Voice management of TV content gaining in popularity

During this time voice management – which can be used to search for content by title of a film, show or series, or by the name of an actor – has become extremely popular, as more than 130,000 users are using the NEO platform. Three quarters of TV viewers use voice management every day, issuing over 200,000 different voice commands every month, with a third of them using the time shift service when watching TV content. On average, a user watches 6.6 hours of video content per day.

​Telekom Slovenije continues to upgrade the NEO platform, and in the first ten months of the year, the number of users went up by a third.

Voice search is most used for cartoons

NEO platform users most often use voice search to find cartoons. More than a half of voice commands are related to changing channels (by saying the channel name), and more than a third are actual content searches, for example looking for films, shows, actors, video on demand services, apps, and similar. The rest are so-called technical commands that allow users to record a show, change their profile, change the volume, manage their smart home or say the number of the channel they want to watch. Over the past year, the use of voice search has gone up by 65%, and in October and November of this year it has surpassed 10 million voice searches per month.

Cloud gaming exclusively on NEO

Besides managing content and smart home devices, NEO also launched cloud gaming in February. Telekom Slovenije struck a partnership with Gamestream, the leading global provider of cloud gaming, providing its subscribers to television services with the option of playing leading games. Top 3 most popular games at the moment are Aqua Moto Racing Utopia, WRC 6 FIA World Rally Championship and MotoGP™17. Currently 104 games in different genres are available, and the only thing users require is a game pad.

280 TV channels, 52 radio stations, 1426 films and series, 14 programme options

Besides the vast selection of TV and radio content NEO also brings more than 30,000 different pieces of content in programme options, such as DKino, HBO, Minimax+, DaVinci, Pickbox Now, and users can also access YouTube through their NEO Smartbox STB. NEO also ensures that children's entertainment remains safe, as they can find a selection of content for them in the Children's Park hub, and parents can limit the content available to their child to what is age-appropriate for them.

A free festive upgrade of all programming options until mid-January

During the holidays, between 15 December and 16 January, Telekom Slovenije will give its TV subscribers (IPTV) an upgrade to their programme options free of charge. This means the following channels will be available free of charge:

Channels for children: Nickelodeon, Nick Toons, Nick Jr.;
Channels for fans of film and entertainment: HGTV, TV 1000, Epic drama, Cinestar TV 1, Cinestar TV Action&Thriller, Cinestar Fantasy, Cinestar TV Premiere 1, Cinestar TV Premiere 2, Fox Movies, 24 kitchen, Kitchen tv;
Channels for fans of documentaries and popular science shows: Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery TLC, Discovery ID Xtra, Travel Channel, Viasat History, Viasat Nature, Viasat Explore, National Geographic Wild, Curiosity Channel;
Channels for fans of sports: Eurosport 1, Eurosport 2, Arena Sport 1, Arena Sport 2, Arena Sport 3, Arena Sport 4, Arena Fight, Arena eSport;
Channels for fans of music: MTV HD, MTV 00's, Club MTV, MTV Hits, MTV 90's, MTV 80's.