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D-ID Acquires Simpleshow to Boost Enterprise Avatar Video Market

by Rachel Kim – Technology Editor September 16, 2025

written by Rachel Kim – Technology Editor

D-ID Acquires Simpleshow to Accelerate Enterprise Avatar Video Market Capture

Berlin – November 1, 2024 – D-ID, a leading AI avatar technology company, has acquired Simpleshow, a Berlin-based video startup, to bolster its position in the rapidly expanding enterprise avatar video market. The acquisition will consolidate offices, resulting in a streamlined presence in Berlin, Tel Aviv, and the United states, while closing locations in London, Luxembourg, Miami, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.

Simpleshow initially approached D-ID for a strategic partnership, according to D-ID CEO Gil Perry. “We saw that there was synergy between management teams and products,” Perry said.”We felt that we needed to increase our speed in capturing a large [part of the enterprise avatar video] market. We thought acquiring Simpleshow would give us the necessary boost in that.”

The combined entity will comprise 140 employees. Simpleshow, founded over a decade ago as a video agency, transitioned to a SaaS-based tech platform in 2017 with the launch of a text-to-video tool. In recent years, the company explored partnerships with firms like Sythesia before ultimately agreeing to be acquired by D-ID.

A key asset in the deal is Simpleshow’s extensive enterprise client base, which includes major corporations such as Adobe, Audio, Airbus, Microsoft, Bayer, HP, T-Mobile, McDonald’s, eBay, and Deutsche Bank. D-ID’s Perry anticipates this will significantly improve the company’s financial performance and accelerate its path to profitability.

D-ID plans to leverage the acquisition to develop interactive training videos featuring AI avatars capable of responding to user questions and administering quizzes. The company already offers a suite of AI-powered interactive avatars to its clients.

The acquisition positions D-ID in a competitive landscape alongside companies like Sythesia, Soul Machine, google, and mckinsey, all developing digital avatar solutions for enterprise adoption. D-ID has raised $60 million in funding to date and secured financing to fund the acquisition, though the financial terms were not disclosed.

“To achieve scale and serve more clients internationally, we decided to build a SaaS-based tech platform,” Simpleshow CEO Karsten Boehrs told TechCrunch.

September 16, 2025 0 comments

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For the fourth week… Avatar continues to dominate the US box office (video)

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com January 9, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

For the fourth consecutive week, James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ continued to lead the box office in North American theaters this past weekend, with sales of nearly $45 million.

According to the numbers of the specialist company “Experience Relationships”, the science fiction film produced by the company “20th Century” has made domestic profits totaling $516.8 million since its launch and $1.19 billion globally, making it the seventh highest-grossing film in history.

However, the surprise came in the horror film ‘M3GAN’ produced by ‘Universal’ and ‘Plum House’ which ranked second, grossing $30.2 million in its first few days of its release, surpassing viewers’ expectations.

M3GAN tells the story of a creepy robot originally designed to be the perfect companion for a young orphaned girl.

And “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”, which is related to the “Shrek” series, came in third place. The family film made $13.1 million in its final weekend, bringing its North American total to $87.7 million.

January 9, 2023 0 comments

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“Avatar” continues to dominate the US box office, grossing nearly $90 million

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com December 27, 2022

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

Posted in: 12/27/2022 – 12:33

The film “Avatar: The Way of Water” remained at the top of the box office in North American theaters, with receipts that exceeded analysts’ expectations, touching $ 90 million, despite the severe winter storm that forced millions of Americans to stay in their homes during the Christmas holidays, according to the specialist company “Experience Relations”. Three new films have more modest returns.

The new part of the film “Avatar” exceeded the expectations of specialists, over the weekend he attended Heavy stormAnd it remained at the top of the U.S. box office, as the total takings of the work signed by director James Cameron and produced by “Twentieth Century” amounted to $287.7 million domestically, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film in 2022 .

And while analysts confirm that the receipts of this new part of “Avatar” have exceeded expectations, despite the “storm of the century” that has committed millions of Americans to their homes, three new films have collected more modest receipts. Similar to Universal’s family “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” the animated series Shrek earned $17.5 million Friday through Monday.

For its part, the Sony biopic ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ only grossed $6.8 million. English actress Naomi Aki embodied the character of the late star Whitney Houston.

The comedy-drama “Papillon”, signed by Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle, has also been launched, with receipts that do not exceed 5.3 million dollars, despite the constellation of stars that includes Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. Variety.com called the results “a shocking twist”.

Over the long, cold weekend, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” finished fifth with $5.3 million, bringing its total to $428 million.

The rest of the films were arranged as follows:

6- “Violent Night” with 4.3 million dollars.

7-“The Whale” with $1.5 million

8- The Menu, with a million dollars.

9-“The Fabelman”, $900,000.

10-“Strange World” with $675,000

France 24/AFP

December 27, 2022 0 comments

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Afraid that “Avatar 2” can’t afford to lose? Guo Fan responds to “The Wandering Earth 2” withdrawal

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com December 24, 2022

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

Afraid that “Avatar 2” can’t afford to miss? Guo Fan responds to “The Wandering Earth 2” retreat and see you at the Spring Festival

It has been reported that “The Wandering Earth 2” will be pulled, which has also attracted the attention of movie fans. Is it to avoid “Avatar 2”?

“The Wandering Earth 2” movie director @郭风FrantGwo denied the retirement rumors in the fan group, and replied to the fans, “Don’t worry, we will definitely hold on. Spring Festival, see you there!“

Yu Dong, CEO of Bona Films, was recently invited to attend the 4th Hainan International Film Festival. Talking about Bona Films’ innovations in main theme storytelling in recent years and the different development paths of Chinese and American films, he mentioned The film “Avatar: The Way of Water” (referred to as “Avatar 2”) shows that American films are more about science fiction heroes and anime heroes, and these films have gradually moved away from today’s Chinese movie viewing habits. As a result, Chinese audiences will prefer domestic films and film and television works that revolve around Chinese stories and conform to Chinese national conditions and culture. Yu Dong also said, “I can’t wait for ‘The Wandering Earth 2’ to surpass ‘Avatar 2’.”

As soon as this observation came out, it caused a thousand layers of waves. Some netizens directly replied: “Don’t represent me, thank you” “The World Cup is not suitable for Chinese people to watch, but the Chinese Super League is suitable.”

However, many netizens have expressed their support for “” Avatar 2 “is really boring, it’s just special effects” and “American spiritualist films are not suitable for China.”

Some netizens also said that good movies do not distinguish between Chinese and foreign. “A good-looking film will naturally have box office, regardless of China and foreign countries.” Villages”.

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December 24, 2022 0 comments

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73-Year-Old Grandma Plays ‘Avatar 2’ Girl Qi Li: Seeking Young-Minded For Role Back To High School – yqqlm

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com December 21, 2022

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

73-year-old grandmother played the girl “Avatar 2” actor Qili: looking for a young mind for the role to go back to high school

Today (December 21), according to Gamerant, after the release of the sci-fi film “Avatar: Way of Water”, one of the new characters, Qili, left a deep impression on the audience: she was adopted by Jack and Nitley A little girl with a unique quality that connects with creatures.

The actor who played the role, Sigourney Weaver (now 73), revealed that she went back to high school looking for a teen mentality for the young role.

Sigourney Weaver, who played Dr. Grace Augustine in ‘Avatar’ 13 years ago, has returned to play the girl Qi Li in ‘Avatar: Way of Water’.

Sigourney Weaver said at the film’s launch event, “I went back to high school to rediscover my teenage mentality and I’m delighted with this opportunity to play a young character. 12-15 year olds change quickly and I needed to find him. The details of the film fit the character perfectly. It also gave me a lot of room to act, and this film is more about emotion and character development than the previous one, and I liked it.”

The girl was played by a 73-year-old grandmother

“Avatar 2: The Way of Water,” directed by James Cameron, tells the story more than 10 years after the conclusion of the first film. Jack became the patriarch of the Na’vi tribe and started a family with Niteri, with a pair of adorable children.

Until one day, the tribal brothers died unexpectedly, which broke their peaceful life. Jack speculated that there was a story about a human avatar who had mixed with the tribe and fought against the evil forces along with the tribe.

December 21, 2022 0 comments

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Bona Pictures chairman: ‘Avatar 2’ is not suitable for Chinese audiences eagerly awaiting Wu Jing’s film

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com December 20, 2022

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

On December 16, “Avatar: The Way of Water” (hereinafter referred to as “Avatar 2”) once again hit the mainland film market after nearly 13 years, but due to high ticket prices and the impact of the epidemic , it did not appear to meet the expected effect.

Recently, while attending the 4th Hainan International Film Festival,Yu Dong, president of Bona Pictures, expressed his views on the domestic film and television market in recent years and mentioned the film “Avatar 2”.

Yu Dong said that from 2020 to 2022, China’s film market lost at least 100 billion yuan in revenue, which affected the subsequent development of the film and television industry. But that too is impossible. However, as many venues are slowly being deregulated, the film and television industry may usher in an upswing after 2022.

Yu Dong was interviewed

Speaking about the newly released film “Avatar 2”, Yu Dong said that the current foreign films are gradually not adapting to the Chinese audience’s viewing habits. This leads to the Chinese audience,I will like domestic films more, and I like films and television works that revolve around Chinese stories and are in line with Chinese national conditions and culture.

Yu Dong said that compared to “Avatar 2”, he may be more looking forward to the domestic film “The Wandering Earth 2” starring Wu Jing, which will be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year. can surpass “Avatar 2” in the box office in Become a Dark Horse in 2023.

The president of Bona Pictures:

“Avatars 2”

After experiencing the shocking movie-watching experience brought by IMAX technology first brought to the mainland in 2009, “Avatar 2” made great progress in special effects this time, sparking heated discussions.

However, since its release, its box office performance has been far from expectations: its expected box office on some ticketing platforms has plummeted from the previous 3 billion yuan to 1 billion yuan.

The epidemic and high ticket prices indeed had a major impact on this film.However, many netizens who have seen the film said that the plot of the film is very clichéd, which may also be a major reason why many people go to the cinema to watch it.

December 20, 2022 0 comments

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