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Search/Recommendation

ThinkAnalytics: Recommendations beat editorial

ThinkAnalytics, developer of the multiplatform TV search and recommendations engine, has unveiled the results of live customer deployments that compares the impact of using ThinkAnalytics to recommend live TV and VoD content with editorial recommendations. The results demonstrate

September 8, 2015

Sky Movies adds Restart function

Responding to recent functionality enhancements to Netflix’s UI, Sky has unveiled updates to Sky+HD boxes introducing what it describes as some clever new features which make Sky Movies even better. This, the third software update so far this year, forms part of Sky’s continued commitment to innovating the UK’s biggest connected TV platform, Sky+. With […]

August 20, 2015

EE boosts TV users’ personalisation

UK digital communications company EE has unveiled a host of updated features for EE TV set to launch on the 25th August for new and existing customers. Focused on personalisation and social sharing, the new additions have been developed with mobile front of mind. Building on EE TV’s original features, the latest software update allows […]

August 20, 2015

Netflix updates User Experience

Netflix has released details of the first major update to its TV applications since late 2013. A Blog Post from Stephen, Joubert & the Netflix Team says they work hard to innovate and evolve the Netflix experience so its members can connect with the stories they love with greater ease. “Now when you select a […]

July 23, 2015

Wyplay, STMicro power Canal+ hybrid STB

Wyplay, creator of software solutions for pay-TV operators, and global semiconductor specialist STMicroelectronics have disclosed their contributions to the development of Canal+ Group’s new Cube S set-top-box. The hybrid OTT / broadcast set-top-box runs Wyplay’s open source Frog Client middleware, integrated by Wyplay’s professional services team on top of a hardened Linux kernel with the […]

July 20, 2015

Rovi share slide on Netflix patent win

Rovi Corp shares dropped the most in three years after a judge ruled in favour of Netflix in the latest patent lawsuit defeat. A US District Court judge issued a ruling granting Netflix motion for summary judgment on five of Rovi’s patents, finding them invalid. The patents in question were related to features and functionality […]

July 17, 2015

BBC updates iPlayer mobile app

The BBC is rolling out the latest update to the iPlayer mobile app for Android and iOS mobile devices, featuring a new consistent menu across both platforms. Explaining the update to the navigation system, Tom Widd Senior UX Designer for BBC iPlayer, wrote in a blog: “Users will be presented with a consistent menu bar […]

July 9, 2015

Mobile audiences key for video consumption, ad growth

Ooyala, a Telstra subsidiary and specialist in video publishing, analytics and monetisation, has released its Q1 2015 Global Video Index, revealing mobile devices made up 42 per cent of all online viewing during the quarter. In particular, smartphones are driving the majority of mobile viewing growth, receiving four times more plays than tablets during the […]

June 25, 2015

TiVo Online search portal

TiVo has launched TiVo Online in the US, a free, new way for customers to find programmes they want to watch from their cable line-up or a wide variety of streaming services. TiVo Online delivers the power of TiVo’s search and discovery right on your PC or Mac.1 “The tools available today to find what […]

June 10, 2015

Ocilion and XroadMedia join forces to deliver advanced content discovery functionalities

XroadMedia, specialists in building innovative content discovery and recommendation solutions, and Ocilion, a solution provider with a clear focus on delivering an all-in-one interactive IPTV platform to service providers, today announced a strategic partnership. In this partnership Ncanto, XroadMedia’s content discovery solution, will be powering Ocilions IPTV platform to deliver recommendation and advanced personalization functionalities […]

June 8, 2015