Better customization, reduced search time and improved rendering, myCanal is planning many new features in 2022.
While two-thirds of Canal’s 9 million subscribers use myCanal, the platform plans to make changes in the coming months in order to continue its growth and improve the user experience in a more comprehensive way. One of the next new features is to set up automatic playback of program thumbnails on different media (already available on Apple TV) and also to play trailers when you click on a title like Netflix, announced in lines Parisian, Emmanuel Ferran, Group Digital Director.
With the aim of reducing the estimated search time today by an average of three minutes as much as possible, the platform also offers better customization. Offers nearly 120,000 content including 1100 new content daily, “Three or four layers, edited according to individual tastes” In addition to those already in place such as program playback, recommendation, and playlist. The “MyCanal of…” section, in which characters share their choice of programs to watch, will continue to be developed in the coming weeks.
On the other hand, “To improve streamlining, it is now possible to automatically skip series credits or episodes”, referring to Emmanuel Ferrand. Building on its momentum, myCanal also wants to improve homepage customization as well as navigation fluidity in the near future.
In terms of content, the platform will provide early morning access to France Télévisions and Arte evening programs during the first quarter of 2022, and will offer two previews per week. Programs will also be broadcast before they are broadcast. Today 95% of the time is devoted to watching on myCanal.
As a reminder, new features have appeared recently, such as Play on iOS and Apple TV, This technology allows you to combine your Facetime video call and watch your content live and play back, even remotely. Another option also appeared on the iPhone. baptized slow response time, This allows, once activated in the app settings, to significantly reduce the delay between capturing TV and viewing live broadcasts on your devices, to come close to the current latency observed on TV compared to TNT and satellite. Perfect for watching football, rugby and Formula 1 in almost real time.
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