TiVo has unveiled its new fully-integrated Personalised Content Discovery platform. The new platform provides video operators with a comprehensive suite of content discovery features that combine TiVo’s conversational voice search with personalised search and recommendations. The platform also features powerful analytics capabilities that enable operators to conduct A/B testing; thus, giving operators the ability to […]
YouTube has revealed plans to redirect users searching for “violent extremist propaganda” and instead offer them videos that denounce terrorism. People searching for certain terms relating to the Islamic State group or other known terrorist organisations will be offered playlists of videos “debunking its mythology”. YouTube said it wanted to help prevent people being radicalised. […]
BuzzMyVideos, the next-generation and creator-first digital media company, has announced the launch of a Thumbnail Editor, their new audience development tool, which is designed to increase content discoverability and reach in today’s crowded content space of social video platforms. With the launch of Thumbnail Editor, BuzzMyVideos says it has has expanded its content optimisation and […]
ThinkAnalytics, the developer of the world’s most deployed multi-platform TV search and recommendations engine, has announced that Astro, a Southeast Asian content and customer-focused company, has gone live with the ThinkAnalytics Recommendations Engine on the newly launched NJOI Now free video streaming service. NJOI Now lets anyone in Malaysia view content for free on mobile […]
In a move that it suggests underscores its commitment to Verspective Operator Analytics solution, multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services revenue security and enhancement specialist Verimatrix has acquired the MiriMON technology and development team from TV audience analytics expert Genius Digital. This state-of-the-art client device data collection technology has already been integrated within the Verimatrix Verspective […]
UK free-to-air platform Freeview is launching Freeview Explore – a new feature that it says will ensure that users of its Freeview Play hybrid service get the most out of their TVs. Freeview Explore will demo core functionality, deliver the latest news on the Freeview channel line-up and provide a showcase of the day’s best […]
TiVo has published the 17th edition of its quarterly video trends report (previously the Digitalsmiths Quarterly Video Trends Report), including insights on pay-TV vs OTT user experiences, live sporting event viewing via social media, ideal price per channel for à la carte cable/satellite offerings, and more. Based on a survey of more than 3,000 consumers, […]
Prior to presenting a session on ‘Advanced Content Strategies’ at the Connected TV World Summit in London, UK content consultancy 3Vision conducted an industry-wide survey with senior executives on OTT and Content Distribution Trends, which revealed that 72 per cent of respondents consider features which enable Content Discovery to be the most important UI capability […]
Global media company Turner has selected entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo as its EMEA metadata distribution partner. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Turner will utilise services from TiVo’s new Studio, Broadcast and Network Metadata Packages to manage the company’s electronic programme guide (EPG) metadata distribution and service, which covers 44 EMEA […]
Entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo Corporation and TV streaming platform Roku have signed a multi-year intellectual property (IP) licence agreement. The IP licence covers the TiVo and Rovi Corporation patent portfolios as well as the over-the-top (OTT) assets of the Intellectual Ventures patent portfolio under the TiVo/IV licensing partnership. Additionally, the agreement includes […]