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CAA & ICM | September 28, 2021

Leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) announced the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire ICM Partners (ICM), one of the world’s premier entertainment and sports agencies, to drive broader and more inclusive representation as their clients, their work, and their brands shape culture. “Today’s storytellers, athletes, thought-leaders, and trend-setters who can move, inspire, and attract large, global audiences have unprecede...

Technologies

businesswire | April 05, 2023

3Play Media, the leading video accessibility provider, announced today the availability of its live virtual caption encoding solution. The solution, which streamlines the live captioning workflow from listening through delivery, reduces the friction that exists for organizations and ensures an engaging audience experience. “Captioning of live video is causing significant challenges for corporations, higher education institutions, and over-the-top (OTT) platforms that broadca...

Media and Broadcasting

globenewswire | July 14, 2023

Cover Genius, the insurtech for embedded protection, has partnered with AudienceView, a global leader in ticketing and e-commerce solutions for the live entertainment industry, to offer embedded Refund Protection to thousands of venues and event businesses worldwide. This partnership follows a period of significant growth for the insurtech as it has seen a 251% increase in global live entertainment sales since June 2022. Cover Genius is the chosen Refund Protection partner for s...

cordcutters news | February 17, 2020

A few years ago, we learned that Amazon was looking at launching a live TV streaming service to take on Sling TV and others. According to reports from Bloomberg, in 2017, Amazon was unable to reach deals that would make a live TV service profitable. Unlike Sling TV, which uses DISH’s TV contracts to strike better deals, Amazon like Sony has no relationship it can use to build a profitable live TV streaming service. Now though new hints are showing up that Amazon may be about to launch a ne...