media, to launch a new, yet to be named, urban multi-cultural entertainment and lifestyle network. The network is slated to launch in the first quarter of 2021 and will be available in the US for linear and AVOD platforms on connected TVs, digital set-top boxes,…

MCG, whose group of companies include fast growing software and eLearning design business DBLX, is utilising its skills and expertise to offer a new suite of SAAS systems and off the shelf content, following several years of building successful, bespoke platforms under the DBLX brand. Having demonstrated huge success and impact for an impressive client list including names like Santander, L’Oréal and BT, MCG are set to take their unique offering of cutting-edge learning experiences and platforms to a wider audience as a…

Verizon wins trio of awards in latest Opensignal Mobile Network Experience Report Whether you’re into intergalactic bounty hunters, rapping founding fathers, or need to watch a training video for work, there's no shortage of streaming content available, and the best Video Experience is on Verizon according to Opensignal in its latest Mobile Network Experience Report released today. This is the fourth consecutive time Verizon has been awarded top Video Experience. The report analyzed the overall mobile network…

Initiatives to create innovative content consumption scenarios and present new opportunities for the growth of brands  iQIYI, Inc., an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, recently announced upcoming releases of 60 major drama series and variety shows at its iJOY Conference (the "Conference") held in Shanghai. At the conference, themed 'New Content, New Consumption and New Growth', iQIYI also shared developing trends in online entertainment content and marketing, illustrating the future…

When asked to compare user-generated versus branded social media content from popular brands such as Netflix, Aerie, and Starbucks, people are more likely to prefer user-generated content on Instagram, while branded content is more popular on YouTube and Twitter Consumers tend to prefer user-generated content (UGC) on Instagram over other social media platforms, according to a new survey from Visual Objects, a visual guide to finding and hiring the best creative firms. When asked to compare screenshots of a brand's UGC…

'Customer-Powered Commerce' transforms how brands create content and build community through relevant, relatable, and diverse customer storytelling. Pixlee Inc, the leading user-generated content and influencer marketing platform, announced jointly with TurnTo, the top platform for customer-generated product content, a partnership to deliver Customer-Powered Commerce. PIXLEE AND TURNTO LAUNCH FIRST-EVER ‘CUSTOMER-POWERED COMMERCE’ PARTNERSHIP Now more than ever, brands struggle with…