In anticipation of going live with a large UK operator customer imminently, video search technology vendor Utelly has inked an intriguing deal for a project with Altice Labs in Portugal to dive into recommendations based on TV subscriber behavioral data. This technology might not sound groundbreaking in itself, yet the announcement has made some otherworldly-sounding promises. Recommendations – remember those? The slowdown in coverage concerning content recommendation engines might well imply the technology has reached the end of the road in terms of how intelligent a recommendation can be. But the way we see it, content recommendations are becoming an increasingly integral pillar in a broader connected home ecosystem – while trendier technologies slide into the spotlight. So why is…