Kit Digital Relaunches as Piksel at the IBC Show

AMSTERDAM — The reorganized and slimmed-down Piksel is relaunching at the current IBC Show in Amsterdam with a continued focus on online video services for major media companies around the world. The company is eyeing growth opportunities in online, VOD and second screen in markets in Europe and North America in particular, says Alan Wolk, Global Lead Analyst at Piksel, in an interview with Beet.TV.

The company was formerly known as Kit Digital and has now been rebranded after bankruptcy. The company counts 800 employees and is headquartered in New York, with offices in San Diego, Atlanta, Orlando, London, Paris and Milan. Customers include ATT U-Verse in the US, Televisa in Mexico, Channel 4 in Europe and more. “Piksel will still be doing everything around video especially system integration, taking different platforms customers have in place and adding functionality so they all work together,” Wolk explains. For more insight into what’s next for Piksel, please check out this video interview.

By Daisy Whitney on September 13, 2013September 13, 2013@daisywhitney

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