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  • Fintech powerhouse Angel One snaps up Walmart tech guru in C-suite shuffle

    Fintech powerhouse Angel One snaps up Walmart tech guru in C-suite shuffle

    MUMBAI: Angel One Ltd has poached tech heavyweight Rohit Chatter as its new chief data officer, while bidding farewell to outgoing data chief Deepak Chandani.

    Chatter, fresh from his gig as chief software architect at Walmart Global Tech, will take the reins with immediate effect, as Chandani prepares to clear his desk by April  end.

    The well-timed appointment sees Angel One doubling down on its AI ambitions, with chairman Dinesh Thakkar making no bones about the company’s lofty aspirations. 

    “We’re not just embracing the future of finTech—we’re building it,” he declared with characteristic swagger. “Data is the foundation of this revolution and Rohit’s unparalleled expertise in AI, cloud platforms and data science will be a game-changer in redefining digital investing. With his leadership, we will push the boundaries of innovation, deliver hyper-personalized experiences and empower millions with smarter financial solutions.”

    Chatter brings nearly three decades of tech wizardry to the table, having cut his teeth at Silicon Valley giants and masterminded large-scale data operations. At Walmart, he was the brains behind their generative AI revolution, while his stint as CTO at InMobi saw him transform their remarketing platform into a cash cow across major markets.

    The data boffin’s CV also boasts impressive turns at Yahoo India, where he spearheaded big data initiatives, and various leadership roles at Talisma, IPSoft, TiVo and Alcatel in the US. His tech toolkit includes everything from Oracle databases to Unix systems, alongside programming chops in Perl, Python and Java.

    Chatter, who holds a BE in electronics & telecom and an MBA from NMIMS, seems positively gung-ho about his new role. 

    “Angel One is revolutionizing the financial services industry with its AI-first approach and I am excited to be part of this dynamic team. AI and data science are shaping the future of investing and my focus will be on enhancing Angel One’s platforms with automation, predictive analytics and intelligent insights that empower investors across India. The potential to innovate and scale AI-led financial solutions at Angel One is immense and I look forward to thisjourney,” he enthused, barely containing his excitement at the prospect of unleashing predictive analytics upon India’s investing masses.

    For the uninitiated, Angel One stands tall as India’s largest listed retail stock broking house by active NSE clients. The tech-savvy outfit serves over 30 million investors through its digital platforms, including the Angel One Mobile App, the rather clever ‘ARQ Prime’ recommendation engine, and the ‘Smart Money’ educational platform designed to turn investing novices into market maestros.

  • TiVo Renews Personalized Content Discovery Platform Agreement with Foxtel

    TiVo Renews Personalized Content Discovery Platform Agreement with Foxtel

    SINGAPORE: TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO), a global leader in entertainment technology and audience insights, today announced that Foxtel, Australia’s leading subscription-TV platform, has renewed its license to TiVo’s Search and Recommendation services and will have access to TiVo’s Personalized Content Discovery platform. As a long-term Search and Recommendation customer, the renewal will provide Foxtel’s subscribers in Australia with the latest TiVo innovations to help power entertainment experiences.

    “We are looking forward to continuing our relationship with TiVo, in order to ensure we have the most advanced content discovery technology at our subscribers’ fingertips across a multitude of devices,” said Michael Ivanchenko, Foxtel’s director of Product Design & Development. “Foxtel has a legacy of driving innovation across the Australian television landscape TiVo’s solutions are a strong contributor in  helping us to stay at the forefront of bringing the latest entertainment services to our viewers.”

    “Foxtel’s continued investment and trust in TiVo’s personalised discovery capabilities demonstrates our innovation leadership and differentiation in such a competitive landscape,” said Samuel Sweet, senior vice president, Sales EMEA and APAC, TiVo. “We are proud to continue working with Foxtel, one of the most progressive and dynamic media companies in Asia Pacific, to enable viewers to benefit from a personalized discovery experience, dramatically improving the viewer experience and increasing engagement.”

    TiVo’s Personalized Content Discovery platform is revolutionizing the way video service providers deliver content to viewers, and ultimately the way consumers find something they want to watch across devices. Guided by the belief that consumers should not have to work to find relevant content, TiVo’s multi-dimensional approach delivers highly relevant search results, customized recommendations carousels and increased convenience with natural voice recognition and insights for an enhanced viewing experience. 

  • TiVo exits STB business

    TiVo exits STB business

    MUMBAI: TiVo is exiting the manufacturing, sales and distribution of set-top boxes to a yet-undisclosed third party, the company has said.

    CEO Enrique Rodriguez, talking to analysts on its Q1 earnings call, said that consumers would continue to see TiVo-branded boxes in the retail sector, and specifically mentioned outlets such as Best Buy and Amazon. “Once we complete this transition, we still will have direct consumer hardware sales through TiVo.com, which we will be fulfilling through this box manufacturer.”

    Q1 revenue was $189.9 million, with core revenue up $9.7 million (5.9 per cent). Product revenue was $116.9 million, up 2 per cent year-on-year.

    Rovi Corp acquired TiVo in 2016 and Rodriguez said that synergies had already topped $100 million of its $110 million targeted savings from the combination.

    Rodriguez told analysts that its traditional markets consist of consumer electronics, or CE manufacturers, and Pay TV service providers. “The emerging markets for us are virtual service providers, content and new media companies as well as advertisers. These are the areas that we believe will drive TiVo’s future growth.”

    He added that TiVo had expanded its patent agreement with Google in Q1 to include YouTube TV. Additionally, KDDI renewed their OTT service agreement with TiVo in Japan. “In Asia, we added Telstra Corp as a licensee in Australia and renewed our IP licence deal with Alticast in Korea. In Europe, we added the number two service provider in a major European country as a customer under a six-year licence arrangement. This comes on top of renewing eight service providers in Europe last year.”

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  • Sharp and TiVo extend interactive program guide deal to power content Discovery across entertainment devices

    Sharp and TiVo extend interactive program guide deal to power content Discovery across entertainment devices

    MUMBAI: TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO), a global leader in entertainment technology and audience insights, today announced that Sharp Corporation will further utilize TiVo’s G-Guide HTML across Sharp 4K smart TVs and Ultra HD Blu-ray recorders in Japan, TiVo’s G-Guide xD app and remote schedule recording service for its Blu-ray recorders. This renewal with TiVo allows Sharp to continue delivering one of the industry’s most advanced interactive program guides to its viewers throughout Japan.

    Additionally, Sharp Corporation has signed an expanded multi-year license to TiVo’s patent portfolios enabling Sharp to build customizable content discovery services across its devices.

    “Today’s renewal with Sharp is a testament to TiVo’s customer commitment to their current and future business goals through our technological innovations and the importance of search and discovery for entertainment lovers around the world,” said Michael Hawkey, senior vice president and general manager, user experience, TiVo. “TiVo continues to meet the needs of customers worldwide and is recognized for delivering visually-rich, interactive program guides across devices and platforms that feature streamlined user interfaces and search capabilities.”

  • TiVo’s new deal with Google includes YouTube TV

    TiVo’s new deal with Google includes YouTube TV

    MUMBAI: TiVo Corporation, a global player in entertainment technology and audience insights, today announced that Google has expanded its multi-year patent licence agreement to include YouTube TV. The agreement covers Google’s use of TiVo’s patented technologies worldwide and offers a license for Google’s products and services across internet-based platforms and devices.

    “The world of video entertainment is expanding with exciting new consumer offerings such as YouTube TV,” said Rovi Corporation (a TiVo company) EVP and chief intellectual property officer Arvin Patel. “We are thrilled to extend our relationship with Google through the licence of TiVo’s innovations and technology that further consumers’ ability to find and enjoy content on the device of their choice.”

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  • TiVo’s next-gen solution to help cable operators retain customers

    TiVo’s next-gen solution to help cable operators retain customers

    MUMBAI: TiVo Corporation has launched Next-Gen Platform, a range of cloud-based products with a unified backend to help operators stay ahead of the game. The platform can be deployed for QAM, hybrid and IPTV to anticipate and quickly address customer needs.

    “Consumers face a fragmented, ever-changing media landscape as new services, content sources and devices continue to proliferate,” said TiVo senior vice president and general manager for user experience Michael Hawkey. “Media companies are compelled to evolve. TiVo’s Next-Gen Platform is specifically designed to meet the consumer’s insatiable desire for entertainment while enabling operators to maintain market share and remain relevant amid growing competition.”

    Customers can be assured of services like hyper-personalisation, recommendations, voice control, seamless integration of content across linear, OTT, on-demand and DVR platforms for multiscreen purposes. Content can be driven wherever it is watched such as managed set top boxes such as Linux and Android TV, unmanaged devices like Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, mobile and web.

    Service providers will be able to reduce churn, boost customer engagement, capture and retain market segments, stay ahead of competition and own customer experience.

    “User experience defines the operator’s video services for consumers,” said Parks Associates senior director of research Brett Sappington. “Every pay-TV service and streaming video service is working to capture and maintain consumer attention in order to drive ongoing use and monetisation. As a result, operators need a flexible platform that allows them to innovate rapidly and meet or surpass connected experiences offered elsewhere.”

    The solution also helps operators in their transition to IPTV considering capital expenditure, networking and rights constraints of the operator while maintaining support for QAM

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  • Sony renews IP licence deal with TiVo

    Sony renews IP licence deal with TiVo

    MUMBAI: TiVo Corporation, a leader in entertainment technology and audience insights, has announced that Sony Corporation, a leader in consumer electronics, has renewed its multi-year intellectual property (IP) licence agreement. The license to TiVo’s patent portfolios covers all of Sony’s worldwide products and services.

    “This licence agreement accentuates the value TiVo’s patent portfolios bring to the fast-growing and competitive entertainment industry,” said TiVo company Rovi Corporation, EVP and chief intellectual property officer Arvin Patel. “We continue our long-standing relationship, renewing our multi-year licence agreement with one of world’s leading entertainment companies,” Patel added.

    TiVo’s innovative solutions touch practically every aspect of consumers’ day-to-day interaction with their entertainment, enabling customers to build customised, next-generation digital entertainment solutions for users around the globe.

    From the interactive programme guide to the DVR, TiVo delivers innovative products and licensable technologies that revolutionise how people find content across a changing media landscape.

  • DISH deploys TiVO metadata to enable seamless entertainment discovery

    MUMBAI: After taking some good strides worldwide, TiVO Corporation is adding another feather to its cap. After partnering Panama Cable Onda, Turner, Japan’s KDDI and renewing its licence with Foxtel, it’s now working with DISH.

    TiVo, a leader in entertainment technology and audience insights, announced that leading pay-TV provider, DISH Network Corp., has completed its migration to TiVo Metadata. DISH is utilising TiVo’s rich metadata, such as program information and image-based content, across its product platforms, including linear TV, video on demand (VOD) and DVR.

    TiVo completed the metadata migration process in just under five months, bringing rich and robust metadata to DISH’s product platforms. The deployment was also rolled out in a way to minimize impact across DISH’s entertainment ecosystem.

    “Today’s consumers want a visually-rich entertainment experience that makes it easy for them to quickly identify and access the content they want in real-time,” said Niraj Desai, vice president of product management, DISH. “Through our long-standing collaboration with TiVo, we were able to integrate their enhanced metadata offerings and provide a cohesive and seamless entertainment experience across our product platforms.”
                                        
    TiVo completed the metadata migration process in just under five months, bringing rich and robust metadata to DISH’s product platforms. The deployment was also rolled out in a way to minimize impact across DISH’s entertainment ecosystem.

    “Working against a compressed timeline, TiVo delivered a comprehensive metadata solution that enabled DISH to continue to deliver rich entertainment experiences that its customers expect. We deeply value our relationship with DISH and look forward to continuing to innovate with them,” said Roz Ho, senior vice president and general manager, Consumer and Metadata, TiVo. “With our industry-leading metadata catalog and innovative discovery solutions, TiVo is helping companies like DISH power the ultimate entertainment experience.”

    TiVo’s metadata is a leading metadata resource for international TV shows, movies and sporting events, delivering the best quality, localized international metadata that is consistent across 70 countries.

    TiVo has already introduced its new fully-integrated Personalized Content Discovery platform. The new platform provides video operators with the most comprehensive suite of content discovery features that combine the power of TiVo’s renowned conversational voice search with personalized search and recommendations. The platform also features powerful analytics capabilities that enable operators to conduct A/B testing; thus, giving operators the ability to optimize their operations in real-time.

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  • TiVo brings comprehensive personalised content discovery platform with voice search

    MUMBAI: TiVo Corporation, a leader in entertainment technology and audience insights, has introduced its new fully-integrated Personalized Content Discovery platform. The new platform provides video operators with the most comprehensive suite of content discovery features that combine the power of TiVo’s renowned conversational voice search with personalized search and recommendations. The platform also features powerful analytics capabilities that enable operators to conduct A/B testing; thus, giving operators the ability to optimize their operations in real-time.

    With fully-integrated conversational services, TiVo’s Personalized Content Discovery platform leverages voice search making it easy for a user to ask, “What’s on TV tonight?” and get highly-relevant personalized search results. Instead of bringing up the whole TV guide with 300+ channels, the response will highlight the top 10 television programs that the user is most likely to be interested in, based on their viewing behavior and interests. This integration is exceptionally crucial as more and more customers turn to voice search, with 30.5% of Amazon Echo, Dot or Google Home owners stating that they use voice assistants to help them find something to watch, according to TiVo’s most recent Video Trends Report.

    TiVo’s Personalized Content Discovery platform also supports contextual voice queries, which allow users to easily narrow down results within a specific context, thus eliminating the need to string together extremely long queries with unnatural phrasing to achieve the same results. For example, if a user was to ask, “Find me movies with Tom Hanks,” after the initial search results are displayed, the user can simply say “only the comedies” to filter the results to find comedies starring Tom Hanks. In addition, the conversational search capability spans across all content catalogs available to the consumer, such as linear TV, video-on-demand (VOD) or over-the-top programming. As a result, the platform recognizes what the user is subscribed to and can be set to only return what is available to that specific user within their packages.

    “For voice search and discovery to be truly effective, the user must be able to refine and explore through conversation,” said Colin Dixon, founder and chief analyst, nScreenMedia. “Solutions such as TiVo’s will be invaluable in helping operators deliver conversational discovery tools that allow their customers to more fully exploit the content that is available to them.”

    TiVo’s Personalized Content Discovery platform has a fully integrated backend business console that provides management and real-time tuning of search results, allowing service providers to easily improve the user experience and generate more engagement from viewer searches. Operators can use rules to drive internal business objectives, such as boosting more VOD titles in voice searches to promote broader category awareness. Operators also benefit from a decreased cost in ownership, since they can quickly make real-time changes without requiring extra support from engineering teams.

    “Thanks to our fully-integrated approach, service providers can provide their customers with the flexibility of conversational search, going beyond traditional keywords and delivering a truly personalized experience that also drives their own business objectives internally,” said Pratik Patel, director of product management, Advanced Search and Recommendations, TiVo. “In the past, it was an incredibly timely and labor-intensive process to update search results. Now, changes can be created almost instantaneously, generating stronger, more relevant results for viewers while improving overall customer loyalty and engagement.”

    TiVo’s conversational services go beyond basic voice commands to make natural dialogue a reality. With TiVo’s Personalized Content Discovery platform, consumers can use their voice to search for digital entertainment across data spaces, including linear, VOD and over the top. By taking the content, user and situation into account, TiVo’s Personalized Content Discovery platform provides fast, highly accurate results and relevant guidance.

  • Japan’s KDDI adopts TiVo’s remote-recording service

    Japan’s KDDI adopts TiVo’s remote-recording service

    MUMBAI: TiVo Corporation, a leader in entertainment technology and audience insights, has announced that KDDI Corporation, a leading Japanese telecommunications provider, has selected TiVo’s remote recording service for G-GuideÒ and will also implement new voice control features to deliver one of the most advanced entertainment discovery experiences in Japan.

    KDDI has deployed TiVo’s latest G-Guide HTML on its Cable Plus Set-Top Boxes (STB) to provide customers with the ability to find and discover programming. This capability is an enhancement to KDDI’s existing deployment of the G-Guide HTML for IPTV STBs last year, enabling KDDI to deliver an expanded range of solutions to cable TV service providers.

    KDDI has also adopted TiVo’s remote recording service and mobile application, G-Guide xD, allowing subscribers to record programs at any time right from their smart phones, enabling greater convenience and accessibility to the latest entertainment. This feature is available to service providers for the first time in Japan.

    With the new voice control features, subscribers can find content quickly and change between channels by giving verbal commands to the cable STB remote control, thus connecting to their favorite entertainment with ease. This is the first deployment of the voice control feature for G-Guide HTML in Japan.

    “We are very pleased to be working with KDDI to introduce these advanced functions to the Japanese market,” said TiVo SVP & GM – user experience Michael Hawkey. “Japanese consumers are often ahead of the curve when it comes to technology adoption so this latest development is a testament to KDDI’s dedication to providing its customers with new functionality to enhance their entertainment experience.”

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