According to the Connected Devices and Media Consumption survey from IHS Markit, TV content discovery is at the heart of the battle among TV and video providers to convince consumers that their user experience is both easy to use and truly personalised. Even with
Content protection and multiscreen television solutions provider NAGRA has announced comprehensive support for Android TV with an end-to-end content value protection ecosystem. Following successful Android TV deployments, including Euskaltel in Spain, Canal Digital in Norway, Linknet in Indonesia and SkyLife in Korea all benefiting from its advanced content security solution, NAGRA has now expanded the […]
Entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo has confirmed that Swedish multiplay operator Com Hem Group has selected TiVo’s Personalised Content Discovery Platform to deliver engaging, personalised content experiences to its subscribers. Com Hem has deployed TiVo’s Personalised Content Discovery Platform on its TV and mobile platforms, including both Android and Apple iOS. With the […]
IBM Watson Media and IRIS.TV, a cloud-based personalised video programming system have launched Video Recommendations, a new AI content personalisation engine designed to help publishers boost viewer engagement through highly relevant video programming recommendations. By combining viewer data with a deep understanding of specific elements within video, publishers are better able to predict and deliver […]
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar Plus is consolidating its leadership in Spain with 12 million viewers a day and more than 4 million subscribers. The company claims that its TV consumption has increased by 10 per cent over the last year with VoD gaining ground, now claiming 20 per cent of all watched content (up from […]
Entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo has added German, Italian and Portuguese language support to TiVo Conversation Services, a module within the TiVo Personalised Content Discovery platform, which provides natural-language understanding technology, highly-relevant results and a personalised entertainment experience. This means that TiVo Conversation is now available in English (including US and UK variants), […]
Pay-TV and OTT content discovery and viewer analytics vendor ThinkAnalytics has announced that Viacom18 in India has gone live with ThinkAnalytics on the ad-funded OTT service VOOT. VOOT’s 37 million monthly active users now have personalised recommendations in seven languages on the home screen, making it quicker and easier to find content they want to […]
A long-running patent dispute between TiVo and cable giant Comcast has seen Comcast again emerge victorious at a US Patent Trial and its subsequent appeal. The Patent Board says TiVo’s Patent 9,172,987 is invalid. The case was brought by Comcast against Rovi (see below for patent description) in May 2016. The patent relates to a […]
The company being created from the sale of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions business to a company backed by the Permira funds is unveiled as Synamedia, preceding the transaction closure expected in first half of Cisco’s FY19. ‘Syna’ means ‘together’ in Greek, reflecting Synamedia’s ambition to bring together broadcast and OTT media services and […]
Amazon Prime Video will this year bring Prime members in the UK and Ireland live and exclusive coverage of the US Open Tennis Championships including multiple live streams from several courts, catch up highlights and full-match replays – all at no additional cost to their membership. Giving viewers an extra advantage, Alexa can now also […]