Datos Media, a Danmon Group company based in Madrid, announced the acquisition of VANTeC during IBC2015.
Based in Oporto, VANTec is a leading Portuguese systems integrator with over 20 years of experience in designing and integrating virtual studios, robotic cameras, and real-time 3D graphics.
“VANTeC products and services blend in very effectively with our existing range of equipment and capabilities,” commented Tomas Nielsen, CEO of Datos Media. “Combining our respective skills through this acquisition enables us to give media organizations and creative professionals wider choice, greater flexibility and higher operational efficiency. VANTeC will have access to all the accumulated expertise of Datos Media, including our proven experience in studio systems integration, post-production workflow management and broadcast-quality digital content archiving.”
“We have established a strong presence in the Portuguese broadcast sector,” added VANTec managing director Alex Roriz. “Becoming part of the Danmon Group strengthens both our visibility in the international media marketplace and our ability to provide complete creative solutions. This blends in well with the increasing demand for fully integrated systems operating under a single unified user interface.”
Google Opens Its Defense In Antitrust Case Alleging Monopoly Over Online Ad Technology
Google opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.
"The industry has been exceptionally fluid over the last 18 years," said Scott Sheffer, a vice president for global partnerships at Google, the company's first witness at its antitrust trial in federal court in Alexandria.
The Justice Department and a coalition of states contend that Google built and maintained an illegal monopoly over the technology that facilitates the buying and selling of online ads seen by consumers.
Google counters that the government's case improperly focuses on a narrow type of online ads โ essentially the rectangular ones that appear on the top and on the right-hand side of a webpage. In its opening statement, Google's lawyers said the Supreme Court has warned judges against taking action when dealing with rapidly emerging technology like what Sheffer described because of the risk of error or unintended consequences.
Google says defining the market so narrowly ignores the competition it faces from social media companies, Amazon, streaming TV providers and others who offer advertisers the means to reach online consumers.
Justice Department lawyers called witnesses to testify for two weeks before resting their case Friday afternoon, detailing the ways that automated ad exchanges conduct auctions in a matter of milliseconds to determine which ads are placed in front of which consumers and how much they cost.
The department contends the auctions are finessed in subtle ways that benefit Google to the exclusion of would-be competitors and in ways that prevent... Read More