Last month, Britain’s biggest multichannel broadcaster, UKTV, announced that it had added elements of machine learning and AI – specifically in terms of personalisation, content recommendation and building up taste profiles – to its iOS, Android and Amazon FireOS VOD apps.

AI is a hot topic in the industry right …

ITV, Accedo and Make.TV have all been using Amazon's Rekognition software so I decided to check it out.

On January the 7^th, the BBC announced plans to reinvent its iPlayer service with the aim of “…making it a destination in its own right, with box sets, live programming and archive titles that champion quality UK content and offer great programmes for longer.”

A related consultation document recognises …

In 2018, media and entertainment providers have worked hard to revolutionise the way they deliver content to consumers across a changing media landscape, especially in terms of gaining a deeper understanding of metadata to connect viewers to content. Charles Dawes, senior director, international marketing at TiVo, takes a look at what trends and developments he predicts may emerge in 2019.

Not a complete guide but here’s some of the material that we cover when a new starter joins VOD Professional.

A new recruit, Juliana, joined us here at VOD Professional last month and on her first day, I gave her an overview of the online video industry. I do this with …

Eschewing the tradition of trying to predict what’s going to happen over the next year, here instead are some OTT industry developments that I think we’ll be talking about in 2019.

Evaluating five vendor proposals to build new VOD apps on HbbTV and games consoles. Spreadsheet includes CAPEX and OPEX spend as well as a 4-year Total Cost of Ownership model.

Do you remember the first time you heard about video-on-demand? My introduction to the concept was in 1998 when I was working at Nettec PLC, an early internet consultancy, and I visited the offices of a potential client, Bryan Morrison, a music producer and agent, in London. A silver-haired, straight-talking …

ITV is enhancing the direct connection it now has with its viewers – through its digital and real world experiences – into a mutually beneficial relationship. It views data as the enabler and by-product, but the viewer relationship is the focus. Data is cold and transactional. Relationships engage on an …

As viewers – especially younger audiences – turn their backs on linear TV, DR is repositioning DRTV from being a catch up service to a destination in its own right, targeting users that missed not just a particular show but DR’s linear channels altogether. DR is relaunching DRTV in 2018 …