Ericsson has launched powerful business intelligence toolkit for TV and media players which it says enables media industry to aggregate, analyse and act upon large amounts of data. The toolkit – Integrated Video Insights – builds on Ericsson’s TV and media, big data and analytics, and consulting and systems integration portfolios and increases the company’s ability […]
Sky has revealed the biggest ever redesign of Sky Go in Europe. From this week in the UK and Ireland, Sky will start rolling out the new design, beginning with a new home page for the mobile app and web service. Later in the year, Sky says the streaming service will “introduce new features to […]
Broadcast specialist Vision247 has introduced a granular genre menu to VisionTV to streamline search functionality. The addition is available via its portal on Freeview channel 244 on TV, desktop, EETV and via the VisionTV UK app. VisionTV consists of more than 20 free-to-air channels, allowing viewers to watch a wide variety of both UK and […]
OTT provision is now part of the mainstream – but is also still evolving rapidly. All TV providers, pay and FTA, now feel obliged to supply catch up and back catalogue services. Mainly they are cost centres without much prospect of becoming profit centres. What next? And where will the money come from? Advanced Television […]
Kannuu, a provider of search, discovery and personalised recommendation solutions for the connected television and media industry, has announced an expansion of its Discovery API Services portfolio for MVPD and OTT providers looking to enhance their service with advanced search and discovery features. “Kannuu continues its move to revolutionize how online video service providers interact […]
Describing it as “the biggest reimagining of Sky in its history”, Jeremy Darroch, CEO of the UK pay-TV operator, has launched Sky Q, a family of products which it says are designed to reflect the way people consume content nowadays. It also confirmed that Sky Q would be UltraHD ready in advance of the launch […]
Kannuu, a provider of search, discovery and personalised recommendation solutions, has announced the release of COMPASS, an API plugin for MVPD and OTT providers that it claims improves consumers content search and discovery speeds dramatically, reducing time to discover content up to 95 per cent, or greater. COMPASS enhances and improves existing search and discovery […]
Panasonic has selected Rovi’s multi-platform interactive programme guide, G-Guide xD, for the new version of the Panasonic Media Access mobile app launching this month. With the Panasonic Media Access application powered by G-Guide xD, users of VIERA Smart TVs and DIGA Blu-Ray Recorders now have the ability to discover, record and view entertainment content on […]
Rovi has confirmed the extension of a multi-year, multi-territory patent licence agreement with Sky. The renewal extends Sky’s previous licence agreement and offers the provider continuous access to Rovi’s entertainment discovery patent portfolio. “It is increasingly important for businesses to provide their customers with the latest innovations in entertainment search and guidance,” said Samir Armaly, […]
@IBC Advanced Television talks to Sylvain Thevenot about #Telco TV its proposition for TV as a cloud service for telcos and ISPs. It provides multi-screen provision, a proven UI and search and recommendation and a road map for rapid and seamless service innovation. [bitsontherun 1CI5axCW-ni7dlelE]