Hamid Ouddane

Johannesburg, Sep 25, 2023 — Babeleye, the specialists in TV & entertainment metadata for video platforms, and sponsor of the 8th edition of Dataxis’ Nextv Series Africa, will be discussing the central role that metadata plays in fueling content discovery The panel, taking place on October 5th at 12:30 SAST, will feature prominent industry leaders from video streaming service providers, Telecom operators, and PayTV platforms. With a discussion expected to be centered around the user experience and ways to deliver…

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When a big video entertainment company VP says “AI and metadata will be the future, ” we at Babeleye smile. But pay attention to when he hints at surfacing archives (neuco Group)

Africa to gain 17 million pay-TV subs

January 6, 2020

African pay-TV subscriber numbers are set to climb by 54% between 2019 and 2025 to 47.26 million despite the strong subscriber growth, there will not be a huge commensurate rise in business in African pay-TV (Rapid Tv News)

HBO launches ‘Recommended by Humans’ tool

August 9, 2019

“Tool to help escape algorithm nightmares” in an age fueled by recommendations not made by humans (the Verge)

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April 29, 2019

Babeleye’s commitment to actively work in Africa with its partners continues this year too. Join us at the Nextv CEO Africa 2019, Cape Town May 14th-16th, and come hear about our contribution at the panel session on May 15th at 11:00

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Video service providers that improved personalization of their search and recommendations saw a 140 per cent increase in audience retention over six months and a notable reduction in churn. (Advanced television)

OTT service across 190 countries including MENA

October 21, 2018

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Eutelsat Pitches New Content Platform to Customers

October 4, 2018

Cirrus will support video services that works across various devices, while the EPG and catch-up developed in collaboration with Babeleye and Plurimedia. (L.R)

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