Millicom Deploys TiVo’s Next-Generation User Experience Platform in Colombia, with Plans to Expand Across Latin America
November 02 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
TiVo Solutions Extends the Ultimate
Entertainment Experience to Consumers in Latin America
TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO), a global leader in
entertainment technology and audience insights, today announced
that Millicom, a leading provider of cable and mobile services for
more than 57 million customers in Latin America and Africa, has
selected TiVo’s next-generation user experience platform to bring
advanced entertainment experiences to customers in Latin America.
The Tigo ONE TV service is available to Millicom subscribers in
Colombia, with plans to deploy in certain other markets where it
operates.
Through the deployment of TiVo’s next-generation user experience
platform, Millicom will have a cutting-edge pay-TV service that
delivers an entertainment experience that consumers love, advanced
personalization and recommendations, seamless integration of
content across linear, over-the-top (OTT), on-demand, DVR and
robust multiscreen capabilities. Additionally, the future-proof
platform will enable Millicom to effectively address its diverse
customer segments with a full range of flexible, unified products
and versatile deployment options.
“Tigo ONE TV offers a superior user experience, helping us
sustain our rapid growth and easily scale our services across
markets,” said Luciano Marino, vice president of B2C, Millicom.
“Millicom is committed to delivering the most innovative
entertainment services in Latin America, and TiVo is the trusted
partner helping us bring our vision to life for our customers.”
“TiVo is proud to partner with Millicom to launch our full
product suite into all seven Latin American countries that Millicom
serves,” said Michael Hawkey, senior vice president and general
manager, User Experience, TiVo. “We have done extensive work to
ensure that our product suite is fully localized to Millicom’s
requirements and will deliver cutting-edge pay-TV user experiences
in the country and around the world. TiVo’s robust product
portfolio provides flexibility, scalability and versatile
deployment options to not only help address Millicom’s diverse
customer segments, but also accelerate their time to market by
helping them quickly deploy in multiple countries.”
Millicom plans to deploy one of the largest portfolios of
next-generation TiVo products by a service provider to-date.
Unified by a consistent user experience, these TiVo products
include: CubiTV – a quick to deploy product with a responsive,
slick experience on cost effective STBs; CubiTV with Experience 3 –
the hybrid entertainment discovery solution that unifies content,
listings and recommendations from linear TV, video on-demand, DVR
and over-the-top (OTT sources); Gateway DVR and Mini – TiVo’s
flagship multi-room products that provide highly personalized
content recommendations and search results; and TiVo for Mobile – a
multi-screen entertainment discovery solution that enables access
to content across multiple platforms and is compatible with most
current Android and iOS smartphones and tablets.
About TiVo
TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO) is a global leader in
entertainment technology and audience insights. From the
interactive program guide to the DVR, TiVo delivers innovative
products and licensable technologies that revolutionize how people
find content across a changing media landscape. TiVo enables the
world’s leading media and entertainment providers to deliver the
ultimate entertainment experience. Explore the next generation of
entertainment at tivo.com, forward.tivo.com or follow us on Twitter
@tivo or @tivoforbusiness.
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