UX (User Experience, User Interface, EPG) News

Gracenote launches new API for live sports metadata
Dec 11, 2024 – Gracenote has launched Gracenote On Sports, offering a single API to access sports data covering 150+ leagues and competitions, connected to Gracenote's video data, including imagery and content IDs.
News categories: Gracenote, Bill Michels, Big Data, CES2025, Digital TV, UX, Worldwide

Red Bee Media & Fabric x Xytech partner on metadata and imagery
Dec 11, 2024 – Red Bee Media and Fabric x Xytech are collaborating to bring together Red Bee's program guide metadata with Fabric x Xytech’s expertise in metadata management and media supply chain integration.
News categories: Red Bee Media, Xytech, Fabric, Shaun Stark, Big Data, Digital TV, UX, Worldwide

Endeavor Streaming expands partnership with Sky New Zealand
Dec 10, 2024 – Endeavor Streaming has expanded its deal with Sky New Zealand to include a range of user experience enhancements, personalization features and advanced advertising capabilities for Sky Sport Now.
News categories: Endeavor Streaming, Sky New Zealand, Fred Santarpia, Lauren Quaintance, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, New Zealand, Streaming, UX

LG brings LG Magic Remote-optimized games to webOS
Dec 9, 2024 – LG has joined forces with Famobi to introduce the first games playable with the LG Magic Remote. As part of the deal, LG Smart TV users can now play 'Cut the Rope', a mind-bending puzzle game.
News categories: LG Electronics, Famobi, Apps, Digital TV, Gaming, HTML5, Smart TV, TV OS, Worldwide

Moments Lab announces indexing technology public API
Dec 9, 2024 – Moments Lab has announced its public API, enabling users to enrich their media assets with metadata that captures what's happening in every moment of a video and describes it like a human.
News categories: Moments Lab, Frederic Petitpont, Big Data, Digital TV, UX, Worldwide

Bitmovin solutions to power Thinking Media's STIRR transformation
Dec 5, 2024 – Bitmovin and bunny.net have announced that Thinking Media has integrated Bitmovin's Player, VOD Encoder and Analytics to power its newly acquired service, STIRR.
News categories: Bitmovin, Thinking Media, bunny.net, Stefan Lederer, Todd Carter, Advertising, Big Data, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Media Player, Streaming, USA, UX

Allegro DVT launches test suite for Brazil's TV 3.0 DTT system
Dec 3, 2024 – Allegro DVT has announced the availability of the industry’s first test suite for Brazil’s upcoming TV 3.0 digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcast system.
News categories: Allegro DVT, Nouar Hamze, Brazil, Digital TV, QoE, SBTVD, Set Top Box, Smart TV

ThinkAnalytics launches contextual advertising solution
Dec 4, 2024 – ThinkAnalytics has launched ThinkContextualAI, a contextual advertising solution powered by metadata that describes not only what content is about but why it resonates with individual viewers.
News categories: ThinkAnalytics, Peter Docherty, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, UX, Worldwide

Amagi acquires Argoid AI
Dec 3, 2024 – Amagi has announced that it has acquired Argoid AI, an AI company specializing in recommendation engines and programming automation for OTT platforms.
News categories: Amagi, Argoid AI, Baskar Subramanian, Gokul Muralidharan, Soundararajan Velu, Big Data, Digital TV, MandA, Streaming, UX, Worldwide