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Sky+ enhanced search App

Sky customers can find their favourite shows more easily following the launch of an enhanced search service on Sky+. The new functionality – which rolls out from today on the Sky+ app on Android – lets customers discover TV shows by cast names, actors and key words to find anything from cooking shows or comedy […]

June 4, 2013

CBS acquires TV Guide Digital

CBS has acquired full ownership of TV Guide’s online and mobile apps divisions, buying out the 50 per cent share held by Lions Gate Entertainment. CBS now owns TV Guide Digital, which includes the TVGuide.com website and TV Guide Mobile properties, the company confirmed in a statement. CBS and Lions Gate share ownership of TV […]

June 3, 2013

Social recommendations tops for mobile video discovery

American mobile video watchers are almost twice as likely to watch videos shared by friends as they are via web search, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of web TV content sharing site Telly. The study – conducted online in April among over 2,000 US adults – reveals that 78 million […]

May 28, 2013

nangu.TV launches Recommendation Engine

nangu.TV, the pioneering media platform provider for IPTV and OTT services, has announced its Recommendation Engine addressing the global issue that viewers’ face when trying to navigate their way through vast quantities of television content. nangu.TV’s Recommendation Engine is a key element of its Media Platform and provides operators with a route to greater customer […]

May 28, 2013

blinkx boosted by Olympics

Video search engine blinkx has revealed that its full year revenues have grown by 73 per cent to $198 million. Adjusted pre-tax profits were $24.6 million, an increase of 129 per cent from the year before.  This growth has in part been attributed to the London Olympics and the Presidential elections – as web users […]

May 13, 2013

blinkx predicts better profits

Video search engine blinkx has provided a trading update for the financial year ended March 31st 2013. Highlights include: • Revenues for the yearare  expected to be approximately $196 million, ahead of the previously upgraded range of $180 to $185 million, an increase of 71 per cent from the year ended March 31st 2012. • […]

April 24, 2013

Rovi DivX Video Service

Rovi Corporation  announced at NAB DivX Video Service, an end-to-end video solution for high-quality multi-screen video delivery that is designed to integrate with and enhance TV Everywhere and over-the-top entertainment services. Building upon core DivX video technologies and DRM, as well as MainConcept professional encoders, DivX Video Service offers components for managing the entire video […]

April 9, 2013

KIT digital adds recommendation to VoD

Video management software and services company KIT digital is extending the functionality of its VOD Store solution with PerSys, the personalisation system. PerSys gives clients the ability rapidly to deploy a recommendation engine, calling on internal and external data to drive consumption, and therefore revenues, through better access to the right content. PerSys is a […]

April 4, 2013

blinkx partners with Penske Media

blinkx, the Internet Media platform powered by CORE, the world’s most advanced video engine, has announced a partnership with Penske Media Corporation (PMC), a digital media company with a unique and growing portfolio of media brands that provide original content in categories including entertainment, lifestyle, beauty, and technology. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx […]

March 19, 2013

Samsung launching TV Discovery

Samsung has confirmed it will unveil its TV Discovery service at the Mobile World Congress later this month. The service will allow users to find TV and video content from various providers, including Netflix and Blockbuster, on their mobile phone or connected TV. The TV Discovery service relays real-time informational from a variety of sources, […]

February 22, 2013