Retail
Streaming Platform Boosts Engagement 40% with AI Recommendations
Deploying an Azure-based recommendation engine that personalizes content discovery across hundreds of thousands of titles and millions of subscribers.
Solution
AI Recommendations
Industry
Telecom, Media & Entertainment
Company Size
Project Overview
client
Regional Streaming Platform
industry
Telecom, Media & Entertainment
solution
AI Recommendations
technologies
Azure Personalizer, Azure AI Search, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Machine Learning, Power BI
duration
5 Months
region
MENA
The Challenge
Generic editorial recommendations were failing to surface long-tail content, leading to high churn after subscribers exhausted hits.
- 1Editorial recommendations missing long-tail content
- 2High post-onboarding churn after subscribers consumed hit content
- 3Limited multi-language and cultural personalization
Our Solution
CloudGate deployed a personalization engine combining collaborative filtering, content embeddings, and contextual bandits.
- Personalized recommendations across home, search, and continue-watching
- Long-tail content discovery via embedding-based similarity
- A/B testing infrastructure for ranking variants
The Results
+40%
ENGAGEMENT LIFT
-18%
SUBSCRIBER CHURN
+3x
LONG-TAIL CONSUMPTION
- Personalization now drives 65% of total viewing time
Technologies Used
Azure PersonalizerAzure AI SearchMicrosoft FabricAzure Machine LearningPower BI
