The service was developed by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) of the University in Zagreb, in cooperation with Croatian Telecom
15.6.2012
The new MAXtv Recommender service makes it easier for users to choose relevant content from MAXtv Video Store, the largest IPTV video store in Croatia. Experts from FER and Croatian Telecom teamed up to develop the service which is free and which represents an additional feature of MAXtv Video Store where content is constantly changed and supplemented with new blockbuster movies.
MAXtv Recommender can be found in the main menu of MAXtv Video Store within the category “Recommendations”. During the first activation of Recommender, users can opt for personal or generic recommendations. Personal recommendations are actually personal lists of recommended movies based on the analysis of previous preferences, while generic recommendations refer to the list of most popular movies in the Video Store. Both recommendations offer twenty movies. Besides, viewers can rate movies on a scale of one to five stars and will in this way be recommended to see movies that are similar to those already rated by them.
“The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University in Zagreb has had successful cooperation with Croatian Telecom for nearly four decades. In our opinion, the cooperation in scientific and research and development activities is particularly important. The cooperation with the leading Croatian telecom has led to applicable innovations such as smart Recommender – new MAXtv service which is a 100% Croatian product. I am very pleased that Croatian Telecom is a partner to our scientific and educational institution and that we can jointly contribute to better sharing of knowledge and to the development of science and economy in Croatia.”, said Prof. Nedjeljko Perić, D.Sc., dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University in Zagreb.
“Our long-time cooperation with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University in Zagreb has particularly intensified over the last few years, especially in the field of development of network, information and multi-media technologies. MAXtv Recommender, the project that we have just completed, proves that our joint efforts and cooperation can lead to major, innovative and advanced projects, which is why we are looking forward to the continuation of our cooperation with this renowned scientific and educational institution.”, said Božidar Poldrugač, Member of the Management Board and Chief Technical and Chief Information Officer of Croatian Telecom.
Croatian Telecom has been providing support to the academic community through cooperation on various projects for many years already. In this context, the cooperation with FER is of particular importance. It includes development of projects and studies from the area of BB services, awarding scholarships to talented students, organization and realization of specialist training courses and employees’ training, engaging student trainees, regular lecturers and guest lecturers from HT etc.