Picking up on a theme of linear on-demand viewing, Portuguese cable operator NOS has injected its pay TV platform with Deep Content Understanding technology from Dutch vendor Media Distillery to create engaging new viewing experiences. Faultline has, however, spotted a glaring omission from this latest venture. We have come to associate Media Distillery as a specialist in applying a mix of machine learning techniques to identify visual and audial aspect data inside video – including faces, speech, objects, logos, and text. Using its Deep Content Understanding software to identify what comprises a piece of content, Media Distillery claims this is the most efficient way of yielding accurate results to determine relevant topics, events, or specific time markers in real-time. This…