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M-GO media discovery suitable for Pay TV, too
Technicolor’s M-GO media discovery app will appear on connected TVs and Ultrabooks this year but the company is also talking to Pay TV operators about how it can help them make curation more personal....
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Google announced a major software update for Google TV last week which, while not named as such, is effectively Google TV 2.0 and therefore gives us an idea of what we can expect when the Android OS based…
ZON TV Cabo, the Portuguese Pay TV provider, is making a bold attempt to recapture the imagination of the ‘Apple generation’ in a highly competitive market where telco incumbent Portugal Telecom has blazed to nearly a million subscribers…
Metadata does not get the attention it deserves in conference sessions about the future of TV, but it was fully recognised on a mini panel at IBC 2011 on the NDS stand titled ‘The Changing Media Landscape’. “The…
Liberty Global has revealed what the cable TV experience will look like in future for its customers across all its European cable systems. Mike Fries, the company’s CEO, used the first day of the IBC conference to demonstrate…
One point of agreement among the three members of a mini panel on Design & Usability on the NDS stand at IBC 2011 was that operators should not consult customers over the design of the UI (User Interface)…
One-quarter of all the content Virgin Media customers are viewing through the company’s new TiVo platform is discovered without using the ‘traditional’ programme guide. This is the clearest example yet of how the addition of sophisticated content recommendation…
Content discovery is going to be high on the agenda at IBC2011 thanks to its potential to increase consumer engagement with content and therefore raise the perceived value of a Pay TV subscription. If service providers can guide…
With a greater focus on content discovery, and also a growing interest in whether Pay TV operators can use customer knowledge to push products like DVDs and CDs, metadata is moving into the spotlight.…
The BBC is looking for ways to make BBC iPlayer a more personalised experience, including on TV, and wants the industry to provide solutions, with viewer laziness and privacy two of the hurdles that must be overcome.…
The EPG is changing. Whether it is cover art downloaded via broadband or independent editorial and reviews, or recommendations, the goal is to encourage more engagement with services and so increase customer loyalty.…
In order to provide the content choice people want, in a consumer friendly way, the whole television user experience is undergoing something of a revolution. One of the keys to success is balancing innovation with familiar behaviours.…
Consumers will log into their TV service, possibly using fingerprint recognition, in order to increase security in a world where there is going to be more content, and possibly more inappropriate content, available through the TV. Regina Bernhaupt,…
By helping users navigate services more easily, point-and-click and gesture based remote controls boosted ARPU by 27% during an Amsterdam trial. uWand claims this is a mass-market concept in waiting, with a clear business case.…
Media fragmentation combined with an increased focus on content discovery means consumers could increasingly refer to a new generation of Interactive Programme Guide. This could be a good place for new forms of advertising.…
Pay TV trials of TV Genius personalized content recommendation are proving an uplift in Pay Per View purchases of 20-30%. Here, the company’s CEO Tom Weiss discusses the wider benefits of improved content discovery in terms of customer…
There will be a rush of Pay TV operators looking to use over-the-top with Connected TV applications to extend their service reach and increase customer loyalty, including making their subscription services available in holiday homes or on a…
The Pay TV operator is demonstrating how the PC, tablet and smartphone can be used not only to watch content but discover it as well. BSkyB encourages ‘companion screen’ interactivity to free the television for watching content.…
Virgin Media is providing managed OTT video and apps as part of its next-gen platform and new ways to discover content including automatic recommendations. But the backwards-facing EPG could trump everything.…
Samsung is the first customer for Rovi Media Cloud, harnessing cloud-based entertainment metadata and interactive advertising for its connected TVs. Service providers also benefit from the ability to enrich multi-screen TV offers.…
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