by David Southwell | Mar 3, 2023 | DATA INSIGHTS, ENGINEERING BACKEND, LIFE AT PEX
In February, Pex celebrated it’s ninth anniversary and as a way to celebrate, we took a look at our accomplishments by the numbers. For roughly nine years our Discovery product has searched the Internet for audio and video content. Once it finds new content, we...
by Jenny Crawford | Feb 6, 2023 | DATA INSIGHTS
Every year the Grammys recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry, and awards are determined by the creators’ peers in the Recording Academy. Millions tune in to see if their favorite artist takes home an award, but many are disappointed as the music...
by Jimmy Lin | Apr 4, 2022 | DATA INSIGHTS
Music’s biggest night aired this past Sunday, and while not as controversial as the Academy Awards, the Grammys was still full of memorable moments, both good and bad. The touching tributes to Stephen Sondheim and Taylor Hawkins, along with the inspiring message from...
by Jenny Crawford | Jul 6, 2021 | DATA INSIGHTS, NEWS & DATA
7.19.21 Update: The results are in and the winner of Palme d’Or was Julia Ducournau’s “Titane.” In the wake of its win at this year’s Cannes, the trailer for “Titane” doubled in views and tripled in re-uploads (July 2: 190K views and 29 re-uploads; July 19: 369K...
by Jenny Crawford | Aug 20, 2020 | DATA INSIGHTS, NEWS & DATA
Instagram may have started as a photo-sharing app, but with the addition of video in 2013, stories in 2016, IGTV in 2018, and most recently its new reels functionality, the platform has become a top competitor for video-centric apps. As Instagram continually develops...
by Jenny Crawford | Aug 12, 2020 | DATA INSIGHTS, NEWS & DATA
In 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s strategy was “to become video first”. Zuckerberg predicted then that in five years time, most of what people would consume online would be video. Nearly five years later, Facebook has taken its...