FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 21, 2012
DURHAM, N.C.—Digitalsmiths, the leader in personalized video discovery technology, claimed the 959 spot on the 2012 Inc. 5000, Inc. magazine’s exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies, climbing 115 spots since last year. Digitalsmiths also ranked 84 in the competitive Software category.
“We are proud to have earned a position on the prestigious Inc. 5000 for the second year in a row, ” said Ben Weinberger, Digitalsmiths co-founder and CEO. “We have enjoyed exponential growth since the launch of our Seamless Discovery platform, and we are poised to accelerate that growth in 2012 as we continue to deliver revenue-generating discovery olutions for today’s leading service providers, content providers and consumer electronics manufacturers.”
Fueling Digitalsmiths’ current growth is the company’s Seamless Discovery® platform. Officially launched in Nov. 2011, Seamless Discovery is the most comprehensive platform for personalized video discovery, offering personalized search, recommendations and browsing, social trending, mood-based recommendations and a powerful business rules engine for all connected devices. Seamless Discovery filters all sources of available video content by consumers’ individual viewing preferences to surface the most relevant TV shows, movies and live events, whether they’re on live TV, on-demand or online.
“Consumers are overwhelmed by the amount of video content available, and their collective frustration with trying to find something to watch is negatively impacting satisfaction, engagement and revenue,” said Matt Berry, Digitalsmiths co-founder and CTO. “Our tremendous growth stems from our ability to solve this problem by enabling personalized discovery experiences that instantly connect consumers to movies and TV shows they’ll enjoy.”
Digitalsmiths’ full Inc. 5000 profile can be viewed at http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/digitalsmiths
About Digitalsmiths
Guided by the belief that consumers should not have to work to find relevant content—the content should find them—Digitalsmiths provides the industry’s most comprehensive video discovery platform, offering Personalized Search, Recommendations and Browsing, Social Trending, Mood-Based Recommendations, and a Business Rules Engine for all connected devices. Built for service providers, content providers and consumer electronics manufacturers, Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery enables personalized discovery experiences that instantly connect consumers to the most relevant movies, TV shows and live events available, at any time, on any screen.
Media contact:
Caitlin Hourigan
Marketing Manager
704.806.9702
chourigan@digitalsmiths.com