TV Genius
Parent Red Bee Media | | |
TV Genius was a
EPG
.
The company was founded in 2005 by the former project director of BBC News Online, Bob Eggington, and by Tom Weiss.[6]
Products
- Content Discovery Platformhas been deployed in 8 different languages.
- TV and VOD Search: Searches television listings and Video on Demand content, enabling search by keyword, actor, genreand time.
- TV Content Recommendations: promotes targeted TV recommendations based on Bayes' theorem that are contextual and relevant to the viewer.
- Remote Record: allows multiple users to remotely record TV shows or TV series on a set top box using SMS or a smartphoneapplication.
- Online TV Guides: includes recommendation, remote record, push-reminders and personalisation features.
- Connected EPG: includes personalisation features can be deployed on Wii, PlayStationand other connected devices.
- mobile app development: includes interactive elements, personalisation, and remote record features for TV-based mobile apps.
- Social Content Discovery: uses social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook to offer real-time recommendations and personalisation.
Timeline
- Founded in 2005
- On 10 February 2010, TV Genius joined the NDS Group Recommendations Engine Partner Programme.[8]
- On 17 February 2010, FetchTV service.[10]
- On 29 April 2010, GeniZenterio, the IPTV specialists, integrated the TV Genius Content Discovery platform into their own platform[11]
- In October 2010, SES incorporated TV Genius' Content Discovery Platform into its new website.[12]
- In January 2011, Amino Communications and Intel partnered to launch a "companion" set-top box at CES. The device (called the Freedom Jump) was designed to complement existing cable and satellite set-top boxes with OTT content. TV Genius developed the EPG for the Freedom Jump.
- On 29 March 2011, TV Genius added a backwards scrolling feature to their TV guide
- In April 2011, TV Genius deployed an online TV guide for Scottish Television
- On 6 June 2011, TV Genius released a new social TV statistics service, allowing Twitter to be integrated into content discovery solutions.[13]
- On 11 July 2011, TV Genius added a Facebook-integrated TV Guide to the Content Discovery Platform software.[14]
- On 3 August 2011, it was announced that TV Genius was being acquired by Red Bee Media.[15]
Awards
- On 4 June 2010 TV Genius was selected for a Top 100 Red Herring Europe Tech Start-Up Award
- On 13 September 2010 TV Genius was amongst The Guardian's Tech Media Invest 100 companies in the 'Advertising and Search' category[16]
- On 26 October 2010 TV Genius won the Content, Entertainment, Applications and Services section of the Broadband InfoVision Awards[17]
- On 28 February 2011 the TV app "Astra Recommends" won first prize in the Samsung Smart TV Challenge.[18] The recommendations component of the app was powered by TV Genius.
- On 4 August 2011 TV Genius' social content discovery feature was shortlisted for the "Search and Content Discovery" prize at the Connected World Awards
See also
- Smart TV
- Hybrid digital TV
- Enhanced TV
- Interactive television
References
- ^ "Red Bee boosts content discovery with TV Genius buy". Advanced Television. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ Laughlin, Andrew (3 August 2011). "Red Bee Media to acquire TV Genius". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Ericsson to acquire leading media services company Red Bee Media" (Press release). Ericsson. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Looking for TV Genius?". Red Bee Media. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015.
- ^ Julian Clover (4 December 2009). "TV Genius launches 3-screen TV search". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Duo launch TV genius search engine". Broadcast. 8 September 2005. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ tracyswedlow (7 December 2009). "TV Genius launches converged three-screen search and recommendation engine". InteractiveTV Today. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "openPR TV Genius Joins NDS Recommendations Engine Partner Programme". openpr.com. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ Corvin, Ann-Marie (17 February 2010). "Freeview uses TV Genius in iPhone app". Broadcast. Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ Robert Briel (15 March 2010). "Fetch TV chooses TV Genius navigation". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Zenterio integrates TV Genius platform". Digital TV Europe.net. 30 April 2010. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010.
- ^ Julian Clover (5 October 2010). "Astra adds TV Genius to relaunched website". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "Twitter Becomes a Content Discovery Layer: Implications for Marketers". Social Media Today. 12 November 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ "TV Genius unveil Facebook-integrated TV Guide". Digital TV Group News. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ Clover, Julian (3 August 2011). "Red Bee buys TV Genius". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Tech media invest 100". The Guardian. London. 13 September 2010. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.
- ^ "CORRECTING and REPLACING Broadband InfoVision Awards Winners Announced". Business Wire. 3 November 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ "samsungsmarttvchallenge.eu". Retrieved 2 October 2015.[dead link]