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Logitix Becomes First U.S.-based Partner with StubHub International

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Logitix, the leader in live event ticketing technology and analytics, announced a landmark partnership with StubHub International. The deal establishes Logitix as the first U.S.-based ticket distribution partner for StubHub International. As a result, customers outside of North America will be able to buy tickets to events happening in the United States and Canada. It will also mark the first time U.S. ticket sellers will have access to automated distribution solutions for international events. Effective immediately, ticket sellers across the U.S. who partner with Logitix will have a new distribution channel through StubHub International. Logitix manages millions of tickets across the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, college sports, and live event properties. “Our partnership with StubHub International is significant for the global ticketing marketplace,” said Logitix CEO Stu Halberg. “From a consumer perspective, it removes a barrier for buyers worldwide to purchase a ticket to an event in the U.S. or Canada. At the same time, our ticketing partners in the U.S. now have the opportunity to expand their distribution internationally.” “Our customers are passionate fans of U.S. sports such as NFL, NBA and MLB and they love to travel the world to see their favourite artists perform at iconic venues,” said StubHub International CEO Dan Mucha. “Partnering with a leading, trusted U.S.-based ticketing technology platform like Logitix gives our customers access to the biggest live experiences in North America.” About StubHub International StubHub International is a ticket exchange and resale company providing services for buyers and sellers of tickets for live entertainment events. Backed by award-winning customer care, StubHub’s FanProtect™ Guarantee means every ticket is guaranteed valid or customers receive a replacement ticket of equal or better value, or their money back. StubHub International Background StubHub International is the newly established independent group following the CMA’s inquiry into the merger of viagogo and StubHub. It was determined that StubHub’s international entities (all entities except those in the USA and Canada) were to be divested and made independent from StubHub and viagogo. It consists of businesses in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and numerous other international markets. About Logitix Logitix is the preeminent monetization engine and ticketing platform for the live event industry, combining optimized pricing, distribution, and inventory management with real-time insights to help sellers and buyers respond to a rapidly changing market environment. The Logitix vision is to automate the entire ticket life cycle and provide data-driven insights to serve the diverse needs of its partners, including ticketing rightsholders, agencies, and other sellers. The company is backed by ZMC and is privately held. For more information about Logitix, visit Logitix.com or find them on LinkedIn. Contact Details Eric Nemeth +1 602-502-2793 nemeth@ericpr.com Company Website https://logitix.com/

October 27, 2022 08:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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AI For All: How One Company Is Helping Small Businesses Improve Profitability Through AI

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Whether the economy is in a period of rapid growth or a major downturn, it’s often the topic of conversations and media attention alike. And while the stock market and big-name corporations often dominate headlines and news cycles around the state of the economy, many may be surprised to learn that it is small to medium-sized enterprises, also known as SMEs, that act as the true driving engine behind most economies globally. According to The World Bank, SMEs comprise a whopping 90% of businesses around the world and, on average, represent approximately half of employment. SMEs carry the bulk of the U.S.’s gross domestic product (GDP) output and generate millions of jobs. A report by the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy notes that SMEs account for 44% of U.S. economic activity. Another report by the World Bank shows that SMEs are responsible for around 50% of worldwide employment as well as 40% of emerging markets. These metrics show that SMEs are foundational components of the U.S. economy, and their growth is key for the health of the economy. The World Bank estimates 600 million jobs will be needed to absorb the growing workforce by 2030, opening new opportunities for SMEs to improve their operational efficiencies and deepen their integration into their respective value chains. The good news: Technologies that could improve the efficiency, effectiveness and thus the profitability of SMEs already exist. At the top of this list of technologies is one many are already familiar with: artificial intelligence (AI). The Role Of Artificial Intelligence In SME Growth The human relationship to AI has been around for decades. With impressions ranging from the post-apocalyptic (think “The Matrix”) to the utopic (think automatic cancer diagnosis), the world has pondered the influence that machine intelligence could have on life and business. Many of these ideas are no longer merely products of wishful imagination. As professor Melanie Mitchell of Portland State University puts it, “Today’s AI programs… can spot subtle financial fraud, find relevant web pages in response to ambiguous queries, map the best driving route to almost any destination, beat human grandmasters at chess and Go, and translate between hundreds of languages.” This cognitive power has also been leveraged to produce results in financial settings. AI has been lauded for its ability to cut costs, automate tasks and create solutions. A report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) illuminates the benefits of AI with great clarity and places a spotlight on its efficacy with SMEs. Per this report, “By identifying patterns in datasets and learning from tacit knowledge, new AI systems make automating nonroutine tasks possible and frees workers from repetitive lower value-added tasks,” the report states. “These new waves of automation could help SMEs increase productivity, e.g. by refocusing activities on higher value-added functions, by reducing human and economic costs associated with accidents or injuries, or improving work environment. The implementation of such systems could also help small businesses overcome administrative bottlenecks and increase reactivity at lower costs, for instance by enabling customer interaction 24/7.” Automation is coming to simple apps that can be downloaded from on-line app stores to do critical tasks like reconciling bank accounts. The problem: Capital and information barriers have kept AI largely in the realms of corporate giants like IBM (NYSE: IBM) and conveniently out of reach of those that most need them: SMEs. FatBrain: ‘Artificial Intelligence For All’ FatBrain AI (LZG International, Inc.) (OTCQB: LZGI ) aims to change that. As a specialist in AI solutions for SMEs and beyond, FatBrain has cultivated AI solutions that enable every organization to simplify decision-making and harness data to grow, save and do better business. Daily, weekly, monthly SME problem cycles could involve the spectrum from “How can I get paid faster?”, “How should I pay my workers?”, “How can I get insured quickly?” to “When should I invest in capital?” FatBrain lowers the barriers to adopting data-driven AI solutions to address such questions. FatBrain believes such problems facing SMEs today have been troubling business owners for decades. These problems have long been difficult to derive solutions for because they involve too much data, have too many variables, and require too much time to efficiently address. FatBrain offers a comprehensive suite of solutions. It works by plugging into existing software-as-a-service (SaaS) products — like QuickBooks (NASDAQ: INTU) Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP), and Hubspot (NYSE: HUBS) — and aligns data there with millions of diverse market data signals. Then, the collected data is passed through FatBrain’s AI 2.0 Peer Intelligence engine which, alongside FatBrain expert coaches, turns masses of disparate data into peer-intelligence and actionable insights. According to Chief Operating Officer Shawn Carey, FatBrain has worked with some of the biggest names in the business to help solve problems, including Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (KRX: 005930) and Pilgrim’s Pride (NASDAQ: PPC). Now, it wants to level the playing field by bringing AI to the driving engine of the U.S. economy: SMEs. FatBrain has a growing suite of plug-n-play solutions for SMEs that provide peer intelligence and actionable insights using FatBrain’s AI 2.0 technologies that are not available elsewhere in the market today. Stay tuned to Benzinga to learn more about how FatBrain and its solutions suite is revolutionizing AI for all. FatBrain AI (LZG International, Inc.; OTC: LZGI) is the first and leading provider of powerful and easy-to-use AI solutions to millions of businesses of tomorrow driving the majority of the global economy, empowering them to grow, innovate faster and savemoney. FatBrain’s innovative solutions transform continuous learning, narrative reasoning, cloud, blockchain and Web3 technologies into auditable, explainable and easy to integrate products. FatBrain’ssubscription model allows all companies to deploy its advanced AI solutions quickly and easily, securely utilizing them on premises behind their firewalls or via cloud. The AI 2.0 pioneered by our teams is like WAZE for business growth, using advanced peerdynamics technology to automatically learn patterns from individual and peer behavior. This allows us to deliver coached, personalized AI solutions at hyperscale. FatBrain unifies insights from SaaS applications, turbo-charged by peer and market dynamics: 1) Realize attainable goals from explainable peer performance. 2)Turbo-charge human expertise with superhuman AI insights. 3) Accelerate growth through the contributory network effects. 4) Simplify harnessing data across common apps and market signals. This post contains sponsored advertising content. This content is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be investing advice. Contact Details Shawn Carey ir@fatbrain.ai Company Website https://fatbrain.ai/

October 27, 2022 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Clean Room Primer Group Announces Speakers for Second Roadshow Event in Chicago

Clean Room Primer

The Clean Room Primer Group today announces its selection of headline speakers for its upcoming event in Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. The mission of the group is to demystify data clean rooms and help marketing and advertising professionals adapt and use them in a privacy-safe marketing environment. The Chicago event marks the second in a series of events for the Clean Room Primer, all geared to expand on use cases and offer real-world examples on usage of data clean rooms. The headline speakers attending the Chicago event include: Alysia Melisaratos, Head of Solutions Engineering, LiveRamp Chris Comstock, Chief Product Officer, Claravine Devin DeBlasio, VP of Product Marketing, InfoSum Frederick Stanichev, Head of Sales, Habu John Baronello, VP of Digital Transformation, Merkle “We’re thrilled to welcome industry thought leaders to come together and discuss their knowledge and experiences with data clean rooms at our second roadshow event in Chicago,” said Adam Gelles, co-founder of the Clean Room Primer group and CEO, The B2B Marketing Company. “A more privacy-centric marketing landscape is making data clean rooms more of a necessity. Education and awareness about how to use data clean rooms is critical to helping the industry adapt to new realities brought on by privacy regulations, platform changes, third-party cookie demise, the loss of identifiers and other industry evolutions.” The group has co-authored an initial piece of educational material – The Clean Room Primer – a white paper covering clean room taxonomy and definitions; use cases; and a look at the future. The white paper was released during the group’s inaugural event at Advertising Week in New York City in October. Following this event, The Clean Room Primer will continue its roadshow in two other major US cities throughout Q4 2022 with events in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Leading practitioners will share real-world insights on why and how to use data clean rooms for marketing and advertising. Remaining Clean Room Primer roadshow dates: San Francisco on November 10 @ The W San Francisco (4:00 - 7:00 PM PT) Los Angeles on December 6 @ The Huntley Hotel Santa Monica (9:00 - 11:00 AM PT) For more information and to register for the upcoming events, click here. About The B2B Marketing Company We are a leading provider of business marketing and revenue generating programs for high growth, mid-market and enterprise companies. Our clients have included Microsoft, GumGum, Integral Ad Science, Spectrum Reach, Adobe and many others across technology, media and entertainment, transportation and financial services companies. We provide clients marketing, evangelism, content and excellence programs using our proven methodologies and processes that have generated over hundreds of millions of dollars for B2B brands. Learn more at www.theb2bmarketing.co. About The Clean Room Primer Group The Clean Room Primer is an ad-hoc consortium of advertising industry executives with a shared mission of providing marketers, agencies, and publishers with a reliable and expert source on data clean rooms, their use and implementation best practices. Helping the industry prepare for a new privacy landscape. Inaugural participating companies include Habu, LiveRamp, InfoSum, Claravine, Kite Hill Public Relations, Marcato Solutions, The B2B Marketing Company, Neustar and Merkle. For more information, visit CleanRoomPrimer.com and follow on LinkedIn and Twitter. Contact Details Kite Hill PR Michael Kocher cleandata@kitehillpr.com

October 27, 2022 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Ecommerce platform mason seeds $7.5M as it takes on the ‘Amazon tax’ and builds the world’s first commerce engine for online sellers

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Global retail e-commerce sales are set to reach $8.1T in 2026 and brands will be vying for ecommerce store conversions and growth to capture this revenue opportunity. Helping them to achieve this, retail tech platform mason is today announcing a $7.5M seed round to offer an Amazon grade store infrastructure storefront to help them sell better and faster without exorbitant Amazon fees. The funding round was led by Accel and Ideaspring Capital with participation from Lightspeed India Partners as well as Mana VC, Gaingels, Core91 and VH Capital. mason brings a high-performance Amazon-grade sales engine to a brand’s own store. It reduces the onus on online brands to rely on Amazon and relieve them of the ‘Amazon tax’. Having spent decades building solutions in Myntra, Flipkart, Walmart, Paytm (an Alibaba company) which help merchants break free from the Amazon model, mason founders Barada Sahu and Kausambi Manjita are bringing their multi-decade experience to power growth for brands & founders. They met at Myntra - Walmart’s fashion arm in Asia - where they had been building a custom engine to run stores, improve revenue and drive conversions for over 1000+ brands on the Myntra marketplace. The penny dropped when they realised that growth was not a one-size fits all opportunity but that it had to have bespoke store engines that would run online stores to sell Kausambi Manjita, Co-Founder heading Product & Customer Experience at mason commented: “This changes the game fundamentally on how brands think about their D2C store today. Most brands are left with no option but to sell at marketplaces like Amazon and pay 35c for every dollar simply because running a profitable standalone D2C store is just too hard. With access to their own growth engine like mason, brands can actually transform their D2C storefront into their most profitable channel, getting 50% uplift in their margins from day one. By democratising access to a complex tech stack, from data-driven merchandising, to sales automation, to personalization - the team is helping more entrepreneurs stay independent, become profitable, and not sell out to a Thrasio.” Barada Sahu, Co-Founder and head of Revenue & Growth added: “Traditionally, only big retail has had the technology muscle to implement complex infrastructure while the rest of the market has been left stitching together fragmented solutions that simply do not work well with each other. mason simplifies this with an all-in-one no code solution that powers marketers, product managers and founders to upgrade their stores from storytelling to selling from day one. Paying an upfront cost for a large headless implementation or a sophisticated merchandising engine is beyond what most brands can work on. For small and medium businesses an all-in-one solution with a commission based model is easier to understand.” Today, mason has over 1,000 customers and powers more than 8,000 brands worldwide with a pay as you grow pricing model. Their customers currently include companies in fashion & apparels, beauty & grooming, health & fitness and food & beverage categories with others such as pets, babycare and home products coming onboard too. In just over 2 years since launch, mason has helped global brands make their stores as efficient in sales as Amazon. A typical store improves average order value by 23% in 30 days, improves session time by 17% and improves sell through by 35% in just 60 days Subrata Mitra, Partner at Accel commented: “In order to build a truly scalable outcome, the team is on the journey to create a self-serve platform wherein eCommerce brand owners could use it to create, communicate and grow. An upside to this: it allows them to go global.” Kausambi Manjita remarked: “Commerce is about selling - not storing. The previous generation of commerce has helped brands set up their stores online and have great systems for storing business information. What brands now need is a technology layer that helps convert these information in action. We are building the world’s first commerce-engine. We will be doubling our investment into category specific AI-based playbooks to help brands grow simply.” About Accel Accel is a global venture capital firm that aims to be the first partner to exceptional teams everywhere, from inception through all phases of private company growth. Accel has been operating in India since 2008, and its investments include companies like BookMyShow, BrowserStack, Flipkart, Freshworks, FalconX, Infra.Market, Chargebee, Clevertap, Cure Fit, Musigma, Moneyview, Mensa Brands, Myntra, Moglix, Ninjacart, Swiggy, Stanza Living, Urban Company, Zetwerk, and Zenoti, among many others. Atoms is a program by Accel India to support pre-seed startups with easy access to non-dilutive capital, mentorship from founders and operators, and a community to help them grow. We help ambitious entrepreneurs build iconic global businesses. For more, visit www.accel.com or https://twitter.com/Accel_India. About Ideaspring Capital Ideaspring Capital is an early-stage VC fund that is uniquely focused on investing in B2B “Enterprise Product Innovation” startups. Through their ‘Startup Assist’ program, they enable portfolio companies to achieve scale in technology, customer management, and operations thereby building products for a global footprint. For more information please visit Ideaspring | Ideaspring (ideaspringcap.com) Contact Details mason Bilal Mahmood +44 7714 007257 b.mahmood@stockwoodstrategy.com Company Website https://getmason.io/

October 27, 2022 07:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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ChainUp Forms Web3 Innovation Alliance with Ecosystem Partners to Drive Industry Growth

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ChainUp Group, a global blockchain technology solutions provider, announced the formation of a Web3 Innovation Alliance with the leading cloud service provider Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, and blockchain company ConsenLabs. The Alliance aims to support businesses in the Web3 ecosystem and drive industry innovation and development. ChainUp provides businesses with a complete suite of blockchain solutions all within one platform. Its comprehensive solutions include digital asset exchange systems, NFT trading systems, wallet solutions, liquidity solutions, Web3 infrastructure solutions, and assets custody and management. Mr. Sailor Zhong, Founder & CEO of ChainUp Group said, “Web3 is undoubtedly the future of digital. As part of our continuous efforts to promote technological advancements, we are excited to establish this alliance with like-minded partners Alibaba Cloud and ConsenLabs to facilitate Web3 innovation. We will continue to do our part not just to facilitate blockchain adoption for businesses, but also to support the growth of the industry.” About ChainUp Group Founded in 2017, ChainUp is a leading end-to-end blockchain technology solutions provider covering infrastructure development and ecosystem support. Built on the mission to empower businesses through blockchain technology, ChainUp’s innovative and all-around compliant solutions include digital asset exchange systems, NFT trading systems, wallet solutions, liquidity solutions, and assets custody solutions. Headquartered in Singapore and with offices around the world, the company has served more than 1,000 clients in 30 countries, reaching over 60 million end-users. For more information, please visit: www.chainup.com. Contact Details ChainUp Group Xue Zhen Yeo xuezhen.yeo@chainup.com

October 27, 2022 01:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Job search: how to quickly find a job with Jooble

Jooble

Jooble.org is a genuinely helpful and reliable job search engine. Since 2006, the site has been helping millions of people find their dream jobs. Now, it’s among the top 10 vertical job search engines in the Jobs And Employment segment according to SimilarWeb ranking. Jooble analyzes thousands of job search sources to provide the most relevant opportunities free of charge. Employers can also use Jooble for free; however, there is a chargeable premium plan with additional features. This review will examine this service and discover why it’s among the best job search platforms. Background Information Jooble was founded by two Ukrainian investors and IT professionals, Roman Prokofiev and Eugene Sobakarev, in 2006. Its headquarters is located in Kyiv, Ukraine. Jooble’s mission is to simplify job hunting. The platform gives access to numerous online job postings in minutes. Due to its utility, Jooble went viral and grew very quickly. In 2016, 10 years after being established, Jooble appeared among the top 50 job search services, and in 2019, it recorded 2 million visitors per day. Nowadays, the site has 3 million daily visitors and 1 billion annual visits, which is the main proof of its efficiency and effectiveness. Key Statistics and Facts Among the top 10 vertical job search engines 70 million visitors monthly Available in 69 countries Accessible in 24 languages Service Features Filtered search The platform is user-friendly and offers filters for fast and easy job searches. Instead of struggling with a broad search, filter it! You can filter according to location, salary, date of posting, work experience, and type of employment. Jooble uses a variety of sources Jooble gets information from varied sources, such as corporate websites, social nets, announcements, various job boards and media, and many more. Totally, Jooble collects vacancies from more than 140,000 sources. Free to use We understand how the process of searching job can be complicated and lengthy sometimes, and Jooble's mission is to help people find work easily and quickly. For this, the company is constantly working to ensure that the employment process is as comfortable and fast as possible. At Jooble, you can find all job offers available in one place and use our service for free, no matter at which point on Earth you are. For users' convenience, Jooble has created a mobile app for iOS and Android where all vacancies are available. Job seekers can search for vacancies in several specialities and regions simultaneously, view offers for remote employment, and respond to them directly in the app. Available in 69 countries around the world If you want to find a job in a specific location, Jooble is there to help. The site divides all the vacancies into regions, showing the nearest options. If you want to work remotely or abroad, you can check opportunities in 69 countries worldwide. Popular searches Users can easily check which job categories are currently being searched often. For instance, such jobs as medical workers, recruitment consultants, and, of course, IT specialists are booming. However, the job market might be volatile from time to time, but keeping up with the latest employment trends will be easy with Jooble. Filter by location Some people like nothing better than going to the office, socializing with colleagues, and commuting to work every day. Others have become real fans of working remotely. Whatever you decide, Jooble will help you find jobs within your preference. Just filter by location to either “Near me” or “Remote.” Alert feature When you activate or sign up for this feature, you’ll receive email updates on the jobs you’ve been searching for whenever there’s an opening. Terms of Service Jooble is free for job seekers to use. You can find actual information on different workplaces or employers. However, Jooble doesn’t guarantee their safety or reliability. Jooble also cannot be liable for misinformation on the employers’ websites or portals. Jooble imposes a law against any unauthorized use of intellectual property according to copyright law. Only adults can use the portal—and for legal purposes only. Users can only create one account. Sharing your account with others is prohibited. Users must accept the platform’s privacy policy before using it. Privacy Policy Jooble uses cookies to provide a better browsing experience. It also uses SSL encryption to enhance safety; however, the company will not be responsible for security breaches. Jooble also has the right to collect users’ data, which includes their name, last name, phone number, email address, and account credentials. However, Jooble is prohibited from selling any users’ data. Such information helps the platform provide a better service and information about new features or changes. Jooble can share this data with other websites or reveal it if the law requests. Help Center Jooble has a library of commonly asked questions where people can find the answers to general questions. However, should you still be dissatisfied, you can submit a ticket with your email, subject, and description of the issue. Quality of Service Jooble provides user-friendly tools, easy navigation, and high-quality customer support. Contact Details Jooble Jooble Team compliance@jooble.com Company Website https://jooble.org/

October 26, 2022 11:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Will These Streamers Benefit from Major Audience Growth?

QYOU Media

ValueTheMarkets News Commentary - More than 3 billion people around the world streamed or downloaded video at least once a month in 2020 according to Statista, with this projected to rise to 3.5 billion by 2025. A number of companies are seeking to take advantage of this huge opportunity. This article discusses the issue with reference to Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and QYOU Media (TSXV: QYOU) (OTCQB: QYOUF). QYOU Media (TSXV: QYOU) (OTCQB: QYOUF) operates as a media company. The business produces and distributes content created by social media influencers, artists and digital content creators on television networks, satellite television, over-the-top media and mobile platforms. QYOU Media also manages influencer marketing campaigns for major film studios and key household brands. The company primarily operates in India, where it aims to take advantage of rapidly increasing adoption of smartphone and smart TV technology. The business has launched five entertainment channels aimed at the young Indian demographic through its The Q India brand. These include its flagship channel, The Q, which was the fastest growing channel in the entire nation last year. Viewers can watch these channels across a number of platforms, including QYOU Media’s free ad-supported QPLAY app, which allows users to tune into the company’s five different TV channels through smartphones or smart TVs. Now, the business is expanding beyond video streaming too, having just acquired a controlling stake in mobile gaming specialists Maxamtech Digital Ventures. With KPMG estimating that more than 420 million Indians are online gamers, the business will be hoping this move will spur further growth. QYOU Media’s Indian offering is growing alongside its revenue. Its most recent earnings update, which covered the three months ended 30 June 2022, saw the company return record quarterly revenues of CA$6.9m, which represented year-on-year growth of 163%. Adjusted EBITDA loss also saw an improvement in the period, with a 33% reduction in loss. Net loss did widen by 7%, but the company attributed this to the launch of new channels and programming as the business rapidly expands its entertainment footprint. Netflix ( NASDAQ: NFLX ) operates as a subscription streaming service and production company. The company offers a wide variety of TV shows, movies, anime and documentaries on internet-connected devices. It serves customers worldwide. Netflix is a company synonymous with streaming, having revolutionized the way in which consumers consume entertainment in their homes. The company’s most recent quarterly earnings showed something of a return to form though, with paid subscriber numbers climbing by around 2.4 million after two consecutive quarterly declines. Even so, the company appears to have been spooked by the decline and the rate of growth seen in the most recent quarter is still far slower than Netflix had become accustomed too. This hardship has led the company to move towards some sort of ad-supported offering, while also seeking to block users from password sharing. These moves will bolster existing revenue streams and add a new one as the business faces increasing pressure from competition. New subscribers could be attracted to the service by an upcoming cheaper $7 per month offering, which includes around five minutes of advertising per hour of programming. However, the success of this significant change in the business’ model is yet to be determined. Walt Disney Co ( NYSE: DIS ) operates as an entertainment and media enterprise company. The company's business segments include media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. The business serves customers worldwide. Another major player in the streaming landscape, with its Disney+ offering reaching 221 million subscribers in its most recent quarterly results to make Walt Disney Co the biggest streamer in the world. The enormous growth of its streaming service has propelled major revenue growth for Walt Disney Co, with revenues climbing by an impressive 26% compared to the same quarter 12 months prior. However, analysts have warned that the service could lose as many as 20 million subscribers in South Asia after it failed to secure the rights to the Indian Cricket Premier League. Vivek Couto, executive director of Media Partners Asia, told Bloomberg: “IPL drives customer acquisition. It’s regarded as entertainment not just sports by Indian households - women and men.” Perhaps this is part of the reason behind Walt Disney Co’s decision to follow some of its competitors in creating an ad-supported subscription offering, while also hiking the price for viewers who want to enjoy Disney+ without commercials. Jeff Bezos’ Amazon ( NASDAQ: AMZN ) is an online retailer that offers a wide range of products. The company’s products include books, music, computers, electronics and numerous other products. The business offers personalized shopping services, web-based credit card payment and direct shipping to customers. It also operates a cloud platform offering services globally. Having made a name for itself in the world of ecommerce, Amazon entered the video streaming fray all the way back in 2006. The service has grown significantly, with its popularity bolstered by the fact that subscription includes faster ecommerce delivery options, as well as ebook, music and grocery shopping services. But the company’s streaming service appears to be building its own successful niche within this array of services, with Prime Video shows securing 30 Emmy nominations during the company’s last full quarter. Most recently, Amazon has been making entertainment news headlines with its Lord of the Rings prequel show The Rings of Power. The fantasy series, which has been promoted through an enormous deluge of marketing, reportedly cost as much as $1bn to produce. Millions initially tuned in to the show but reaction from audiences has been mixed, with some reviewers comparing the show unfavorably with Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of Tolkien’s Middle Earth world or fantasy TV peer House of the Dragon. This could indicate that the show may not drive subscriber growth as much as Amazon had been hoping. ValueTheMarkets.com News Commentary IMPORTANT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER PAID ADVERTISEMENT This communication is a paid advertisement. ValueTheMarkets is a trading name of Digitonic Ltd, and its owners, directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents and assigns (collectively the Publisher) is often paid by one or more of the profiled companies or a third party to disseminate these types of communications. In this case, the Publisher has been compensated by QYOU Media to conduct investor awareness advertising and marketing and has paid the Publisher the equivalent of one hundred thousand US dollars to produce and disseminate this and other similar articles and certain related banner advertisements. This compensation should be viewed as a major conflict with the Publisher's ability to provide unbiased information or opinion. 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October 26, 2022 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Comcast Business Enhances Fiction Tribe’s Cybersecurity with SecurityEdge™ Solution

Comcast Oregon / SW Washington

Comcast Business today announced that it is supplying Portland-based creative agency, Fiction Tribe, with Comcast Business SecurityEdge ™, Business Internet and 4G LTE Connection Pro Services, enabling the business to better safeguard its data and keep its employees connected while using a hybrid work model. Fiction Tribe is an independent digital creative agency with 25 employees and 10 contractors. Unlike typical creative agencies, Fiction Tribe uses machine intelligence technology to analyze seemingly disconnected data points and identify real-time insights and recommendations to its clients. This technology, combined with Fiction Tribe’s digital and creative acumen, offers its clients unmatched deployment times, targeted messaging and actionable analytics. Because of this operational reliance on technology and data, Fiction Tribe counts on its internet and cybersecurity solutions from Comcast Business to help protect client data whenever needed, no matter where employees are working from. “With employees across the globe from Portland to Portugal, which is now standard, we need to spend time growing the business instead of worrying about online threats,” said James Rice, CEO of Fiction Tribe. “As a small business without an IT department, we rely on Comcast Business. With SecurityEdge, we can help protect employee, guests’ and contractors’ devices on the network.” A few years ago, cybersecurity solutions were less attainable for small businesses due to high costs and fixed solution designs. With SecurityEdge™, businesses have access to an advanced network solution. It works to help block threats like malware, ransomware, phishing and botnet attacks across all connected devices on a business’ network while simultaneously preventing guests and employees from accessing suspicious websites. Fiction Tribe’s finds this feature an especially important cybersecurity measure to have when working with contractors and remote workers. “I look forward to viewing the SecurityEdge Activity Summary Report. It tells me all about our network threats, including phishing, malware, and botnets,” Rice explained. “We are comforted that it helps protect our employees’ and customers’ devices.” Paired with Comcast Business’ Internet, SecurityEdge™ seamlessly runs in the background, helping to protect the network’s data, and will do so even if a small business does not have a dedicated IT department. "We want businesses to be empowered to grow. We know there is risk in that, and we want to help businesses have peace of mind," said Alan Goldsmith, vice president of Comcast Business’ Oregon/SW Washington. "As the distributed workforce continues to expand and push the boundaries of digital collaboration, network support solutions will increasingly help define a business' success. That's why Comcast Business is proud to play a role in supporting Fiction Tribe's security solutions and connectivity operations." About Comcast Business: Comcast Business offers a suite of Connectivity, Communications, Networking, Cybersecurity, Wireless, and Managed Solutions to help organizations of different sizes prepare for what’s next. Powered by the nation’s largest Gig-speed broadband network, and backed by 24/7 customer support, Comcast Business is the nation’s largest cable provider to small and mid-size businesses and one of the leading service providers to the Enterprise market. Comcast Business has been consistently recognized by industry analysts and associations as a leader and innovator, and one of the fastest growing providers of Ethernet services. For more information, call 866-429-3085. Follow on Twitter @ComcastBusiness and on other social media networks at http://business.comcast.com/social. Contact Details Comcast Business Amy Keiter +1 503-407-9109 amy_keiter@comcast.com Company Website https://business.comcast.com/

October 26, 2022 07:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time

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Sharp App Joins HPL Digital Sport and Cardinal Sports Capital Accelerator Program After Year of Significant Growth

Sharp App

Sharp App, a sports betting app dedicated to the empowerment of bettors through AI-powered tools, analytics and educational programming, announced today its inclusion into the HPL Digital Sport and Cardinal Sports Capital Accelerator Program. The Accelerator Program has raised capital for Sharp App during the current 2022 NFL season to exponentially grow its subscriber base. Since its launch in August 2021, Sharp App has rapidly scaled its capabilities, expanded programming based on user demand and trends, and shown strong user growth, engagement and retention rates. Since 2021, Sharp App has: Held an 80% month-over-month premium subscriber retention rate Provided upgrades and scaled content for its Game Center, a centralized hub of news, trends, lines and betting information, and Sharp Academy, a multimedia masterclass that will teach all skill levels different aspects of sports betting, led by sports betting expert John Alessia Seen a 200% increase in daily and monthly active users in the first month of the 2022 NFL season Identified nearly half of all users engage on the Sharp App Discord add-on during NFL games “One of the most significant advances to our app is our extremely popular AI-powered props tool. In getting feedback from our users and understanding the data leveraged, we were able to quickly develop one of the most comprehensive prop tools to identify the value of player statistics across various markets,” said Sharp App co-founder and CEO Kevin Epstein. “With our inclusion into the Accelerator Program, we’ll be able to utilize the capabilities of both HPL Digital Sport and Cardinal Sports Capital to scale innovations, like our prop tool, faster and get our superior products and services in front of new investors, partners and potential users.” The vision behind the Accelerator Program is to help streamline a company’s access to essential tools needed for entrepreneurs to obtain capital, network in the right channels, effectively articulate their value proposition and get their products and services into the hands of the right audiences. “In today’s sports betting economy, capital is harder to raise. It’s more important than ever to not just have a vision, but a clear path for how the company will generate revenue and prove profitability,” said Ed Moed, CEO of HPL Digital Sport. “In a little over a year, Sharp App has shown its product provides exceptional service and value to its users through its stellar engagement and retention statistics. Sharp App is the exact type of company we built the company for and are looking forward to helping bring them to the next phase in their entrepreneurial journey.” For more information please visit: https://sharp.app/ To download the app: App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sharp-app/id1557592668 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sharpapp ABOUT SHARP APP Founded in 2020, by sports betting and fantasy experts and executives from Win Daily and DFS Army, Sharp is a first-of-its-kind sports betting app. Sharp provides an all-in-one platform experience of multimedia content, tools and solutions developed specifically to educate and empower sports bettors to make smarter decisions and manage their actions. Follow Sharp on social media - Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Contact Details Michael Adorno +1 212-931-6143 madorno@hotpaperlantern.com Company Website https://sharp.app/

October 26, 2022 10:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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