Advanced Television

Search/Recommendation

Research: Algorithms beat word-of-mouth for content choices

According to Ampere’s Consumer data, more viewers than ever now trust the personalised suggestions offered by streaming platforms rather than the traditional favourite – recommendations from friends and family. Among global Internet users, 26 per cent now rely on streamers’ algorithm picks to decide what TV and film to watch, versus 23 per cent who […]

March 26, 2025

Mediagenix integrates Spideo recommendations engine

Mediagenix, a specialist in smart content solutions, has announced the integration of Spideo’s recommendation capabilities into its Scheduling Automation solution. Mediagenix acquired Spideo in September 2024 and this integration aims to revolutionise channel creation for broadcasters, sports media companies and cable networks by enabling faster, smarter, and more efficient scheduling processes, all while maximising content […]

March 25, 2025

Moments Lab launches MXT-2

AI video discovery company Moments Lab has unveiled MXT-2, the latest version of its multimodal AI indexing technology that helps producers find the right moments in their video libraries for fast content creation, repurposing and monetisation. At 1.5 billion images and counting, MXT-2’s training dataset is more than three times larger than its predecessor, enabling […]

March 18, 2025

Media Distillery launches Search and Discovery Suite

Media Distillery, the AI technology provider in video user experience (UX) optimisation, has announced the launch of a new suite of capabilities focused on accelerating the time it takes a viewer a discover appealing content. The new Search and Discovery Suite enables viewers to find desirable content faster by leveraging the power of AI. The […]

March 7, 2025

DISH selects ThinkAnalytics

ThinkAnalytics has announced that DISH Network, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar, has selected the Think360 content discovery platform, along with ThinkContentExplorer, to optimise its editorial operations, accelerate time to market, and boost viewer engagement in the US. By leveraging Think360’s advanced AI, intelligent search and a dataset enriched with ThinkAnalytics 40,000 metadata video tags, DISH will […]

January 30, 2025

CMA to probe Google’s search services

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched its first strategic market status (SMS) designation investigation under the new digital markets competition regime which came into force on January 1st 2025. The investigation will assess Google’s position in search and search advertising services and how this impacts consumers and businesses including advertisers, news publishers, […]

January 14, 2025By Colin Mann

Channel 4 launches Un-algorithmy algorithm

Channel 4 is giving streamers a new way to watch over Christmas and into 2025. The ‘Un-algorithmy algorithm’ sees the UK commercial PSB launch a dedicated section on its streaming app and website where viewers can access recommendations and content collections created solely by humans for humans. Unlinked from Channel 4’s algorithm and recommendation engines, […]

December 23, 2024By Colin Mann

Gracenote launches Gracenote On Sports solution

Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has announced the launch of Gracenote On Sports, a new solution developed to transform how viewers discover and engage with sports content across platforms. The solution fixes the consumer problem of finding live sports by providing streaming and linear video platforms an easy-to-implement metadata solution that connects […]

December 11, 2024

FilmRise partners with Anoki LiveTVx

FilmRise, the US-based film and television studio and streaming network, has partnered with Anoki’s LiveTVx, a specialist in generative AI for Connected TVs (CTV), to offer its audiences a faster way of discovering programmes best suited for them based on their viewing habits. FilmRise is distributing ten of its most popular FAST channels and AVoD titles […]

November 14, 2024

Samsung rolls out One UI to smart TVs

Samsung has commenced rolling out its One UI interface, previously only available on its moblie devices, to its smart TVs. Samsung has released a One UI update based on the Tizen 8.0 operating system available to download onto its 2023  smart TVs, whilst new 2024 models will now come with One UI as standard. With […]

October 14, 2024