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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

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