Investment giant Fidelity has again taken the axe to the value of its shares in X Holdings which it helped Elon Musk buy when it was known as Twitter. Fidelity believes that the shares are worth 71.5% less than at the time of the purchase. The disclosure runs through end of November, a month in which Snap shares climbed 38.2% and Meta shares a more modest 4.9%.
Back in September 2023, Amazon Prime Video revealed plans to start showing ads during movies and TV series streaming on its platform. It has now announced when this will begin: January 29. Users will be able to upgrade to an ad-free service for about an extra three dollars.
Snap Inc. has announced that it has tapped real time audience insights platform Samba TV to provide data on conversion outcomes to Snapchat advertisers. Samba TV’s measurement capabilities currently extend to all of the major walled gardens, more than 200 national networks, local networks in 100 designated market areas and some 400 digital publishers. Advertisers will also be able to use the data to optimize ad spend.
Twilio is adding ‘contextual awareness’ to its Segment CDP, which in plainer English means data stored in Segment will be available when creating event-triggered, real-time messages. This and a redesigned journey architecture are part of Twilio’s “next generation” customer engagement platform, which also includes natural voice AI agents, voice and text analytics, and RCS and WhatsApp messaging. Twilio separately announced a multi-year partnership with Microsoft to speed the adoption of conversational AI for customer engagement.