ThinkAnalytics, developer of a multiplatform TV search and recommendations engine, has unveiled ThinkSports, its comprehensive worldwide sports metadata library. ThinkSports enables broadcasters and pay-TV providers to deliver highly-personalised recommendations to viewers based on their favourite athletes, teams and sporting events. ThinkSports makes it easier for fans to discover, and watch, programming as well as accelerating […]
Viaccess-Orca, a global player in the protection and enhancement of content services, will demonstrate a new user interface for its TV Everywhere (TVE) solution at IBC2013. The new interface allows TV viewers to easily discover compelling content on a wide range of devices — including TVs, PCs, smartphones, and tablets — enabling content service providers […]
Video content discovery solutions provider Jinni, has signed a multi-year agreement with Microsoft to enhance entertainment discovery on Xbox consoles. Jinni’s proprietary Entertainment Genome uses deep knowledge of every show and movie in the Xbox Video catalogue to help the recommendations system intuitively connect Xbox users to content they’ll enjoy. “Creating the most amazing entertainment […]
Entertainment navigation specialist TMS and Verizon have agreed a deal which will see the telco use a range of TMS products in FiOS TV entertainment guides available across multiple platforms. This effort makes it even easier for Verizon FiOS customers to find and watch the entertainment they’re most interested in whether it’s on linear TV, […]
Today’s Internet connected TV experience introduces masses of generic and special interest content from live TV, video on demand and online video services. Content discovery becomes essential, however various related solutions leave consumers with a dilemma of choice. Responding to the increasing importance of content personalisation, international Smart TV solutions specialist Foxxum and TV discovery market […]
FindAnyFilm.com, the easy-to-use gateway to legitimate film, TV and video services, has announced the addition of Distrify titles to its website. This comes as Distrify, which has been at the forefront of the industry in offering direct-to-audience distribution, becomes the first in a host of legal independent film providers to take advantage of the site’s […]
LG Electronics has selected Gracenote to power the On Now service in its latest Cinema 3D Smart TV line-up in Europe. Gracenote eyeQ will provide TV schedules and listings, movie and TV show descriptive metadata, as well as cover art and images to help viewers navigate and find what to watch across both broadcast and […]
Netflix is replacing its queuing system with “My List.” Outside the US, subscribers will notice the biggest change, as they will now be able to curate their own viewing lists instead of relying on just the search function or the service’s automatically generated genre lists. Michael Spiegelman, director of product innovation at Netflix, outlined how […]
ThinkAnalytics, the specialist in multiplatform TV search and recommendations, has announced its 2012 momentum is continuing with the close of a record-breaking financial year. The company expanded its customer portfolio to 52 operators worldwide and nearly doubled its licensed subscriber base in 12 months, from 70 to 130 million licenses. The company also saw 100 […]
According to research from the Computer & Communications Industry Association, recent claims by the recording industry that search engines are a major driver of traffic to copyright-infringing websites are exaggerated. The research paper – The Search Fixation: Infringement, Search Results and Online Content – the first of a series of research pieces to better inform […]