Magine Plans to Reinvent TV for “Modern” Viewers

BERLIN — “Television has been the same for the last fifty years or so,” says Mattias Hjelmstedt, co-founder of Magine, a Stockholm-based entertainment platform that has gone “back to the drawing board” to think about “what television would look like if it was invented today.”  We spoke with Hjelmstedt and Magine CEO Erik Wikström at […]

 
 

Companion TV Service Zeebox Primed to Roll Out New Version of App

BERLIN — Companion TV app Zeebox is slated to introduce a new update in the coming weeks that will better incorporate interactivity and ads into the service, says Michael Slater with the iOS team at Zeebox, during an interview at The Europas tech awards event in Berlin. Those tweaks will include a new design, a synchronized ad […]

 
 

Kudan Co-Founder: “There’s A Huge Opportunity For Advertisers In Augmented Reality”

BERLIN — Augmented reality is "a really exciting growth space at the moment," says Tom Wood, Commercial Director and Co-Founder of mobile augmented reality agency Kudan.  We had the opportunity to speak with Wood at the at The Europas in Berlin to find out more about how the company is working with advertisers to integrate […]

 
 

Crane.tv CEO On Monetizing Online Video Through Branded Content Marketing

BERLIN — Crane.tv, an online video-magazine for contemporary culture, has made the online video revolution economically viable with a profitable business model that revolves around creating, distributing and monetizing high quality online video content.  We had the opportunity to speak with CEO Constantin Bjerke at The Europas in Berlin to find out more about the […]

 
 

Personalized Discovery Engine Foundd Takes A New Approach To Content Recommendation

BERLIN — The growing number of on demand entertainment options has made choosing a movie or television show a chore.  Personalized discovery engine Foundd  is taking a new approach to content recommendation, taking the pain out of deciding what to watch.  We spoke with Foundd founder and CEO, Lasse Clausen, at The Europas in Berlin […]