Simply.TV, a leading content discovery and metadata provider, has acquired privately held Dutch EPG specialist GVIDI. Commenting on the acquisition, Simply.TV COO Daniel Rühmann said: “GVIDI’s solid base of pay-TV operators, broadcasters and CE-manufactures compliments the Simply.TV customer portfolio and the GVIDI team will add substantial technical, operational, and commercial leadership. Acquiring GVIDI is a […]
Gracenote, the content solutions unit of Nielsen, says it is paving the way for programming sources to drive the success of their entertainment offerings and improve ROI in the streaming-first world with the launch of Gracenote ID Distribution System. This enables programme owners and creators to leverage Gracenote IDs to manage their content, streamline distribution […]
Video streaming infrastructure provider Bitmovin has partnered with customer behaviour specialist Sceenic on a new integrated Software Developer Kit (SDK) to optimise fan engagement and interactivity. The new SDK is for the integration between Bitmovin’s Video Player and Sceenic’s Watch Together technology, which empowers audiences to watch synchronised video streams in an interactive virtual environment […]
Cloud-based personalised content discovery, viewer insight, and targeted advertising solution provider ThinkAnalytics has confirmed that Greg Riker has joined as Chief Revenue Officer. Riker will lead US business development, sales, and customer success teams for the Think360 viewer engagement platform and ThinkAdvertising for hyper-targeted advertising. Based in the US, he will report to ThinkAnalytics Chairman, […]
Xperi, owner of TiVo, has acquired OTT and hybrid TV solutions provider Vewd Software for $109 million (€106m) through a mixture of cash and debt. Vewd solutions ship in more than 30 million connected TV devices annually. Furthermore, the transaction gives Xperi access to an installed European footprint of approximately 15 million devices that can […]
Gibraltar quadplay operator Gibtelecom has enhanced its TV service offering more content, more features and what it says is a better visual experience via a modern and sleek interface, fully leveraging Netgem TV’s platform capabilities. The successful partnership between Gibtelecom and Netgem, which saw the launch of the operator’s first TV service in 2018, is […]
Personalised recommendations and hyper-targeted advertising platform ThinkAnalytics has confirmed that MBC GROUP streaming service Shahid is deploying the Think360 personalised content discovery and viewer engagement platform. Shahid will go live with Think360 in the summer of 2022, with support for Arabic, English, and French languages. It will support Shahid’s customer acquisition and content monetisation goals […]
Set-top box software and multiscreen entertainment solutions provider 3 Screen Solutions (3SS) and video business intelligence and predictive analytics specialist NPAW have combined technologies to create a new, data-fuelled customer intelligence platform which they say helps operators prevent churn and enhance average revenue per user (ARPU). Bringing together two solutions, NPAW’s analytics platform is now […]
Synamedia, the independent video software provider, has announced the acquisition of Utelly, a UK-based privately-owned content discovery platform provider with products targeted at the entertainment industry. Its offerings include metadata aggregation, search and recommendations, as well as content management and a content promotion engine. Utelly’s solution simplifies the complexity of users’ content discovery across TV […]
Entertainment metadata and content IDs specialist Gracenote has launched Gracenote Streaming Channels Data aimed at enabling content discovery platforms better to connect consumers to programming on free ad-supported TV (FAST) channels as well as linear channels on virtual MVPD (vMVPD) services. By integrating this new solution, Gracenote says that content aggregators can now more effectively […]