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Jinni Powers VUDU's New Discovery Experience with Robust Semantic Taste & Mood Based Features
[December 16, 2014]

Jinni Powers VUDU's New Discovery Experience with Robust Semantic Taste & Mood Based Features


Jinni, the world's leading semantic discovery solution provider for linear TV and on-demand content announced today that it is powering the semantic taste-based discovery experience features for VUDU, a Walmart company and a leader in OTT video streaming with the world's largest HD library. VUDU has joined other leading US content providers who have adopted Jinni's Emmy® award winning semantic technology to provide users with an intuitive content discovery experience based on their personal tastes and mood. Jinni's solution is part of VUDU's next generation UI providing millions of online US users with mood based search and taste based recommendations over smart TVs, desktops, game consoles, second screen and internet-connected DVD/Blu-ray players.

Jinni's discovery solution uses natural language understanding to analyze TV and movie content through its Entertainment Genome™, containing thousands of genes assigned to each title to describe mood, style, plot, setting and more. The discovery engine maps TV show and movie titles against each user's Entertainment Personality providing a unique and intuitive experience for content selection. By choosing Jinni's taste based discovery solution, VUDU will deepen the personalized experience within its large video catalog enabling users to go beyond the obvious popular titles allowing them to watch what they are really interested in, increasing customer satisfaction and overall use of the service.

Yosi Glick, Jinni Co-Founder & CEO added, "We are proud to have a customer like VUDU adopt our solution using our full discovery feature set. This is further validation of our semantic approach we have built over the years which has now become the dominant trend by the leading players."

VUDU users on different devices will enjoy a full featured, taste based discovery experienceincluding a visual mood-based browsing screen where they can explore the catalog using the Entertainment Genome™ categories; personalized recommendations grouped to reflect personal tastes as well as a powerful search feature. Click on the following link to see a sample of VUDU's new home entertainment discovery experience: http://watch.vudu.com/newvudu/



About VUDU

VUDU, a leading digital video on demand service, is the easiest way to discover, watch and collect the latest movies and TV shows. VUDU is free to join and provides instant access to over 100,000 titles to rent or own in up to stunning 1080p resolution and 7.1 digital surround sound. VUDU is committed to making entertainment digital and accessible, launching innovative features such as Disc to Digital, Share My Movies and InstaWatch. VUDU is unmatched in availability across platforms and devices, and works on internet-connected TVs and DVD/Blu-ray players, Windows and Mac computers, iOS and Android (News - Alert) mobile devices, set-top boxes like Roku, and PlayStation and Xbox game consoles. VUDU is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walmart Stores, Inc., and is based in Sunnyvale, CA (News - Alert). For more information, visit www.vudu.com.


About Jinni

Jinni, the world's leader of smart video discovery guide platforms is the distinguished holder of the Emmy® for best Technology & Engineering. Using content genetics and nuanced understanding of user tastes, complemented by collaborative filtering techniques, the Jinni engine brings a uniquely intuitive personalized experience that increases content consumption and consumer satisfaction. The Jinni service is powered by the Entertainment Genome™, containing thousands of genes that are assigned to describe mood, style, plot, setting and more; this is a rich alternative to the usual genre language. New titles are automatically indexed via analysis of user reviews and synopses, using a proprietary Natural Language Processing solution. These elements are then matched to subscribers' personal tastes and viewing history to provide a truly personalized experience. Jinni is the leading content discovery and personalized recommendations provider for linear TV and VOD serving global tier-1 Pay TV and OTT content providers. Its customers include: AT&T U-verse®, Xfinity, Xbox, VUDU, Telus, Belgacom, Prisa, SingTel (News - Alert), TV4 and DSTv.

See Jinni's award winning semantic engine at work: http://solutions.jinni.com/ iPad http://bit.ly/1iKGDl8


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