Digitalsmiths, a TiVo company, and specialist in personalised content discovery technology, has released the 14th edition of its quarterly Video Trends Report covering key topics across pay-TV, VoD, PPV, OTT, TV Everywhere, connected devices, and content discovery. Based on a survey of
FOTV Media Networks Inc., the interrelated group of digital media companies which produces and distributes hologram, virtual reality, 360 and premium Hollywood content globally with an over-the-top (OTT) audience of more than 75 million monthly unique users of its live and on-demand movies and television, has confirmed the launch of its initial public offering of […]
Jinni, a specialist in semantic video discovery and targeted advertising solutions for entertainment brands, has announced Telefónica Spain’s launching of Jinni powered discovery across both its OTT and STB platforms in a move geared at expanding on Yomvee’s success with Jinni to Moviestar+. “What sets entertainment recommendations apart from other products and services is that […]
Media convergence solutions and services provider ADB has partnered with ContentWise, a specialist in personalisation, discovery, analytics and metadata, to integrate personalised recommendation capabilities into its recently launched next-generation personal TV software platform, graphyne2. The newly launched graphyne2 platform, which is due to be debuted at IBC 2016, is a feature-rich client device and backend […]
Sky Q, Sky’s next generation home entertainment system, is introducing more new features designed to make it even easier for customers to find and watch their favourite TV shows. After the successful launch of Sky Q in February, Auto Play, an improved Top Picks and a range of other features are set to make Sky […]
Rovi Corporation has announced that Verizon Communications has signed a multi-year patent licence renewal that runs into the next decade. “Our patent licence renewal with Verizon further confirms the significant value of Rovi’s intellectual property portfolio, particularly in the US pay-TV market,” said Samir Armaly, executive vice president, intellectual property and licensing, Rovi. With this […]
Android TV’s universal search feature has now added Netflix content to its search results in the US. Search is usually key to Google products, so the inability to apply that to Netflix always seemed odd, especially since similar search capabilities worked with Netflix on both Apple TV and Roku devices. A tweet from Android confirmed […]
Japan’s major service provider, KDDI, has selected Rovi’s G-Guide HTML to enable entertainment discovery on the new Android TV based IPTV STB. Available this month to KDDI’s IPTV subscribers, the new STB delivers advanced discovery experiences to users. This is the first product to adopt Rovi G-Guide HTML for IPTV. Rovi’s G-Guide HTML is an […]
Rovi Corporation has announced that Rovi has formed a strategic alliance with Brazilian metadata provider, Revista Eletrônica, to offer an advanced metadata solution targeted at pay-TV and entertainment content providers. Revista Eletrônica is an in-market provider that has delivered local TV listings to the Brazilian pay-TV market for more than 20 years. When combined with […]
FOTV Media Networks is to acquire OVGuide, the comprehensive service to facilitating the discovery and consumption of online video across all platforms. OVGuide joins FilmOn TV Networks and CinemaNow to form a powerful ecosystem that delivers a one-stop solution for online entertainment. OVGuide, which was founded in 2007, allows users globally to discover – through […]