Firstlight Media and ThinkAnalytics are partnering to enable OTT and pay-TV providers to deploy new cloud-native personalisation capabilities that drive long-term subscriber value. The two companies will leverage Firstlight Media’s content management system (CMS) and ThinkAnalytics’ cloud-native Content Discovery Platform to empower product owners and programmers to deliver personalised viewing experiences that combine the best […]
Accedo has worked with Tata Sky, India’s leading content distribution platform to develop the user interface for its latest offering, Tata Sky Binge+ Smart Set-top Box. The Android TV enabled device provides content from Linear Television and a host of OTT apps onto a television screen. Tata Sky Binge+ provides a unified interface to help customers discover content seamlessly […]
ThinkAnalytics has boosted its content discovery platform with significant new AI and cloud-native technologies. ThinkAnalytics says its cloud-native Content Discovery Platform Version 10 delivers “increased user engagement, more business control and new operating efficiencies, alongside proven massive cloud scalability to over 50+ million users, auto-scaling and self-healing”. The platform features new machine learning algorithms and […]
With A1 XploreTV, A1 Hrvatska has launched its advanced personalized TV solution. After Bulgaria, Austria and Slovenia, the A1 Group solution is has now been released in the Croatian market. Ivana Markovic, General Manager for Private and Small Business users of A1 Hrvatska, said: “The new user experience deployed by Zappware is impressive in terms […]
Netflix has launched its user interface (UI) in Bahasa Melayu. This enables members to navigate the UI, read title names and synopses, and watch shows and movies with Bahasa Melayu subtitles and dubs. “Netflix believes in giving members control over their entire entertainment experience, and we are delighted that they are now able to choose […]
Netflix is testing a ‘Shuffle Play’ button that will let viewers jump straight in to a random film or TV show. The shuffle option, which is currently only available through the connected TV app, will analyse titles that users have watched before, as well as things saved to watch lists, in order to provide something […]
Amazon has unveiled Text Banner for Fire TV, a new assistive technology designed for customers with a narrow field of vision, including eye conditions like macular degeneration, glaucoma, and retinitis pigmentosa. Text Banner consolidates onscreen text into a compact, written banner that appears in a fixed location on the screen. The entire Fire TV user […]
Netflix has launched its user interface in Hindi. The complete Netflix experience in Hindi, from sign-up to search rows, collections and payment, is available across all devices on mobile, TV and web. Netflix members can switch to the Hindi user interface from the Language option in the ‘Manage Profiles’ section on their desktop, TV or […]
UK communications infrastructure and media services company Arqiva has created a cloud-based metadata management system for Digital UK, the organisation that leads the development of the UK’s biggest TV platform, Freeview. This system supports the migration of the Freeview Play service information platform to a highly-scalable public cloud infrastructure. The solution aggregates, manages and delivers […]
The Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) has been around in one form or another on pay-TV and certain Freesat-type platforms for as long as digital TV has been a reality. But how does a satellite operator handle around 1,000 free-to-air channels from hundreds of broadcasters and provide a common EPG that can work extremely successfully across […]