SeaChange Demos Jinni-Powered VOD Discovery and Navigation for TV's, PC's and Mobile Devices at IBC 2009

Providing a personalized experience, the company noted, Jinni is a viewer taste-based recommendation engine that leverages semantic technology to help people choose what to watch, in a solution that is responsive to personal entertainment tastes.

Available for deployment in early 2010, SeaChange said it will introduce the Jinni interface running on its TV Navigator middleware platform as part of its three-screen video delivery demonstration during IBC 2009 in Amsterdam, Sept. 11-15.

Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMBs & Service Providers at the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO West, September 1-3, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.

Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMBs & Service Providers at the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO West, September 1-3, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.

Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMBs & Service Providers at the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO West, September 1-3, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.

Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMBs & Service Providers at the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO West, September 1-3, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.

Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMBs & Service Providers at the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO West, September 1-3, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.

Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMBs & Service Providers at the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO West, September 1-3, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.

"VOD libraries are growing at a breakneck pace and the sheer volume of titles is making it increasingly challenging for subscribers to find the content they want, much less doing so quickly," said Simone Sassoli, VP and general manager, global telecoms and middleware, SeaChange. "Bringing the power of Jinni's search and recommendation capabilities to the set top box with an incredibly rich and easy-to-use interface is a significant development for VOD and one that can immediately impact usage rates." The combination of SeaChange's middleware and VOD platforms with Jinni's database of movie and television titles and semantic content tags lets subscribers search for titles based on parameters such as a film's or program's experience (mood and tone) and story (plot elements, structures and style).

Subscribers will also be able to search their operators' VOD libraries using web-enabled PCs and mobile devices: the titles they select for viewing will automatically populate a "favorites" folder that is accessible on their set top box-based program guide.