IBC2011 Debut for Version 4.0 of the ContentWise Recommendation System

MILAN, Italy — Aug. 22, 2011 — ContentWise, a division of Moviri, today announced that it will debut version 4.0 of its content recommendation system at IBC2011. ContentWise version 4.0 introduces enhancements and new features in three major areas: content discovery and engagement; revenue growth and customer retention; and administration, performance, and scalability.

Content discovery and engagement in version 4.0 is enhanced with a new cold-start feature guiding first-time users through a process that gathers their rating feedback and establishes an immediate preference profile. Version 4.0 also adds the capability to display to users the reason why a certain recommended item is being presented.

Version 4.0’s revenue growth and customer retention enhancements include an entirely new analytics data warehouse and Web-based dashboards that equip marketing managers with new statistics sets, presented through an interactive graphical interface. The new tool includes metrics such as content engagement (measuring the most popular content items and users’ reaction to recommendations), audience analysis (an analysis of users’ demographic and behavioral characteristics), and content velocity (speed and elapsed time of user response to recommendations).

Administration, performance, and scalability improvements include a new Web interface for setup and configuration, now unified with the ContentWise business rules and reporting software module. Access control can be restricted to appropriate levels using customizable access profiles. ContentWise 4.0 also supports multiple tenancy, one of the key requirements of large operators such as cable providers delivering services to multiple markets, regions, and countries. The overall platform performance has been improved by enhancing parallel processing and database tuning.

“The new developments being introduced at IBC offer a significant enhancement of the ContentWise system, making it the most powerful recommendation engine yet,” said Paolo Bozzola, CEO of Moviri. “With version 4.0 of ContentWise, users can optimize the discovery, viewing, listening, and purchase experience, maximize subscriber base value and marketing ROI, and scale up easily to deliver recommendations to millions of viewers.”

ContentWise is built for high-volume, scalable content recommendation in digital media, OTT, and IPTV applications. Producing personalized recommendations that increase content consumption and demand of movies, music, ringtones, TV channels, live-TV programs, and other digital media content, ContentWise empowers operators to use recommendations to maximize the return on their content catalogs.

About ContentWise
ContentWise (www.contentwise.tv) is a division of Moviri that develops and markets a real-time recommendation engine for high-volume digital media and IPTV applications. The ContentWise recommendation engine enhances the quality of digital TV services (IPTV, OTT, or Web) by enabling viewers to find the content they like easily, lifting revenue and reducing subscriber churn. Moviri (www.moviri.com) has offices in Milan, London, and San Francisco and a track record of more than 10 years’ success in IT optimization, software, and consulting services. Moviri major references include key U.S. and European players in the Media, Telco, IPTV, and electronic industries.