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Star Media Group Selects Antsomi CDP 365 to Power Its First-Party Data Strategy

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Star Media Group, which has a diverse portfolio that includes Malaysia’s leading English-language newspaper and news portal, multiple radio stations, event businesses and more, is embarking on a journey to unify and leverage its customer data effectively. The media powerhouse has chosen Antsomi CDP 365 as its customer data platform to drive its first-party data strategy and enhance customer engagement across multiple touchpoints.

Antsomi CDP 365 is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that helps publishers and brands unify customer data and activate it across multiple channels with hyper-personalised messages and customer experiences.

By working with Antsomi, a regional marketing technology company with clients in Asia Pacific, and implementing Antsomi CDP 365, the Star Media Group aims to create a comprehensive single customer view, enabling deeper insights into audience behaviour and preferences for better engagement and services.

In an era where media consumption habits are rapidly evolving, publishers must stay ahead by leveraging on technology and data-driven solutions. This partnership underscores the need for media companies to embrace innovation, ensuring they remain competitive.

Kevin Seng, Senior General Manager of Technology at Star Media Group, emphasised the significance of this initiative: “As a leading media group in Malaysia, we have many touchpoints with our readers and customers, both online or offline. This first-party data can help us better serve them. The adoption of a customer data platform, i.e Antsomi CDP 365, will allow us to achieve our goals while also adhering to the relevant privacy regulations through appropriate data anonymisation. This platform supports our commitment to a long-term first-party data strategy, enhancing our engagement and offerings for our audiences.”

Antsomi CDP 365 will enable Star Media Group to create a unified customer view by integrating data from online sources such as websites and mobile apps with offline sources like events and on-ground activities. This integration allows the media group to form a comprehensive 360-degree customer profile, enhancing personalisation efforts across its various platforms.

By understanding customer behaviour in-depth, Star Media Group aims to drive digital subscriptions for The Star Digital through a multi-touchpoint approach, ensuring better engagement and retention of its audience.

Additionally, the AI-driven audience segmentation capabilities of Antsomi CDP 365 will enable Star Media Group to leverage the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) dictionary and taxonomy to classify users accurately. The AI-trained model will then sync audience data to the Star’s ad server, Google Ad Manager, allowing for more relevant ad targeting based on user behaviour and context.

Furthermore, the platform will significantly enhance data analytics and reporting for The Star’s analytics team, providing broader insights to facilitate improved strategic decision-making.

It will also enable the delivery of contextual surveys to targeted audiences based on content relevance, ensuring higher engagement rates and more effective audience feedback collection.

Serm Teck Choon, co-founder and CEO of Antsomi, shared his enthusiasm for the partnership: “We are honoured that Star Media Group has selected Antsomi CDP 365 as its customer data platform. This collaboration marks a significant step in empowering the media group with the right data strategy and approach to optimise audience segmentation and engagement.”

Both Star Media Group and Antsomi are excited about this strategic collaboration and look forward to a long-term partnership that will drive innovation and data-driven decision-making within the media industry.

By harnessing the power of AI and first-party data, Star Media Group sets a precedent for how publishers can adapt to technological advancements to serve their audiences better. This collaboration is expected to create a significant impact not only within Malaysia but also across the region, inspiring other media organisations to accelerate their digital transformation and redefine the future of media engagement.

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About Star Media Group:

Star Media Group Berhad (SMG) is Malaysia’s leading integrated and innovative media group. SMG began as a single-product company, which has progressively grown into a multi-channel media group, with strong presence in a diverse range of businesses – Print, Digital, Radio, and Events & Exhibitions.

About Antsomi:

Antsomi is a regional marketing technology company which built CDP 365 – the first AI-enabled customer data platform in South-East Asia – with the mission to transform businesses into data-driven companies. Antsomi CDP 365 helps companies unify their customer data from multiple sources, such as web, mobile apps, digital ads, CRM, POS, offline channels, etc. It then delivers relevant activations with personalisation across multiple touchpoints both online and offline. Antsomi CDP 365 empowers companies to understand their customers’ behaviour and intent across various channels and build a 1-on-1 customer journey. Antsomi has its headquarters in Singapore, with branch offices in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

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XLCS Partners advises Concurrent Utility Services on sale to UniTek Global Services

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — XLCS Partners, Inc., a leading middle market investment bank, is pleased to announce that it served as exclusive M&A advisor to Concurrent Utility Services LLC on its acquisition by UniTek Global Services, Inc., a portfolio company of New Mountain Finance Corporation (Nasdaq: NMFC) and its affiliates, and BTG Pactual Strategic Capital.

Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Concurrent is a licensed general and electrical contractor providing infrastructure development and maintenance services to electric utilities, telecom providers, and land developers throughout the Southeast United States. The company’s capabilities span overhead and underground utility construction, professional telecom services, emergency service restoration, in-building networks, environmental services, and data center development. Backed by a safety-first culture and an experienced workforce, Concurrent has built a strong regional platform and a reputation for quality across the markets it serves.

UniTek is a leading digital infrastructure services provider supporting the expansion of fiber and data center connectivity across the U.S. and Canada. With over 600 employees and 60 locations, UniTek delivers a full suite of infrastructure services. The acquisition of Concurrent accelerates UniTek’s Power Services Division, which launched in July 2025 to broaden the company’s maintenance, repair, upgrade, and new infrastructure development services for the power sector. Concurrent’s established Southeast footprint and power capabilities directly complement UniTek’s existing broadband and data center infrastructure platform, positioning the combined company to capitalize on growing demand for resilient, modernized power infrastructure. Concurrent will continue to operate under its established brand, maintaining uninterrupted service for its customers.

“Selling Concurrent was one of the biggest decisions of my career, and Anthony, Jay, and the XLCS team guided us through every step with professionalism and genuine care for our people,” said Steve Sarno, CEO of Concurrent. “They stayed fully engaged throughout, gave us honest and thoughtful advice, kept our best interests front and center, and delivered an outcome that exceeded our expectations. I would recommend them without hesitation to any owner considering a transaction.”

XLCS acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to Concurrent, and the transaction was led by Anthony Contaldo, Partner, and Jay Cremer, Vice President. The transaction was completed on July 1, 2026.

About XLCS Partners, Inc.

XLCS Partners is a leading global investment banking firm providing M&A advisory services. Visit www.xlcspartners.com for more information.

Media Contact: 
Kendra Span 
kspan@xlcspartners.com
615-379-7783

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XLCS Partners advises Concurrent Utility Services on sale to UniTek Global Services

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — XLCS Partners, Inc., a leading middle market investment bank, is pleased to announce that it served as exclusive M&A advisor to Concurrent Utility Services LLC on its acquisition by UniTek Global Services, Inc., a portfolio company of New Mountain Finance Corporation (Nasdaq: NMFC) and its affiliates, and BTG Pactual Strategic Capital.

Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Concurrent is a licensed general and electrical contractor providing infrastructure development and maintenance services to electric utilities, telecom providers, and land developers throughout the Southeast United States. The company’s capabilities span overhead and underground utility construction, professional telecom services, emergency service restoration, in-building networks, environmental services, and data center development. Backed by a safety-first culture and an experienced workforce, Concurrent has built a strong regional platform and a reputation for quality across the markets it serves.

UniTek is a leading digital infrastructure services provider supporting the expansion of fiber and data center connectivity across the U.S. and Canada. With over 600 employees and 60 locations, UniTek delivers a full suite of infrastructure services. The acquisition of Concurrent accelerates UniTek’s Power Services Division, which launched in July 2025 to broaden the company’s maintenance, repair, upgrade, and new infrastructure development services for the power sector. Concurrent’s established Southeast footprint and power capabilities directly complement UniTek’s existing broadband and data center infrastructure platform, positioning the combined company to capitalize on growing demand for resilient, modernized power infrastructure. Concurrent will continue to operate under its established brand, maintaining uninterrupted service for its customers.

“Selling Concurrent was one of the biggest decisions of my career, and Anthony, Jay, and the XLCS team guided us through every step with professionalism and genuine care for our people,” said Steve Sarno, CEO of Concurrent. “They stayed fully engaged throughout, gave us honest and thoughtful advice, kept our best interests front and center, and delivered an outcome that exceeded our expectations. I would recommend them without hesitation to any owner considering a transaction.”

XLCS acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to Concurrent, and the transaction was led by Anthony Contaldo, Partner, and Jay Cremer, Vice President. The transaction was completed on July 1, 2026.

About XLCS Partners, Inc.

XLCS Partners is a leading global investment banking firm providing M&A advisory services. Visit www.xlcspartners.com for more information.

Media Contact: 
Kendra Span 
kspan@xlcspartners.com
615-379-7783

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Fathom Applauds Introduction of the FRONTIER Act, the First Federal Blueprint for Independent AI Verification

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Reps. Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23) introduce a bill to build a competitive marketplace of independent verifiers for frontier AI models.

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Fathom welcomes the introduction of the FRONTIER Act, the most complete federal framework yet for independent, third-party verification of frontier AI. The legislation is built to earn public trust as AI technology continues to accelerate. As frontier systems begin to take autonomous action in the world, the gap between what these models can do and our ability to keep them in check is widening. FRONTIER is the starting point to close that gap.

“AI governance keeps running into the same wall. The technology is hard to measure and it moves faster than any law can keep up with,” said Andrew Freedman, Co-Founder and CEO of Fathom. “Trying to write the perfect rules and freezing them in place won’t work. What will work is a competitive market of independent verifiers who are accountable for real-world outcomes and who the government can actually count on. The FRONTIER Act shows we can move fast and still get this right.”

The bill gets the fundamentals correct. It sets one public standard – the adequate mitigation of catastrophic risk – and holds both the AI companies and their independent verifiers accountable to it. FRONTIER does not freeze a single testing method into statute. Instead, it licenses competing verification organizations, allows them to sharpen their methods, and gives the government the power to revoke a license when a verifier’s work does not hold up in the field. That is how you build a system that keeps pace with the science instead of falling behind it.

Fathom thanks Reps. Trahan and Obernolte for their leadership, and for their courage in releasing a discussion draft, inviting scrutiny, and incorporating substantive improvements from across the field. One priority improvement as the bill advances: giving the government a fuller range of tools to act upstream – for pushing companies to close identified gaps in risk mitigation early, rather than only once a catastrophe is imminent. We are committed to working with these sponsors, committees of jurisdiction, and Congressional leadership to continue refining the bill in the weeks and months ahead.

About Fathom
Fathom is an independent nonprofit whose mission is to build a governance architecture that helps society navigate the transition to a world with AI by fostering trust, safety, and innovation. Fathom has developed and championed the independent verification model for AI and works with policymakers across the country to put it into practice. Learn more at http://fathom.org.

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