Netflix - Cinematch recommendation algorithm

Time: Sunday Oct 1, 2006

Place: U.S.

Details: Netflix developed and maintains an extensive personalized video-recommendation system based on ratings and reviews by its customers. On October 1, 2006, Netflix offered a $1,000,000 prize to the first developer of a video-recommendation algorithm that could beat its existing algorithm Cinematch, at predicting customer ratings by more than 10%.

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