United Cloud Wins AI Solution Of The Year At The 2024 Streaming Media European Innovation Awards

Leon: AI-driven innovation

Leon is a unified platform for managing and securely storing United Cloud’s and external machine learning models. It enables seamless integration of new ML models as services across various platforms and the deployment of AI-driven solutions.

The awarded solution integrates with Gladiator, our AI-based antipiracy platform. This tool addresses the growing challenge of multimedia content protection, using AI to detect pirated streams, recognize TV platforms and channel logos, and generate reports automatically. 

Learn more about the awarded solution from the official submission

In the world of OTT streaming, sophisticated AI solutions are critical to combating piracy from the source to the end-user, protecting content owners' assets.

Technical details of the awarded solution

The AI solution uses an advanced neural network architecture to automatically detect TV channel logos and platforms without human intervention.

By analyzing streams across Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), it identifies pirated content, collects evidence, and generates detailed reports.   This model processes a vast array of content sources—cable, satellite, and streaming—and continuously expands its scope of TV shows and programs. It was developed and trained by our expert engineers in Slovenia and Serbia, reaching production in 2023.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who voted for us and to our dedicated Leon team for bringing AI to the forefront of our innovation roadmap. Congratulations to all winners and innovators who are shaping the future of our industry!

Related links: Streaming Media Europe Winners Official Announcement 

More AI solutions from United Cloud: "Skip intro" for EON TV 

Leon also powers the "Skip Intro" feature on our TV platform, launched in all markets under the EON TV brand. Leon marks the intro segments for all TV show episodes in EON TV’s catalog and its library of on-demand assets, and the expansion of the TV shows database the model is trained on is constant.

The machine model performs TV show intro identification, allowing subscribers to skip them with a single click, enhancing on-demand viewing experience for its subscribers.

Automated and accurate detection, labeling, and categorization of recurring content make content management more efficient, resulting in time-saving, consistency across the dataset, and minimization of human errors and variations. Data labelling capabilities are scalable, accommodating increased content volumes without proportional resource increase.

About SportsZone: finalist in the content delivery & distribution category 

SportsZone, United Cloud’s ecosystem of sports widgets, offers an immersive sports media experience. This solution is available on the EON TV platform and seven regional sports websites, delivering live updates, detailed match statistics, and exclusive insights for major events like Euro 2024.

With record-breaking engagement during major sports events, SportsZone continues to set new standards for sports content distribution, enhancing user experience and driving content consumption. 

About Octopus: finalist in the QoE/QoS platform category about 

Octopus is a comprehensive platform for Quality of Experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS) management, providing telecommunications operators with advanced diagnostic tools and predictive analytics to enhance network performance and customer support.

The QoE module enables remote troubleshooting via screen sharing with users' set-top boxes while the QoS module monitors performance across all client devices, using predictive analytics to address issues before they affect users.

Deployed across eight service providers and managing 850,000 devices, Octopus significantly reduces the need for on-site visits, increasing customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

About United Cloud

As part of United Group, United Cloud is responsible for service innovation across the Group’s geographical footprint, delivering unified platforms, services, and user experiences for its telco and media businesses.

Besides the latest technology and an end-to-end approach to innovation, United Cloud’s key differentiator is its responsibility for all stages of product development, from initial research to integration to support within the portfolio of 14 proprietary solutions.