Saturday, December 9, 2017

STARTUP SPECIAL..... 15 Clipbyte makes challenges of monitoring news a thing of the past

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Clipbyte makes challenges of monitoring news a thing of the past

One of the biggest challenges today for corporates has been monitoring the vast broadcast media space for various developments related to their industry and their own brand, even while keeping a tab on the kind of coverage they get which could range from ‘market-friendly’ to negative. Till now there was no way to keep pace with the wide variety of news breaks, analysis and coverage of various companies and industry that happen round-the-clock on almost 100 mainstream TV channels in India.
From this dire need of the corporates to monitor specific news, brands and analysis was born; the broadcast monitoring platform, Clipbyte.com. “There are hundreds of channels in India today that cover social, market, economic and political issues which are difficult to keep tab as it comes and goes in a flash. It was impossible to check TV channels round the clock. We filled the void quite effectively”, explains Sakshi Parab, one of the four promoters of Clipbyte.
“In a year we store over 1,05,120 hours of information in our servers. All the software we use are designed and built in-house”, says Ravindra Katke, Director of Clipbyte.
The best part of the deal for any corporate which wants to access any business news from 2013 is that they only have to provide the keywords and the entire information and video clips can be made available in few minutes. In all, it is estimated that Clipbyte content team monitors 1,72,800 minutes of news and analysis , says Shilpa Pawar, the third promoter of clipbyte.
When a corporate subscribes to Clipbyte services, the flow of all the news coverage on various television channels is instantaneous and the subscriber is kept aware of what is going on in real time. Clipbyte provides a dedicated platform to each of its subscribers where all the latest videos are parked and can be accessed by the subscriber from his phone with ease. “Time is of essence for the corporates, and hence the lead time between the news breaks about a particular company or an industry has to be actionable for the affected party. To make it convenient for the subscribers can share the web link via email and social media. We give coverage of not just English and Hindi channels but also many Indian languages”, says Jyoti Babar, the fourth promoter of Clipbyte. Clipbyte already has some of the biggest corporate names in its kitty of subscribers.
Clipbyte has forayed into transcription of audio to text. Analysis of news, brands and sports measurement is yet another value added service that Clipbyte has become popular for in the recent times. Clipbyte also starting to provide video services in HD as the demand for better video resolution has risen considerably.


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