Company Release - 10/15/2015 8:00 AM ET
Rovi Earns Judges’ Top Nod for TV Technology Innovation in Content
Discovery
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) today announced that Rovi’s Personalized
Discovery Solution earned the Content Innovation Award for TV Technology
in the category of Content Discovery. Hosted by Digital TV Europe and
Television Business International, the inaugural Content Innovation
Awards celebrate innovations in content, distribution and delivery, and
the wide-ranging achievements of the companies who bring video content
to the world.
“We are honored to receive this accolade from Digital TV Europe,
Television Business International, and the judges of this year’s Content
Innovation Awards,” said Michael Hawkey, senior vice president and
general manager, discovery, Rovi. “Our experience in delivering
world-class discovery solutions help differentiate our customers’
product offerings and increase consumer satisfaction. This award
acknowledges the company’s continued innovations in connecting people to
their favorite entertainment.”
Rovi’s Personalized Discovery Solution consists of a predictive search
and recommendations engine and natural-language conversational
interface. The solution is built on a foundation of handcrafted metadata
and the Rovi Knowledge Graph, which maintains real-time updated semantic
information on more than 100 million entertainment-related entities
including program titles, celebrity names, brands and locations, all of
which is influenced by trending social media topics.
About Rovi Corporation
Rovi is leading the way to a more personalized entertainment experience.
The company’s pioneering guides, metadata and recommendations continue
to drive program search and navigation on millions of devices across the
globe. 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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Rovi Corporation
Stacey Hurwitz, +1 (617) 710-9171
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Source: Rovi Corporation