Content personalization is currently offered by many two-way TV services (e.g., IPTV, OTT), where the return channel — i.e. the communication from the user’s set-top box (STB) to the service provider — allows a centralized system to identify and monitor the user’s actions in order to generate personalized recommendations. Unfortunately,  traditional TV systems (e.g. satellite TV) only allow one-way communication, preventing the use of a centralized…

IP&TV forum in London is coming soon. Note that this year, the Forum organizers added the “&” to the event’s title in an effort to illustrate how the initial IPTV standard has fragmented into many flavors of TV over IP protocol. As you can read from the menu, Social TV, Multiscreen, Companion, and Advertising will garner…

The latest issue of Broadcast Pro ME features an editorial titled “Helping viewers discover content and operators increase sales”. Here’s a link to the online edition: http://www.broadcastprome.com/2012/01/25/helping-viewers-discover-content-and-operators-increase-sales/ It’s a very high-level piece in which I try to paint, in broad strokes, a picture of the current status of recommendations technologies for digital media. The gist…

What kind of music do you listen too? What movie genres do you tend to prefer? Comedies, blockbusters, 90′s SciFi? Are you a fiction or non-fiction reader? Do you enjoy business literature? What is your favorite sports to watch on TV? People usually have a multitude of interests. When it comes to media and digital…

Social TV has emerged a popular concept over the last year, as a means by which by members of a social network, or a community, share actions, comments and ratings on their TV screens or on companion devices and apps, thereby enriching the TV experience and the context provided by traditional synopses and cast listings and increasing…