Liberty Global has unveiled Horizon, a wireless media entertainment platform that integrates cable- and web-based personal content on multiple screens and devices throughout the home, the company announced Sept. 8.

  The platform employs a simple interface and a powerful recommendation engine, supporting applications developed for smartphones, tablet devices and Web browsers. Supported by search and recommendation features, the solution aims to combine access to personal media content such as photos, music and movies stored in the home or in a cloud network environment.

   “Over the last 20 years, Liberty Global has been at the forefront of driving technological innovation for its customers in Europe. Both in high-speed broadband and digital interactive television, we have constantly strived to improve our customers’ experience. With Horizon, we’re reinventing television,” Liberty Global President and CEO Mike Fries said during an IBC demonstration.

   Fries added that the company is working with international and national content providers, such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, to develop applications for its standards-based App Store, where subscribers using Horizon will be offered a catalog of Web-based applications that can be integrated with a TV interface.