Global From Day One: Jinni Sequences the Movie Genome to Provide Better Movie Recommendations

Israel-based startup Jinni, a taste engine for movies and TV shows, appears to be innovating in a way that will resonate with consumers. The company, which also maintains a presence in London and the US, differentiates itself with the Movie Genome Project.

Monday Roundup: 10 Israeli Business Headlines

Let’s get right to it:
1. Sequoia invests in Israeli based Kenshoo, a SEM competitor to Google’s Double Click. Unlike Omniture and Atlas Solutions, Kenshoo enables both financial and quality management of SEM campaigns. [via The Marker (Hebrew) and via]
2. HP continues growth-through-acquisition – buys Israel based Nur Macroprinters for $117.5 million in cash. Yuval Cohen, [...]

Don’t Stop Believing – Imagine Communications Scores $15M for Broadband TV

The Broadband TV niche in Israel is on fire. Following RayV’s $8M round earlier this month, Israel-based Imagine Communications announced a second round and a hot upcoming deal.
Imagine develops Personalized TV technologies for video on demand (VOD) and Internet Protocol TV (IPTV). Imagine claims that its next-generation multiplexing technology, the QOD [...]

Who will create the world’s first Virtual TV Network?

NBC, BBC, ABC… and maybe soon RayV TV as well. Israeli RayV raised a second round of $8M to develop live 24 hour broadcasts of quality programming for the PC and TV in what they call a “Virtual TV Network”. Facebook’s investor Accel Partners, one of Israel’s most active VC funds, financed the round. [...]

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