Canal Digital Kabel Selects Rovi Search and Recommendations Services

SANTA CLARA, Calif. & AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

IBC—Rovi Corporation ROVI today announced Canal Digital Kabel, a leading cable TV provider serving approximately half a million cable and FTTH (Fiber-to-the-Home) households in Norway, plans to standardize on Rovi Search and Recommendations Services for its “T-We” entertainment portal. The agreement marks the first European win for Rovi services based on the combination of Rovi and recently acquired Veveo technologies. Rovi's intuitive and predictive search and recommendations capabilities will play an important role in making it easy for subscribers to quickly discover entertainment they'll enjoy from Canal Digital Kabel's extensive video-on-demand (VOD) catalog. Rovi will be showcasing Search and Recommendations Services at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) at Hall 5, Stand A31. IBC takes place in Amsterdam, September 12-16.

“By teaming with Rovi, we will be able to deliver a next-generation discovery experience that will delight our subscribers and help increase overall service engagement and satisfaction,” said Oystein Joar Holte, Head of Product Development, Canal Digital Kabel. “Rovi offers a robust search and recommendations technologies that we believe will serve our needs today and into the future as we continue to execute our strategy of providing consumers with easy-to-use services for finding, accessing and enjoying the content they want, where and when they wish.”

Using Rovi services, T-We subscribers will be able to search for movies of interest and receive relevant recommendations for content similar to titles previously enjoyed or featuring their favorite actor or director. They can also browse using a range of categories or themes such as children's films, most viewed, Oscar nominated or superheroes.

“We're pleased by this early win in Europe and proud to be supporting Canal Digital Kabel's leading-edge services and offering them unified search and recommendations capabilities that are able to scale to meet their evolving needs,” said Murali Aravamudan, senior vice president, Discovery, Rovi. “Rovi services are designed to enable entertainment experiences that are tailored to the tastes of the individual consumer, helping promote increased content consumption and average-revenue-per-user rates.”

The predictive prowess of Rovi Search and Recommendations Services is achieved through analysis of viewing behaviors and preferences, and a deep understanding of entertainment within a real-world context. Unlike traditional search and recommendations services, Rovi combines its entertainment metadata handcrafted by a team of professional Rovi editors with a dynamic Knowledge Graph that maintains semantic, real-time information on more than 100 million entertainment-related entities (i.e., program titles, celebrity names, brands, locations and other relevant elements). This blend enables Rovi to anticipate what a user wants next by applying a range of contextual relevance filters that take into consideration the time of day, day of week and location. The system can also account for market trends by tracking the importance and popularity of people and entertainment, as well as the relationships between them, at any given moment.

About Rovi Personalized Entertainment Discovery

Rovi Search and Recommendations Services are part of a broader suite of services for personalizing entertainment discovery that also includes Rovi Conversation Service. Built using Rovi conversational interface technologies, the service allows users to search and discover content using naturally spoken language.

Available for deployment locally or via the cloud, Rovi's intuitive media and entertainment services can be integrated into interactive program guides, entertainment apps, retail websites and other solutions. Rovi plans to host live demonstrations of its services at IBC 2014. For more information, visit: http://www.rovicorp.com.

About Canal Digital

Canal Digital Kabel TV delivers innovative television and broadband solutions to over 500,000 Norwegian households. We offer a wide range of channels in a comprehensive basic package consisting of a fixed and an optional part. Channels are offered analog, digital and HD quality. We offer additional services such as video on demand, music / WiMP as well as subscription services from C More and Viasat.

In 2013, our new entertainment platform (T-We) launched new services such as Catch Up and Start Over in addition to VoD content. In 2014, the platform will expand to provide Multiscreen and Multiroom solutions. In addition, we offer one the markets fastest broadband services and an attractive telephony product.

Canal Digital Kabel TV has overall responsibility for Telenor's TV and broadband deliveries to Norwegian households based on fiber and hybrid fiber technology.

About Rovi Corporation

Rovi is leading the way to a more personalized entertainment experience. The company's pioneering guides, data, and recommendations continue to drive program search and navigation on millions of devices on a global basis. With a new generation of cloud-based discovery capabilities and emerging solutions for interactive advertising and audience analytics, Rovi is enabling premier brands worldwide to increase their reach, drive consumer satisfaction and create a better entertainment experience across multiple screens. Rovi holds over 5,000 issued or pending patents worldwide and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Discover more about Rovi at rovicorp.com.

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