One of the things our customers have come to expect is a steady stream of new features. Iconik today is so much more than what it was only two years ago.
Ever watch movie credits? That’s a lot of people working together to bring you a story. And these movies only become a reality through exceptional organization and collaboration. When producing indie films with lean budgets, the difference of getting this right can save or doom a film.
What’s the value of your media?If it’s not the lifeblood of your organization, then it’s your story and your history. The value is tremendous, and that’s why we are committed to making iconik better. In this update, we’ve added some great new features to help you create, manage storage, and keep your media safe.
Today, it’s crucial for companies to engage with their online audience in a meaningful way. As digital noise increases, content overload hits us all. As many physical interactions have moved online, this is especially relevant now. So the challenge for organizations is to find better ways to tell their story to a world with limited attention. To do this well, many are turning to engaging visual content.
As of 2020, there are 1,750,000 podcasts in the world, and the market demand for podcasts continues to rise. Spotify has positioned itself as a leader in the curation and creation of podcasts—with over 2.2 million podcast episodes in its catalogue.
Back when we started designing iconik we knew that we wanted to have a media management system that was massively scalable, beyond anything our experienced team had seen before.
At iconik, we have the privilege of working with some incredibly innovative partners. THUMBWAR™ is one of them. THUMBWAR specializes in building toolsets to deploy remote workflows for media, especially for organizations in the world of professional sports.
Deep in the data, there’s a story. In our last Media Stats report, the story told us how Covid-19 had changed how people manage media. They relied more on cloud solutions at home than on hardware in the workplace.
In our first ever live hackathon, we dove into some of the more advanced capabilities in iconik using our API and other modern technologies.Our goal was to enable a custom workflow where items that are flagged with certain metadata cannot be shared. We also wanted to use a third party messaging app to notify when this restriction occurred.
Having the right media on hand will speed up your creation process. Instead of crawling through sprawling folder structures, or trying to guess file names, you can use metadata to quickly find what you need by searching across countless points of data.
Today, it’s crucial for companies to engage with their online audience in a meaningful way. As digital noise increases, content overload hits us all. As many physical interactions have moved online, this is especially relevant now. So the challenge for organizations is to find better ways to tell their story to a world with limited attention. To do this well, many are turning to engaging visual content.
Having the right media on hand will speed up your creation process. Instead of crawling through sprawling folder structures, or trying to guess file names, you can use metadata to quickly find what you need by searching across countless points of data.
I have often been asked why, in a world full of low-cost and free options to help businesses manage large amounts of content, anyone would choose to spend thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars on a media management system.
Back when we started designing iconik we knew that we wanted to have a media management system that was massively scalable, beyond anything our experienced team had seen before.
COVID-19 has brought on a tsunami of new concerns and disruptive changes to work life . While many modern companies are familiar with remote teams, many more have been forced to jump ship into their sofas and adjust to working from home for the first time as an entire team.Now, more than ever, we appreciate the tools that help us stay connected to our teams when we can’t work in the same space. Understanding that this is new territory for some, we want to offer extra support.
Few things travel as far and as fast as media. When creative teams work together over distances, the cloud is what connects them. However, media content continues to explode in size with 4K and 8K resolutions, and purely cloud-based storage is often too expensive and may not always be fully optimized for editorial workflows. And while cloud solutions can be very secure, storing data offline adds even more security by eliminating remote threats.
South By Southwest (SXSW) is an annual event that takes over Austin, Texas during Spring break. It includes a music festival, a film festival, and the biggest technology conference in the world.
Ever watch movie credits? That’s a lot of people working together to bring you a story. And these movies only become a reality through exceptional organization and collaboration. When producing indie films with lean budgets, the difference of getting this right can save or doom a film.
As of 2020, there are 1,750,000 podcasts in the world, and the market demand for podcasts continues to rise. Spotify has positioned itself as a leader in the curation and creation of podcasts—with over 2.2 million podcast episodes in its catalogue.
At iconik, we have the privilege of working with some incredibly innovative partners. THUMBWAR™ is one of them. THUMBWAR specializes in building toolsets to deploy remote workflows for media, especially for organizations in the world of professional sports.
REL Productions has more than 25 years of experience producing award-winning videos that capture important stories for their customers. The video production company collaborates with its clients through iconik, a smart media management solution that allows key stakeholders to select the most eye-catching imagery and perfect music for their videos.
THEMA is a Canal+ Group company that has more than 180 television channels in its portfolio. It helps with the development of these channels and has built strong partnerships with major pay-TV platforms worldwide.
Complex Networks began as a magazine from street fashion icon Marc Ecko in 2002. As it followed the shift away from print media and into the digital media landscape, it grew and evolved into the perfect snapshot of what a modern entertainment company looks like.
The combination of high stakes and uncertainty involved in poker gives it a unique attraction as a sport. Poker fans are passionate about the game, each with their own stories of legendary players and lucky hands of cards. When they want high-quality live Poker content, they subscribe to PokerGO, a service provided by Poker Central that offers 100 days of on-demand live content every year.
Ginkgo Agency is a South African digital content agency which creates original Editorial, Brand and Long-Form content that stands out and captivates people in a media-saturated landscape.
VICE Media has been creating edgy and informative content geared towards youthful, curious minds since it began in 1994 with a small, provocative magazine.They have become famous for bravely telling the stories other news outlets miss. The journey since then has taken VICE from a free zine to the leading brand of new media for millennials. VICE now uses iconik to store their master mezzanine media in a true global library.
Collaboration is at the core of our philosophy. That’s why we were excited to be chosen by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). It will be using iconik to give global access to its military sporting events coverage. The CISM has been bringing military athletes together in sports competitions to enable diplomacy and strengthen solidarity between nations.Feeling good yet?
Eleven years ago, Robert J Davis, a noted health journalist, and Loren Goldfarb, a former network television producer, realized that the millions of TVs in medical office lobbies and waiting rooms could be a compelling delivery platform for well-produced medical content. After all, the healthcare field is a multi-trillion dollar market and incredibly competitive. In place of cable news or daytime game shows, the team knew they could offer informative content tailored to individual healthcare practices.
One of the things our customers have come to expect is a steady stream of new features. Iconik today is so much more than what it was only two years ago.
What’s the value of your media?If it’s not the lifeblood of your organization, then it’s your story and your history. The value is tremendous, and that’s why we are committed to making iconik better. In this update, we’ve added some great new features to help you create, manage storage, and keep your media safe.
At iconik, we know a great experience is in the details. Every detail matters, and is always improving.If you’re using iconik a lot, even small changes can have a big effect on your experience. We care about that, so our team has sprinkled a bit of extra love into these new features.
This year has brought many sudden and unexpected changes. As we ride each wave of change, the importance of remaining flexible couldn’t feel more true.As a company, we plan our development based on our vision of the future and the current market needs. If the world changes overnight, which seems to be the case for this year, we adjust our roadmap to best serve our customer’s needs.
The world is in a season of extreme collaboration where remote working is the play of the day amidst social isolation and entire regions in lockdown. Today, iconik adds a few more features to connect creators around their media.
People are using iconik to do many things, but at its core, iconik manages media in the most efficient way possible.This update caters to that end with more features to speed up managing assets.
iconik is all about making life easier for users, so that they can concentrate on creating and delivering great video. This release sees the introduction of notifications for a couple of different scenarios:
Media management is more than just video. We know that media management is great for all kinds of media files, whether video, images, or even pdf files that are a mix of images and text. That is why this release sees improvements for managing and previewing PDF files. We’ve also made some improvements to the User Interface.
If you have been watching with bated breath for the next release, you may have noticed that it has been almost two months since we made a feature release in iconik. However, you will be pleased to know that it’s because we’ve been busy designing and developing. Thanks to a couple of months with our heads down, this release is packed with some pretty great features.
Following the initial launch, we have been working hard to deliver new and amazing features to iconik. So in case you are not sure what those are, we wanted to quickly walk you through the main updates since launch. These include:
The iconik team has a Slack channel for the NAB Show, and as it has been canceled this year, that channel is full of sad emojis as the calendar reminds us that we’re missing time in Vegas with our customers and partners. But as the old saying goes…
This is a post-mortem investigation of the delays in processing of assets and collections we saw in iconik between January 23-30, 2020. The purpose of this document is to document what happened and when, and what we can do in the future to improve the service to avoid this kind of setback.
The NAB Show is one of our most exciting events to attend every year. It’s never a dull moment with a steady stream of great partners and old friends stopping by. Every year there are new conversations as to where our industry is taking us next. We’re off to Vegas again with our own contributions to this year’s conversation about the coming changes in media.
Terms and conditions of use are not often highlighted but vitally important to ensure everyone is getting the best out of a service. As well as continually updating our solutions, we are also continually reviewing our terms to make sure that they always reflect the best interests of both our customers and Cantemo.
Today we announced an integration between iconik and Backblaze B2 storage.In the meantime, here are five reasons why we think iconik and Backblaze B2 is a winning combination.
Welcome to the first ever iconik blog post, or as we like to put it, where the story begins. Videos are all about telling a story and they are the easiest and most efficient way of communicating that story with your audience. That is true whatever the purpose, whether it is to entertain, educate, engage, motivate, or as part of a marketing strategy.
Deep in the data, there’s a story. In our last Media Stats report, the story told us how Covid-19 had changed how people manage media. They relied more on cloud solutions at home than on hardware in the workplace.
In our first ever live hackathon, we dove into some of the more advanced capabilities in iconik using our API and other modern technologies.Our goal was to enable a custom workflow where items that are flagged with certain metadata cannot be shared. We also wanted to use a third party messaging app to notify when this restriction occurred.
Since our first iconik media stats report, we’ve received so much positive feedback in response to sharing our data. This has confirmed our original sense that there is a lack of raw data and stats in the media tech space to objectively see how media workflows are changing across industries.
As a media-tech company, we have found that external data about our industry is hard to come by. We want to change that by being open and transparent about what we learn on our journey with iconik. Like a lot of companies, we want to gather as many data points as we can to help drive our decisions. By sharing this information, we hope to spark conversation and provide insights that will assist you too.
When teams create together, you want to do whatever you can to keep the collaboration timely and efficient. This iconik update includes a lot of new features that will enhance and speed up your media management tasks.
Great stories happen when a character is thrust into a series of events, and the action carries them away to new and amazing places. This year, the journey of iconik has been much the same. It has developed and grown so quickly—even faster than we expected.
When iconik launched at the end of 2017, we could never have anticipated the journey ahead. The Cantemo team knew iconik would deliver a revolutionary solution to the media management market, but we couldn’t have known that we would pass so many major milestones ahead of schedule. During the past year, iconik attracted the attention of many small companies, organizations, and a few major global brands. And the momentum shows no signs of slowing.
Our team at Cantemo has been growing, and we’ve been busy working to make iconik more powerful for you. 2019 is going to be great for iconik and we’re excited to roll out the first lineup of improvements for this year. Our aim has always been to help you work faster and smarter around your media. If you share that same goal, then you’re going to like these updates.
Our number one priority is to develop beautiful yet powerful solutions for media management. As such, we are continually refining our designs and solutions. With the latest release of iconik, we have introduced features that make searching and metadata management even more powerful than before.
According to a report published by Social Media Examiner, the current percentage of marketers that say they use video is 60%, but this is set to increase with 73% planning to escalate their use of the platform.
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