Entertainment discovery specialist Rovi is to acquire Veveo, a provider of intuitive and personalised entertainment discovery solutions based in Andover, Massachusetts. Under the terms of the agreement, Rovi will pay approximately $62 million in net cash at the closing and up to $7 million in additional cash payments based on achievement of certain agreed-upon milestones. […]
Yandex, a popular Russian Internet search engine, has offered an insight into users’ online search patterns, including illegal video piracy. Two-thirds of users seeking websites related to
Iris.TV, the video recommendation engine, has released results of an integration and case study conducted with OVguide aimed at increasing user views for short form video. OVGuide partnered with Iris.TV to create an engaging TV-style stream of their short-form content to increase overall video views and ad impressions. Iris.TV created a custom set of recommendations […]
In a move that is says will accelerate its evolution to a device and UI independent cloud-based Software-as-a-Service operation, yielding a significant expansion in market opportunity, advanced television technology specialist TiVo is to acquire cloud-based content discovery and recommendation service Digitalsmiths for $135 million. Digitalsmiths offers personalised video search, recommendations and browsing, social trending, and […]
Viaccess-Orca, a global player in the protection and enhancement of content services, has announced that Israeli-based satellite provider yes is using the Viaccess-Orca COMPASS content discovery platform to support its new yes Go TV Everywhere service. Through COMPASS, yes Go will recommend content to viewers based on their personal tastes and viewing habits. The groundbreaking […]
AllDigital, a specialist in digital broadcasting solutions, has formed a partnership with video recommendation engine Iris.TV. This collaboration will aim to enhance end-user viewer experiences and increase video monetisation by providing media companies the ability to stream and intelligently recommend robust content to audiences across devices. AllDigital’s content management platform, branded as AllDigital Cloud platform, […]
SeaChange International and ThinkAnalytics, developer of the world’s most deployed multiplatform TV search and recommendations engine, have announced their global reseller agreement and integration of the SeaChange Adrenalin multi-screen video platform with the ThinkAnalytics Search and Recommendations Engine. The joint solution will enable video service providers and content owners to deliver multi-screen television with the […]
Jinni, the creator of the Entertainment Genome and semantic video discovery, is to team up with Ooyala, an innovator in video streaming and analytics, to deliver advanced video discovery technology for media companies, broadcasters and pay-TV operators everywhere. The technology will integrate Ooyala’s machine-learning big-data analytics systems with Jinni’s semantic discovery to deliver a powerful […]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has expressed worries that over personalisation of media services will lead to a kind of Balkanisation with people never sampling new material and an end to ‘audience events.’ At a panel session about digital delivery at a meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors in Washington, Hastings said that personalisation is […]
ThinkAnalytics has expanded the functionality of its ThinkCloud hosted solution. With ThinkCloud, operators and content providers can now deploy ThinkAnalytics’ Search and Recommendations Engine via a ‘pay as you grow’ business model, choosing perhaps to start out with basic recommendations and introduce more advanced recommendations down the road, when they are ready. The hosted solution […]