There is nothing out of the ordinary about the top two or even three pay TV operators in a single market deploying very similar components from a similar crop of best of breed technology suppliers. But to deploy the same niche AI-based software for electronic program guide correction, that is unusual. Big operators with even bigger egos don’t typically like to be branded as copycats. This was our first impression following the announcement that Altice Portugal’s MEO brand has gone live with EPG Correction technology from Dutch vendor Media Distillery, 18 months after rival pay TV operator NOS Portugal did the same. The green-eyed monster has awoken at Altice Portugal, with the incumbent clearly spotting something NOS has that it…