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Yahoo
31-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Wowza Powers Jotto Platform with Real-Time Streaming and Recording for AI-Driven Audience Intelligence
Shortlisted for an IBC Innovation Award 2025 in Social Impact for empowering citizen advocacy and real-time AI tools DENVER, July 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wowza, a leading provider of streaming infrastructure, is powering Jotto, a cutting-edge feedback intelligence platform developed by Quadrant 2 — a product studio dedicated to civic and community innovation. Leveraging Wowza Streaming Engine and Stream Recorders, Jotto captures real-time feedback via video, audio, and text, enabling organizations to engage stakeholders more dynamically and turn raw input into actionable insights. The platform has been shortlisted for the IBC Innovation Award 2025 in the Social Impact category, recognizing its transformative role in civic engagement, community insight, and citizen empowerment — work that builds on Quadrant 2's decade-long collaboration with social justice organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Latino Justice, and OurWalmart/United for Respect. Quadrant 2, in partnership with Wowza, has transformed mobile video into a powerful tool for social justice. The "Mobile Justice" app, white-labeled for the ACLU, allows citizens to document law enforcement encounters in real time and securely upload evidence for legal and public review. With over a decade in deployment, the app has served more than 151 million people nationwide. Building on this legacy, Jotto emerged as a next-generation platform that uses video, voice, and text to capture community feedback that converts into actionable intelligence for advocacy and audience engagement. This work demonstrates how streaming and AI technologies can drive systemic change and civic empowerment. Jotto enables organizations to collect and analyze real-time input from communities through video, audio, and text. Built on Wowza Streaming Engine and Stream Recorders, the platform captures multimedia feedback and feeds it directly into an AI engine that detects sentiment, surfaces themes, and delivers instant, visual insights to decision-makers. Key innovations include: Real-time multimedia capture: Wowza's streaming and recording technology enables seamless live video, audio, and text submissions, forming the foundation of Jotto's real-time engagement capabilities. AI-powered analysis: Captured by Wowza's infrastructure, multimedia feedback is instantly processed by Jotto's AI engine, which analyzes sentiment, trends, and themes to generate rich visual reports. Scalable cloud infrastructure: Jotto is built on Wowza's cloud-compatible architecture, allowing it to scale effortlessly from small local gatherings to large-scale events with consistent performance. Organizations using Jotto have seen a 50% increase in response rates, with AI-generated visual reports driving deeper engagement and influencing decision-making. Early adopters across government, political campaigns, business development, and events management have reported notable uplift in stakeholder satisfaction and strategic insights. 'Wowza's reliable streaming and recording capabilities were vital to our real-time feedback goals,' said Barry Owen, Chief Solution Architect at Wowza. 'By integrating Stream Recorders with Jotto's AI, Jotto turns raw feedback into actionable intelligence - fast, accurately, and at scale.' Wowza will be exhibiting at IBC 2025 at Stand 5.F81, where it will showcase the technologies behind platforms like Jotto, as well as solutions for real-time video across public safety, civic tech, media, and enterprise applications. About Jotto and Quadrant 2 Jotto is a feedback intelligence platform that provides frictionless engagement and real-time understanding, empowering organizations with the insights they need to drive results and bring about change. Quadrant 2 is a product studio specializing in mobile application platforms that strengthen relationships between clients and their community. Universities, municipalities, NGOs, and social justice nonprofits rely on Quadrant 2 technologies to organize data, answer questions, send messages and collect videos transmitted under unpredictable circumstances. About Wowza Wowza powers live and on-demand video experiences for thousands of customers across industries including media, public safety, healthcare, and IoT. With a focus on reliability, flexibility, and developer-centric tools, Wowza enables organizations to build and scale reliable video infrastructure tailored to their exact needs. CONTACT: For media enquiries, please contact: Clare Plaisted clare@ To book a meeting, contact pour accéder à votre portefeuille
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Wowza Acquires AVA Intellect as it Accelerates Commitment to AI-First Innovation Strategy
Acquisition aligned with Wowza's vision for intelligent video infrastructure, bringing agent-based automation to streaming orchestration and optimization. Wowza appoints AVA Intellect co-founder Mike Vitale as Head of Intelligence at Wowza. DENVER, June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wowza, a trusted leader in video streaming infrastructure for mission-critical applications, today announced the acquisition of AVA Intellect, an AI-native startup specializing in intelligent and embedded agent technology for video platforms. As part of the acquisition, AVA's co-founder Mike Vitale joins Wowza as Head of Intelligence, accelerating Wowza's shift toward an AI-first product strategy. With a 20+ year career spanning enterprise streaming, cloud-native architecture, and AI product development, Vitale brings deep domain experience and a track record of innovation at the intersection of media and machine intelligence. 'AVA joins Wowza at a pivotal time as we accelerate innovation on the foundation that has made Wowza such a reliable streaming infrastructure partner for so many mission-critical applications,' said Krish Kumar, CEO of Wowza. 'We're integrating AVA Intellect's agent framework into our platform to deliver video insights and real-time configuration support that adapts to customer needs. It's a practical step forward in making video delivery more intelligent and responsive. Mike and his team bring deep video experience and an AI-first approach that is a direct match for our product and company vision at Wowza, and I look forward to Mike joining the Wowza leadership team.' The acquisition reinforces Wowza's commitment to embedding AI across the entire video lifecycle, starting with capabilities that drive immediate value for customers. With AVA Intellect on board, Wowza is introducing two major product innovations. First, AVA's stream intelligence adds the ability to detect key markers and pull real-time insights directly from video. Second, their agent-based technology unlocks agent-powered experiences that enhance every stage of the user journey, bringing more intelligence and automation to Wowza's video infrastructure. These intelligent assistants are designed to help customers hit the ground running - unlocking value faster, exploring solutions more intuitively, and getting personalized support on demand. Beyond better usability, they'll cut friction, boost productivity, and elevate the streaming experience across every industry for Wowza's customers. With this move, Wowza will become the first established video infrastructure software company to introduce intelligent agent technology at the point of configuration and support, providing valuable innovation in a well-established market. Building on Wowza's industry recognition as a reliable infrastructure streaming partner for mission-critical applications at scale, Wowza's acquisition of AVA also reinforces its continuous commitment to innovation. 'What drew me to Wowza was the chance to pair next-gen AI with a platform that already powers some of the most demanding video infrastructure in the world,' said Mike Vitale, co-founder at AVA Intellect and incoming Head of Intelligence at Wowza. 'We're building on that foundation with new intelligence that's embeddable and aligned with how developers and product teams want to work today - across industries, use cases, and environments.' The acquisition marks the beginning of a broader evolution in Wowza's platform strategy. By bringing AI deeper into the streaming experience, Wowza is investing in more intelligent, responsive infrastructure - designed to help customers move faster, adapt more easily, and deliver better video experiences at scale. ABOUT WOWZAWowza powers live and on-demand video experiences for thousands of customers across industries including media, public safety, healthcare, and IoT. With a focus on reliability, flexibility, and developer-centric tools, Wowza enables organizations to build and scale reliable video infrastructure tailored to their exact MEDIA CONTACT Alex Gammelgard VP of Marketing, Wowza | in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
