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Short Drama can be “Touched”: Lovense Wants You to Physically Experience Your Next Binge

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SINGAPORE, June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Imagine binge-watching a revenge drama at midnight — the betrayal lands, the music swells, and a device on your nightstand pulses in sync, translating the tempo of the scene directly into your body. The suspense builds beat by beat, keeping you on edge, while your eyes and body experience pleasure at the same time.

This is a new form of content that most people can now enjoy — short-form drama, with its tense pacing, constant twists, and irresistible episode length. Yet unfortunately, a format so capable of stirring people’s emotions can still only be watched with the eyes. But what if, as described above, those feelings could now also be touched, and the body could move in sync with the rhythm? What would that be like?

That is the experience Lovense is building toward. And unlike most “future of entertainment” pitches, this one runs on infrastructure that already exists.

An ecosystem designed for seamless connected experiences

Picture viewers syncing a Lovense device with a short-form drama. As couples hold hands, embrace, kiss, or move into more intimate interactions, the device naturally adjusts the intensity of its response in step with the story — transforming an ordinary late-night binge into a deeply immersive bedtime experience.

To make such an experience possible, Lovense has built an entire ecosystem. Lovense operates what may be the most media-responsive connected hardware ecosystem in consumer tech. Through its Remote app, a single device can already sync vibrations to a Spotify playlist in real time, respond to in-game events across more than 50 compatible titles, mirror audio waveforms, and adapt intensity frame-by-frame during video playback.

The underlying architecture treats content as signal and physical response as output. Music, video, games, VR, and live streams are already part of the ecosystem, with short-form drama becoming its latest addition. As the format continues to grow rapidly, extending short-form drama beyond the screen through synchronized physical response appears to be a natural next step.

Why short drama, why now

The market made the case before Lovense did. Sensor Tower reported that short-drama apps generated roughly $700 million in in-app revenue in Q1 2025 — nearly four times the year-earlier level, with cumulative revenue since early 2024 nearing $2.3 billion. Reuters described the format as minute-long episodes engineered around frequent plot turns to keep viewers hooked and paying. Business Insider put it more simply: escapism, cliffhangers, and emotional closeness.

What makes short drama structurally different from longer content is density. A sixty-second episode has no dull moments. Every beat is a reveal, a betrayal, a near-kiss, a reversal. Its pacing is compressed, its emotional triggers are constant, and the stimulation it delivers rarely lets up.

That compression is precisely why short drama fits the Lovense ecosystem‘s media-sync architecture. Through its proprietary synchronization technology, Lovense enables devices to respond to audio and video content in real time. Its Media Player lets users map custom vibration patterns to video timelines. The technical layer is production-ready. It also supports automatic device responses that can match video content, creating a natural, hands-free immersive experience without the need for constant manual control.

What “feel time” looks like in practice

Through Lovense AI Sync, a feature within the Lovense ecosystem, users can add a third dimension to the viewing experience beyond sight and sound: physical sensation.  By watching short dramas through VibeMate, Lovense’s partner browser app, users can access an optimized, hands-free viewing experience in which every shift in tension and intimacy is translated into synchronized sensation.

4DX is the clearest example. But 4DX requires a theater, a $25 ticket, and seats bolted to hydraulics. What Lovense is exploring is the privatization of immersive response: physical feedback matched to content, accessible from a phone, running through hardware a user already owns. No venue. No extra equipment. One app update to an ecosystem already built for exactly this function.

Bigger than one company, one Brand New Field

In recent years, the entertainment industry has increasingly explored ways to deepen audience engagement beyond passive viewing. Content designed for deeper, more immersive experiences may become a new area of growth. Lovense Ecosystem‘s exploration of new experiences built around short-form drama may align naturally with the direction the industry is beginning to take. Lovense is positioned to explore that space because its ecosystem already occupies the intersection of connected hardware, real-time media synchronization, developer APIs, and a global user base accustomed to content-responsive interaction.

Short-form drama, for all its emotional tension and intensity, has until now remained an experience confined largely to the screen. Lovense is betting it can also be felt — and that the difference will keep viewers coming back longer, paying faster, and finishing more episodes.

“In an attention economy that is running out of novel ways to keep audiences engaged, content that can be touched through an entirely new sensory dimension may become the next major opportunity,” said Dan Liu, CEO of Lovense.

 

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LEAP Group Relaunches HumanView, a Growth Intelligence System Built to Explain Why Customers Behave the Way They Do

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Reimagined from the ground up, HumanView pairs statistical modeling with expert analysts to turn millions of real-world customer signals into business decisions

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LEAP Group today announced the relaunch of HumanView, its growth intelligence service. The new version has been rebuilt from the ground up and now has a dedicated home at leapgroupnetwork.com/humanview.

HumanView analyzes what customers say and do across social platforms, e-commerce sites, review platforms, search behavior and user-generated content, including signals from Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Meta, Amazon and Walmart+ that general AI tools cannot always access. Because the data reflects unprompted, real-world behavior, it avoids the response bias built into surveys and focus groups.

The service works in three layers. HumanView captures signals at scale, decodes millions of records through validated statistical models such as regression, correlation and clustering, and then relies on experienced analysts to interpret the patterns. Clients receive clear, human-validated insights instead of another dashboard.

“Machines find the patterns. Humans find the point,” said Alan Gilleo, CEO at LEAP Group. “The first version of HumanView showed us how much customers reveal when nobody is asking them questions. This version is built to explain why they act the way they do, and to put those answers in front of everyone making decisions, from product to service to marketing.”

HumanView focuses on three areas:

Growth Intelligence: customer motivations and how people perceive a brand and its competitors

Market and Category Intelligence: product pain points, service friction, unmet needs and competitive gaps

Audience Intelligence: new segments, positioning opportunities and gaps in the market

Every model is designed and validated by data scientists and benchmarked before it informs a recommendation.

To learn more about HumanView, visit leapgroupnetwork.com/humanview.

About LEAP Group
LEAP Group is a boutique marketing agency holding company with offices in Louisville, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Chicago. Guided by the belief that brands should “Market Less. Matter More.,” LEAP gives clients access to specialized experts across its entire network. Learn more at leapgroupnetwork.com.

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STEPHEN A. SMITH ADDRESSES WHITE HOUSE DINNER ATTENDANCE, REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO HBCUs AND PROTECTING CORPORATE INVESTMENT IN BLACK EDUCATION

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NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Stephen A. Smith, media mogul, New York Times bestselling author, and proud 1991 graduate of Winston-Salem State University, is addressing the public discussion surrounding his decision to attend a White House dinner with President Donald Trump, emphasizing his commitment to the long-term financial stability of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

For Smith, the decision was rooted in a commitment to institutions that have educated generations of Black leaders, professionals, entrepreneurs, and public servants.

“I will always advocate for HBCUs and the students whose futures depend on them,” Smith said. “My reason for attending the White House dinner was to discuss the challenges these institutions face in securing long-term funding and to make the case that corporate America must continue to invest in them.”

Smith acknowledged federal support through the FUTURE Act while expressing concern that political tensions surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) could discourage private companies from supporting HBCUs. He maintains that these institutions deserve sustained corporate partnerships, philanthropic contributions, and public investment.

“If we truly believe in free-market capitalism, businesses should be able to support educational institutions and charitable causes without fear of criticism or repercussions,” Smith said. “HBCUs have made extraordinary contributions to this country. They deserve sustained public and private investment.”

Ashley Christopher, Esq., Founder and CEO of the HBCU Week Foundation, recognized Smith’s advocacy and decision to engage with the administration.

“Stephen A. Smith has been a powerful advocate for HBCUs, using his platform and influence to shine a national spotlight on our institutions,” expressed Christopher, “His continued support of HBCU Week helps advance our mission of connecting students with life-changing educational opportunities, and we are proud to have him as our ambassador.”

Since Smith became an HBCU Week Ambassador in 2019, the initiative has facilitated more than 15,000 on-the-spot college acceptances and raised and awarded more than $150 million in scholarships, according to the HBCU Week Foundation.

As public discussion continues, Smith is emphasizing the importance of ensuring HBCUs have the resources and partnerships needed to educate future generations and expand opportunities for students.

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Advantex Announces Completion of Financing and Extension of Maturity Date of Previously Issued Debentures

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TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2026 /CNW/ — Advantex Marketing International Inc. (CSE: ADX) (“Advantex”), a leader in the merchant cash advance and loyalty marketing products for merchants, today announced the completion of a $250,000 secured debt financing. Advantex issued a $250,000 non-convertible debenture which bears an interest rate at 12% per annum and matures December 15, 2027. The proceeds raised from this issuance of the Debenture will be used for working capital purposes.

Advantex has also extended the maturity of its existing $700,000 in 12% secured debentures from October 10, 2026 to December 15, 2027.

About Advantex Marketing International Inc.

Advantex provides working capital to merchants. Advantex also provides specialized marketing programs that enable members of Aeroplan to earn Aeroplan points at participating merchants.

Advantex shares trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol ADX. For more information go to Advantex’s profile on www.sedar.com

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This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws relating to the future business and operations of Advantex. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by these statements. The business and operations of Advantex described herein is dependent on a number of factors and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ material include, but are not limited to, changes in Advantex’s economic and competitive conditions including but not limited to the industry sectors in which Advantex operates.

The statements in this news release are made of the date of this release. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date the statements are made and Advantex undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as required by applicable law.

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