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TiVo “preparing to split business”

DVR specialist TiVo is making progress with its strategic review of its business and is “preparing for the possible separation of the businesses to help address some of those complexities and to potentially facilitate strategic transactions,” according to CEO Raghu Rau. Rau told market analysts that it now had 55 customers signed up to use […]

February 27, 2019By Chris Forrester

TiVo metadata deal with Sky Mexico

TiVo, a global player in entertainment technology and audience insights, has announced that Sky Mexico, a provider of subscription television services in Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic, has signed a new metadata deal to use TiVo as the primary metadata provider for its next-generation platform. The new agreement enables Sky Mexico to consolidate its […]

February 20, 2019

Paywizard delivers PPV events for BT Sport

BT Sport has chosen Paywizard, the subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) specialist, to deliver pay-per-view purchase and entitlement management and support for its PPV events broadcast via the Sky UK pay-TV service. The solution is currently live, and deployed to support a number of high-profile PPV events from BT Sport’s new dedicated pay-per-view channel, […]

February 14, 2019

IndiaCast takes over Sky EPG slot

Vision247 has finalised a deal for the SKY EPG 717 transfer to IndiaCast (A Viacom18 & TV18 JV). IndiaCast operates and manages 5 Indian TV Channels in the UK with Colors – their flagship general entertainment channel along with Rishtey Europe, Rishtey Cineplex, News18 and MTV Beats. The transfer will take place with immediate effect […]

February 11, 2019

YouTube tweaks recommendations

YouTube’s search function will now recommend fewer videos that “could misinform users in harmful ways”, the company announced via a blog post, as the platform  seeks to combat criticism for amplifying conspiracy theories and extremism. The Google-owned video sharing portal did not provide a clear definition of what it considers to be harmful misinformation, but […]

January 28, 2019

DPP: “Profound new media trends” emerge at CES

The DPP, the media industry’s business change network, has published its annual report on the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to its Member companies. This year’s report has been enabled by DPP Member company Covatic. The report on the trends to emerge from the world’s biggest

January 17, 2019

TiVo metadata deal with Minerva

TiVo has announced that Minerva Networks, an IPTV specialist and supplier of service management infrastructure for the delivery of pay-TV services, has signed a multi-year intellectual property (IP) licence renewal and new global metadata deal to use TiVo as the primary metadata provider for their new cloud service delivery platform, Minerva YourTV Now. “TiVo’s IP […]

January 10, 2019

Analysis: Personalisation tools reduce churn

Among the key findings from a recent churn reduction analysis pulled from entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo’s Personalised Content Discovery Platform were that churn is directly related to long-term audience retention. Video service providers that implemented technology solutions that helped them personalise their search and recommendations saw a 140 per cent increase in audience […]

January 9, 2019

DISH to build Google Assistant into Hopper DVR

US DTH broadcaster DISH has revealed that it’s building the Google Assistant into its Hopper family of receivers. In the coming months, customers will be able to use the DISH voice remote to ask the Assistant to control smart home devices, provide weather and news updates, display photos and more. This new integration builds on […]

January 9, 2019

Verizon extends partnership with TiVo

TiVo has today announced the extension of a multi-year agreement with Verizon. Under this extension, Verizon will have access to the latest version of TiVo’s Personalised Content Discovery Platform. Verizon has utilised TiVo’s content discovery solutions since 2013. TiVo’s Personalised Content Discovery solutions allow Verizon to deliver personalised carousel-based user interfaces (UI). These unique UIs […]

January 9, 2019