Content solutions specialist Gracenote has unveiled Audience Predict, a content analytics tool that forecasts potential future entertainment programming performance. Leveraging Gracenote content metadata, currency-grade syndicated Nielsen audience measurement data and advanced machine learning technology, Audience Predict is designed to equip content distributors and owners with predictive insights to make strategic decisions that maximise return on […]

Viewers will begin to see a significant change to the way iPlayer, the BBC’s catch-up and live TV platform, looks on TV. The navigation menu will move to the left hand side of the screen – making it easier to browse different categories such as comedy, drama or sport. The change also gives much more […]

Consumer data from Parks Associates reveals that 39 per cent of OTT viewers access video services based on specific content available. “Content is key to OTT success, and the path for consumers today to get to that content is the crucial search and discovery process,” said Paul Erickson, Senior Analyst, Parks Associates. “OTT players are […]

TiVo, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi, is introducing TiVo’s IPTV platform to Latin American subscribers of Tigo, provider of fixed and mobile services in Latin America. Tigo ONEtv subscribers will now be able to quickly find, watch and enjoy the content they want with TiVo’s user interface, across all their devices. TiVo’s IPTV platform is […]

Conviva, the intelligence cloud for streaming media, has released its State of Streaming: Content Discovery report for 2021, revealing how consumers find new streaming content to watch. The report showed content streamed for the first time was discovered in four ways: word of mouth (59 per cent), advertising (52 per cent), social media (49 per […]

As demand for subscription entertainment shows no sign of slowing, and content continues to fragment across new and existing services, audiences are fast approaching a tipping point, Deloitte Australia’s latest Media Consumer Survey reveals. Deloitte’s tenth edition of the Media Consumer Survey drills down into Australian digital entertainment audience preferences. The survey focuses on five generations with a […]

In a first of its kind move in the Irish ISP market, Irish multiplay telco Pure Telecom is launching TV services, aiming to improve its reach, ARPU and customer tenure through aggressively-positioned Fibre and TV bundles. TV-as-a-Service provider Netgem TV will be powering Pure TV, which will leverage Netgem’s smart solutions for ISPs. Netgem partners […]

Customer engagement solutions specialist CSG has reinforced its relationship with Indian OTT streaming service platform ZEE5. Using CSG’s customer data platform, ZEE5 integrates its customer data with a single, unified platform that takes a data-driven approach to create what CSG describes as exceptional customer experiences. Easier and faster access to customer data worldwide generates comprehensive […]

Content services and media technology solutions provider Vubiquity has confirmed a multi-year renewal agreement with Mexican cable TV operator izzi. As part of this agreement, Vubiquity will continue to provide content licensing and processing for the izzitv service. Vubiquity holds relationships with hundreds of content creators and distributors around the globe, bringing the latest release […]