Amsterdam, NL – IBC — Minerva Networks, a leading provider of software solutions for connected entertainment, today announces new content navigation, personalization and discovery features of its Minerva 10 entertainment delivery platform, powered by ContentWise’s content search, discovery and recommendation solution. The integration will support personalization for live and on-demand content, enhancing subscriber engagement for pay TV operators.

“Personalization has become critical for pay TV operators looking to retain and grow subscribers in today’s competitive markets,” said Eric Freund, Minerva’s Vice-President of Product Marketing. “The breadth of ContentWise’s personalization system has given us a great deal of flexibility in enhancing content discovery with a personalized user experience and recommendations across live, on demand, and recorded content.”

The integration of the ContentWise solution with the Minerva 10 platform enables the delivery of personalized pay TV services across multiple devices. ContentWise’s automated content personalization system will ingest cross-device consumption data collected by the Minerva platform and provide recommendations based on usage history, overall program popularity, and target device. Recommendations will then be presented to subscribers through Minerva’s innovative user interface, delivering seamless access to recommended programming, regardless of content source. The ability to support multiple user profiles per account and to dynamically change the user interface layout based on ContentWise’s input will ensure highly targeted and personalized pay TV services.

“The benefit of personalization for both TV operators and subscribers is clear and if pay TV operators want to increase retention, deliver engaging user experiences and most importantly, drive revenues, then adding personalization to their services is an absolute must,” said Pancrazio Auteri, CTO of ContentWise. “The integration of our ContentWise personalization system with Minerva’s platform will allow pay TV operators to offer subscribers a more compelling user experience, improve customer satisfaction, increase engagement and ultimately stay ahead of their competitors.”

The integrated solution will be demonstrated at Minerva’s booth at the 2015 IBC show in Amsterdam: Hall 14, Stand A12.

About Minerva Networks

Minerva is a leading provider of service management solutions for the delivery of advanced television services. Over 300 operators worldwide have deployed Minerva’s platform to deliver next-generation entertainment services to their subscribers. For more information, visit www.minervanetworks.com.

About ContentWise

ContentWise adds personalization to multi-screen pay TV, OTT and streaming services. ContentWise works with CMS platforms and front-end applications to deliver dynamic UX personalization, discovery, recommendations, metadata management and predictive analytics to content acquisition, marketing and editorial teams. The ContentWise Personalization Management System serves as a personalized UI autopilot for user choice and engagement, while the ContentWise Knowledge Factory, a set of metadata automation and management tools, improves the quality of metadata and reduces data management costs. ContentWise is working with leading operators and content providers from around the world, including maxdome, Mediaset, Sky, TIM Brasil, and TrueVisions.

Learn more about ContentWise at www.contentwise.tv and @contentwisetv

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Platform PR
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