Advanced Television

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Rovi, SeaChange cloud guide

Rovi Corporation and SeaChange International are demonstrating an integrated guide and gateway built to the industry standard reference design kit (RDK) specification. By aligning Rovi TotalGuide with the SeaChange Nucleus Soft Box, the companies are demonstrating a solution that incorporates an HTML guide rendered by a WebKit browser that could be rapidly deployed in RDK-based […]

June 11, 2013

Amdocs, SeaChange boost multi-screen monetisation

Customer experience systems and services provider Amdocs and global multi-screen video software specialist SeaChange International  have revealed a partnership to offer service providers, globally, the first holistic solution for establishing multi-screen TV operations. Combining SeaChange and Amdocs software and services, the solution covers the deployment of video streaming capabilities, through the management of the associated […]

June 10, 2013From Nick Snow @ The Cable Show

Veveo ‘graph-based’ semantic platform

Veveo, a provider of semantic technologies to bridge the usability gap in connected devices and applications with intelligent search, discovery and personalisation solutions, has created a modular implementation of its SmartRelevance Conversational Platform. This will allow the company’s approved partners and customers to create next-generation usability experiences based on Veveo’s knowledge graph semantic capabilities and […]

June 5, 2013

Kathrein TechnoTrend and Zappware to provide next gen UI and interactive apps on new hybrid STB series

TechnoTrend (KTT), an international developer and supplier of Zappware, a provider of cutting-edge digital TV applications, and Kathrein innovative digital technology, have announced a new business co- operation: KTT will be integrating Zappware’s NexxTM application on their new HTML5-based, HbbTV hybrid STB series based on Broadcom technology and various encryption systems. Nexx is Zappware’s flagship product […]

June 5, 2013

Sky+ enhanced search App

Sky customers can find their favourite shows more easily following the launch of an enhanced search service on Sky+. The new functionality – which rolls out from today on the Sky+ app on Android – lets customers discover TV shows by cast names, actors and key words to find anything from cooking shows or comedy […]

June 4, 2013

CBS acquires TV Guide Digital

CBS has acquired full ownership of TV Guide’s online and mobile apps divisions, buying out the 50 per cent share held by Lions Gate Entertainment. CBS now owns TV Guide Digital, which includes the TVGuide.com website and TV Guide Mobile properties, the company confirmed in a statement. CBS and Lions Gate share ownership of TV […]

June 3, 2013

ruwido presents multimodal interaction concept at ANGA COM

At ANGA COM 2013, ruwido (stand H21) will display its range of design-focussed next generation input devices. In response to the continuously growing amount of content available through individual TV service offerings, the company will also demonstrate how voice can be integrated effectively into navigation techniques in order to make content intuitively accessible. According to […]

May 30, 2013

Social recommendations tops for mobile video discovery

American mobile video watchers are almost twice as likely to watch videos shared by friends as they are via web search, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of web TV content sharing site Telly. The study – conducted online in April among over 2,000 US adults – reveals that 78 million […]

May 28, 2013

nangu.TV launches Recommendation Engine

nangu.TV, the pioneering media platform provider for IPTV and OTT services, has announced its Recommendation Engine addressing the global issue that viewers’ face when trying to navigate their way through vast quantities of television content. nangu.TV’s Recommendation Engine is a key element of its Media Platform and provides operators with a route to greater customer […]

May 28, 2013

Zappware’s Nexx design solution now also deployed by Numericable

Zappware, a developer of off-the-shelf and custom-designed digital television solutions, announces that its award-winning Nexx UI design has now also been deployed by cable operator Numericable in Belgium and Luxembourg. Zappware’s Nexx UI design had been deployed first by Numericable in France as part of Numericable’s La Box solution. There it has been highly recognized […]

May 22, 2013