Kannuu, a provider of search, discovery and personalised recommendation solutions, has announced the release of COMPASS, an API plugin for MVPD and OTT providers that it claims improves consumers content search and discovery speeds dramatically, reducing time to discover content up to 95 per cent, or greater. COMPASS enhances and improves existing search and discovery […]
Panasonic has selected Rovi’s multi-platform interactive programme guide, G-Guide xD, for the new version of the Panasonic Media Access mobile app launching this month. With the Panasonic Media Access application powered by G-Guide xD, users of VIERA Smart TVs and DIGA Blu-Ray Recorders now have the ability to discover, record and view entertainment content on […]
Rovi has confirmed the extension of a multi-year, multi-territory patent licence agreement with Sky. The renewal extends Sky’s previous licence agreement and offers the provider continuous access to Rovi’s entertainment discovery patent portfolio. “It is increasingly important for businesses to provide their customers with the latest innovations in entertainment search and guidance,” said Samir Armaly, […]
@IBC Advanced Television talks to Sylvain Thevenot about #Telco TV its proposition for TV as a cloud service for telcos and ISPs. It provides multi-screen provision, a proven UI and search and recommendation and a road map for rapid and seamless service innovation. [bitsontherun 1CI5axCW-ni7dlelE]
ThinkAnalytics, developer of a TV search and recommendations engine, has announced that Belgian cable operator Voo has gone live with ThinkAnalytics personalised recommendations across its .evasion service. Voo’s .evasion set-top box gives users access to personalised recommendations based on their viewing behaviour across linear TV, pay/transactional VoD, catch up content. “The ThinkAnalytics Recommendations Engine works […]
Ooyala, a Telstra subsidiary and specilaist in video publishing, analytics and monetisation, announces a strategic partnership with joiz, the creators of community marketing and social TV platform, to provide third parties video, interactive and analytics technologies. Additionally, Ooyala is now powering video and advertising solutions for two social TV channels, joiz Switzerland and joiz Germany, operated by joiz Group. […]
Personalised entertainment experience specialist Rovi Corporation and voice and language solutions provider Nuance Communications have revealed a joint initiative to deliver an end-to-end solution for conversational entertainment discovery. Nuance and Rovi will provide a fully integrated conversational voice interface that ultimately delivers a personalised entertainment experience where people can speak naturally to quickly and easily […]
Rovi has released findings from a sponsored survey of pay-TV and OTT content subscribers in the US, Europe, and Asia. The study aimed to uncover trends in viewer behaviour related to discovery, search, and recommendations for entertainment content and programming. But, above all, the survey revealed
There’s a lot of whooping at Apple product launches. As the analysts and reporters are unlikely culprits (though I do know some journos who are worryingly hard line Apple adherents), we have to assume the uncontained excitement belongs to staffers. I suppose it’s hard to not to drink the Kool-Aid when you’re on the payroll. […]
ThinkAnalytics, developer of the multiplatform TV search and recommendations engine, has unveiled the results of live customer deployments that compares the impact of using ThinkAnalytics to recommend live TV and VoD content with editorial recommendations. The results demonstrate