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So YouTube want better recommendations?

Posted by: David on: August 23, 2009

was drawn to the story on YouTube trying to “avoid Van Halen fatigue” by improving recommendations.
My team at The Filter have been delivering recommendations based on behavior and consumption (rather than based on key words/tags) for some of the biggest video companies on the web (US TV networks and video aggregators). So, we know [...]

Huge growth in video consumption

Posted by: David on: August 14, 2009

Just seen the latest Nielsen numbers for video consumption on Mashable. In the US alone, there were 11.2 billion video streams in July – that’s some 31% growth compared to the year before. Mashable dig further into the stats pointing out that “there were 135.9 million unique viewers of online video… that means that the [...]

Online video to dominate our living rooms?

Posted by: David on: July 21, 2009

I was reading NewTeeVee’s quarterly review – it highlights two main facts: (i) we are buying more and more “living room” devices that are capable of playing online video (e.g. set top boxes, games consoles) – projections are for 57 million devices to be sold in 2009 in the US, and (ii) cable operators are [...]

Music streaming services growing fast in the UK

Posted by: David on: July 9, 2009

Every week there’s a news alert about ‘ad funded music services’ Spotify or We7 reaching new milestones for user numbers. Last week Spotify announced 2 million UK users, this week it’s We7’s turn to announce 2 million unique users.
I am chuffed to bits to see two European-based music businesses growing so rapidly. These guys [...]


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Hi, I am David Maher Roberts - digital media expert and CEO of The Filter, a sophisticated recommendation and relevance engine backed by Peter Gabriel and Eden Ventures.

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