Entertainment navigation specialist TMS and semantic discovery engine for video Jinni have agreed a deal that will see Jinni use TMS’s OnEntertainment metadata to provide availability information for linear TV and OTT content on its new ‘My TV & Movie Guide’ iPad app and web service. As a result, once consumers find something they wish […]
UK open IPTV platform YouView has released the second in a series of updates designed to deliver better accessibility for blind and partially sighted customers as well as those with motor skill and cognitive impairment, to improve the journey for this audience to find their favourite TV. YouView has improved the zoom functionality which now […]
Online entertainment service Netflix has unveiled what it describes as the biggest update to its TV experience in the service’s history, a “radically new look” that makes Netflix on TVs a much richer and more immersive experience, according to the company. The new design was created specifically for the big screen, featuring multiple cinematic images […]
Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, has reiterated his stance that search engines play a significant role in introducing audiences to infringing movies and TV shows online and has urged Google to step up its fight against film piracy. Interviewed by the Financial Times, Dodd said that in […]
Jinni, the advanced TV and movie discovery engine available, has launched a new, free iPad app and web site. The new platforms deliver intuitive, personalised recommendations for movies, television and streaming content that match a user’s tastes and moods. “In viewing one’s own entertainment personality a user inevitably learns more about their own tastes. Jinni […]
UK TV listings publication Radio Times has launched Radio Times DiscoverTV App, a new daily TV and radio recommendations and discovery service designed to help viewers discover favourite programmes wherever they are – on TV, catch-up or on-demand. The App aims to cut through the ever-increasing broadcast choices with daily categorised recommendations to the best […]
Digitalsmiths has reported record growth resulting in market leadership in the US. Seven of the top ten US pay-tv providers have selected Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery platform to power their video discovery needs. The top 10 pay-tv providers in the US represent 94 per cent of all US Subscribers, and 86 per cent of all North […]
Ed Richards, Ofcom’s Chief Executive, has suggested the government’s review of communications policy should include an assessment of the prominence the UK’s Public Service Broadcasters are afforded on Electronic Programme Guides in the converged age. Delivering an address at the Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar: Assessing the Government’s communications strategy: ‘Connectivity, Content and Consumers: Britain’s digital […]
Horowitz Associates’ latest consumer survey among broadband Internet users 15+, Multiplatform Content & Services 2013, highlights the undeniable benefits of a strong social media presence in cultivating loyal, active network viewership, particularly among younger age groups. Younger viewers are the most socially engaged with their TV content; nearly one-third (30 per cent) of online 15-17 […]
Research sponsored by Veveo, a provider of semantic technologies designed to bridge the usability gap in connected devices and applications with intelligent search, discovery and personalisation solutions, reveals that pay-TV users perceive content discovery in television to be inadequate for their needs. Furthermore, the research found that pay-TV usability is not keeping pace with the […]