CogniK is proud to announce it has been selected by the CC Ventures international committee. Connected Creativity at MIPTV is a forum where the world’s dominant market forces in technology, mobile media and entertainment content meet.

In Cannes, we will pitch a jury of media experts and investors CogniK’s content discovery solutions. Come and join us at MIPTV, you will discover how we help media and telco to monetize their existing content catalogs and audiences.

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CONNECTED CREATIVITY AT MIPTV UNVEILS CC VENTURES FINALISTS

Paris, 17 March 2011 – CC Ventures, the new startup competition for innovation in connected entertainment today unveils the 11 finalists. They will pitch their projects to an expert jury during Connected Creativity at MIPTV, the new global forum uniting the world’s dominant market forces and leading innovators in entertainment, mobile media and technology which runs from 4-7 April in Cannes.

The CC Ventures finalists, selected by an international committee headed by Guilhem Bertholet, Director of the HEC Incubator, are: Camup, USA; Cognik, France; Fair Play Interactive, France; Futurecode, Finland; Hit Me Baby, UK; Hitlantis, Finland; Invideous, UK; Jakaa, France; Lorenzi TV, France; Mediabong, France and Stupeflix, France.

“The first edition of CC Ventures is extremely encouraging. We are very excited about highlighting  some of the most innovative startups in digital entertainment. It gives us great satisfaction to provide these new players with unique access to some of the major media investors and venture capitalists,” says Laurine Garaude, Director of the Television Division at Reed MIDEM.

On 6 April in the Hotel Majestic, the selected companies will present their activities to a panel of experts representing venture capital and corporate funds (Balderton, Comcast Interactive, Morgan Lewis, Ventech, VentureBeat). The winners will be announced shortly after during the CC Ventures awards at the Connected Party.

For more information on CC Ventures finalists, click here.

For more information on Connected Creativity at MIPTV, click here.

MTV Networks France has selected the French start-up CogniK to enrich its offering with personalized multi-screen television

New connected screens (televisions, smartphones, tablets) provide new media experiences and allow for new business models, in which personalization plays a key role for value creation.

This agreement paves the way for the deployment of a new type of television channels, fully personalized and able to mix video content with interactive games.

Vincent Tauzia, President and co-Founder of CogniK, underlines the scope of this strategic agreement, “We are proud to have been chosen by a key player in the media industry such as MTV Networks. We share the same ambition to create reference applications on all connected screens, and our profiling and recommendation technology constitutes its pivotal component.“

About CogniK:

CogniK – www.cognik.net – is a French start-up company offering innovative content discovery solutions. CogniK’s solutions integrate artificial intelligence and cognitive science. They allow to dynamically tailor personalized media experiences to each type of audience.  CogniK technology has been built in partnership with French National Scientific Centre (CNRS), Ecole Normale Superieure, and National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA Lyon).

About MTV Networks France:

MTV NETWORKS FRANCE includes the following channels in France, Belgium and Switzerland: MTV, MTV BASE, MTV PULSE MTV IDOL, ONE GAME, NICKELODEON and NICKELODEON JUNIOR. The multiplex MTV, MTV BASE, MTV PULSE MTV IDOL is the leader for the 15-24/15-34 y.o segment in pay TV in France. MTV, the “Original”, is now the music channel reference, #1 in the world, MTV BASE is the “Hip Hop R & B” channel, MTV PULSE is the “Pop Rock” channel, MTV IDOL is the “Cult” channel and MTV HD is the first European high definition music channel. All MTV channels are available to more than 7,000,000 households exclusively on cable, satellite, broadband and mobile. GAME ONE is the channel of the “digital generation” and the first thematic channel for the 15-24 y.o. Available to more than  10 million households on cable, satellite, ADSL and mobile. ONE MUSIC GAME HD is a 100% native HD channel, a result of the music & video game convergence. NICKELODEON is the #1 youth channel in the world, the second channel for the 11-14 y.o. segment in France. It is available to more than 5,000,000 households on cable, satellite and ADSL. NICKELODEON JUNIOR is the new edutainment channel for the 3-7 y.o, distributed to more than 3,000,000 households through cable, satellite and ADSL.

Press Relations

Vincent Tauzia – vincent@cognik.net – +33 9 50 76 17 38