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Hulu acquires The Video Genome Project technology

In a move that it says will dramatically enhance its content recommendations for linear and on-demand video viewing, premium entertainment streaming service Hulu has acquired The Video Genome Project’s contextual attribution technology for an undisclosed sum. The Video Genome Project (The VGP) is recognised as one of the largest, broadest and most granular structured databases […]

November 16, 2016

Sky+ adds Auto Play, Catch Up Series Link

Sky+ has added new features making it easier for customers to catch up on their desired content. Introducing Auto Play and Catch Up Series Link, customers can now binge watch a show they’ve newly become addicted to, or series link their favourite Catch Up TV series so it’s ready in their Planner. The new features […]

November 1, 2016

Freeview Play TV guide for LG TVs

LG Electronics has confirmed that owners of 2016 LG Smart TVs, will be able to take full advantage of Freeview Play functionality by scrolling back through their TV guide to enjoy shows from the last seven days. In addition, entertainment services from UKTV Play and STV will also join the range of catch up services […]

October 31, 2016

Beenius: Kick start OTT from the Cloud

Filip Remskar, CEO, talks about the latest trends in OTT and introduces Nuboly, Beenius’s new cloud provided complete platform that allows broadcasters to go OTT and bring VoD and multiscreen services to market quickly, economically and flexibly. [bitsontherun p7Gwfdbs-hLYU43gg]

October 23, 2016

ADB: Graphyne 2 making OTT transition easy

ADB CEO Peter Balchin tells about Graphyne 2 the updated and enhanced solution that smooths the path for broadcasters transitioning to TV Everywhere provision. It features improved UI, discovery and recommendation for a much improved user experience. ADB is also leveraging its deep experience of the hospitality sector to address top class user service and develop […]

October 23, 2016

TiVo, ruwido enhance consumer experience

In a joint mission to make content more easily accessible for the user and to bring back the joy into navigation, ruwido is pleased to be working in partnership with TiVo. TiVo has decades of experience in shaping, designing and managing entertainment discovery. TiVo offers flexible advanced search, dynamic, personalized recommendations and natural-language voice-control capabilities […]

September 12, 2016Nick Snow @ IBC

Rovi becomes TiVo

Rovi has closed its $1.1 billion acquisition of TiVo, and the new company will become TiVo. Tom Carson, president and CEO of the newly combined business, said the deal “passed with flying colors” during shareholder meetings and said company will now move forward to act on assumptions that went into the integration planning phase. “The […]

September 8, 2016

Gracenote points operators towards TV music destination

Entertainment data provider Gracenote has unveiled new music offerings that let pay-TV providers deliver rich, interactive music experiences to their subscribers. By integrating Gracenote Music data and technologies, operators can create their own music video channels and services, help viewers identify artists featured on TV and enable search for related artist appearances on linear TV […]

September 8, 2016Colin Mann @ IBC

More voice control for Fire TV

Amazon is bringing more voice control and universal search functionality to its Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. Alexa voice control support for Amazon Video will also lets users navigate through a video by giving instructions such as “skip ahead two minutes”, “rewind 30 seconds” or move to the next episode by saying “next”. […]

September 7, 2016

Amazon enhances Fire TV features

Amazon has confirmed that new features are coming to the best-selling Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. These features will be enabled automatically as part of a free, over-the-air software update currently being delivered to customers. Through this update, customers can now easily use their voice to search for favourite content, find the best […]

September 7, 2016