Research Triangle Park, NC – January 21, 2010
Digitalsmiths, the innovative multi-screen media analysis, operations and publishing technology provider, announced today it has been named a 2010 “Hot Companies” finalist by Network Products Guide. Digitalsmiths was selected from a global industry analysis of information technology vendors, which included established large companies, mid-size and new start-ups around the world. Finalists were selected based on the “4Ps” criteria – Products, People, Performance, and Potential.
The 2010 “Hot Companies” winners will be announced and honored at the Technosium 2010 presentations and dinner at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco on March 18, 2010. The coveted honor encompasses companies in all areas of information technologies including security, wireless, storage, networking, software and communications.
“Network Product Guide’s recognition of Digitalsmiths speaks to the strength of VideoSense® as the industry’s leading studio-grade digital media analysis, metadata management, and monetization solution,” said Ben Weinberger, CEO and co-founder, Digitalsmiths. “Digitalsmiths prides itself on being a leader in technology. Our ongoing innovation and development, and the commitment of our hard-working team, help us to stay ahead of the curve in the digital media space.”
The “Hot Companies” 2010 evaluation process assessed candidates for entrepreneurial spirit; seasoned executives with relevant experience; clear understanding of the segment of IT the market candidate companies are active in; products and solutions that are positioned to take advantage of the emerging market opportunities; well developed revenue-growth model; and clearly planned expansion strategies.
To see the complete list of finalists please visit www.technosium.com.
About Digitalsmiths
Digitalsmiths provides the industry’s only studio-grade digital media analysis, operations and publishing solution with an advanced, time-based metadata framework that empowers digital media companies to distribute premium video content across multiple platforms, open up new revenue streams for film and TV assets, and build audience. To date, Digitalsmiths has indexed over 3,000,000 tracks of metadata across 29,000 pieces of content and more than 200 terabytes of premium video content.
The company’s flagship product, VideoSense®, powers the digital media operations, publishing and analytics for today’s leading Hollywood studios, broadcasters, distributors and publishers including Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Telepictures and TMZ.com. Digitalsmiths was named one of the “Top 45 Companies to Watch” by Dow Jones, one of the “OnHollywood Top 100” and “OnGlobal 250” by AlwaysOn, “Technology of the Year” by North Carolina’s Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED), and winner of the “Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards.”
About Network Products Guide Awards
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