"This is much bigger than people realized when we did it. We think it's a real game changer, not only for our company, but for the industry." CEO Bob Bakish via @Adweek on Viacom's @PlutoTV acquisition & the growing #AVOD opportunity. Highlights at https://t.co/e0dJntOSdB. $VIAB
Portfolio company #PlutoTV is "a bright spot for video programmers"...linear channel format providing paychecks to content makers that are up between 25 & 44 percent/month year over year. - https://t.co/2QeUzf56dQ
If you were to read just ONE book about the future of technology and the huge transformation the world is about to face, it should be Kai-Fu Lee's amazing new book on #AI, coming out in a few weeks..
Its message is both scary, exciting, and wildly enlightening..
Congrats to portfolio company #WeBuyGold on their partnership with streetwear apparel maker #ChinatownMarket to create a new category of social commerce. - Read about it in Forbes > https://t.co/PNF0fzUtUw
Congrats to bay area portfolio company #Aikon for great press in #Forbes on their #blockchain-based API Marketplace that provides rights management & payments solutions for API providers and software developers writing to APIs. - https://t.co/IN30U9rVxu https://t.co/SZoI4yW79O
Congrats to portfolio company #Beautycon on some great press from the #NYTimes "Beautycon is the Super Bowl of the beauty industry..." - https://t.co/wUZ5ym2xdN
We also announced our unique alliance with @inscapetv for Automated Content Recognition (ACR) TV Viewership data. Thanks to @RapidTVNews! https://t.co/q53I887KJV
Some exciting news today at VideoAmp, we acquiried IronGrid technologies joins our team to further our capabilities with TV data and we will open a Boston office.
https://t.co/nL3Nl3bv72 https://t.co/CDL0RO9Gi7 https://t.co/rS4G6zMsjj
Congrats to portfolio company #PocketWatch on closing a new $15M round led by #Viacom. PocketWatch's 20 YouTube channels currently deliver over 1 billion monthly views w/combined subscriber base of over 34 million. - https://t.co/nF9oEmVxwJ