What we do
Clients
News
The CNC publishes Arvester data as part of its VOD Observatory
For the second year running, the VOD Observatory includes a section on prominence
Grégoire Bideau
January 31, 2025
CNC and Arcom publish Arvester data in report on AVMS directive
Our data was used to measure the visibility of titles funded via investment obligations
Grégoire Bideau
November 27, 2024
La découvrabilité dans l’audiovisuel
Une formation pour maîtriser un enjeu majeur de régulation, fondamental pour garantir la diversité culturelle en ligne.
Steven Tallec
October 15, 2024
The 50 most prominent titles on Netflix in August 2024
Read a sample of our frequent reports on the visibility of titles on VOD services
Grégoire Bideau
September 18, 2024
Arvester data included in the CNC’s annual VOD observatory
We took a look for the CNC at the visibility of French titles on VOD.
Steven Tallec
January 25, 2024
Public policy
Our knowledge of regulatory frameworks in the cultural industries is built through close ties with policy-makers.
Discoverability
We were the first to measure the prominence of titles on streaming interfaces and we now offer a full suite of services in this field.
Artificial Intelligence
Is AI a threat or an opportunity in the cultural industries? Our expertise in both the technical and regulatory aspects of AI gives us a unique viewpoint.
Cultural diversity
We advise our clients on the use of metadata and various machine learning applications to measure cultural diversity online.
Research
Tackling streaming’s analytical blind spot: content prominence
Content availability and audience metrics do not tell the whole story.
Grégoire Bideau
February 27, 2024
Our visibility score explained
We give each title a score that corresponds to its degree of visibility. Here's how that works.
Grégoire Bideau
February 13, 2024
Events
Notes from the VOD Research Workshop in Utrecht
Arvester was invited to participate in a research workshop at the University of Utrecht
Grégoire Bideau
September 16, 2024
Cultural diversity talks in Geneva
Arvester took part in a round table organised by the OIF and UNESCO, as part of WSIS+20 Forum
Steven Tallec
June 11, 2024
Notes from Montreal
Arvester was selected to be part of the French delegation to MTL Connect in Montreal.
Steven Tallec
October 13, 2023
Our story
2025
We were awarded a grant by the CNC to develop an AI-powered methodology, thus widening the scope of our analytics product to the music industry.
2024
France's two biggest institutions for film and TV, the Arcom and the CNC, have started to include our metrics in their reports.
2023
Building on what we learned, we launched Arvester to explore real-world applications for measuring the visibility of content online.
2022
We developed the first method for measuring content prominence on Netflix, and used it to ascertain whether European titles are visible to users who don't watch them.
2020
We co-founded the Chaire PcEn at the Sorbonne, a research lab funded by third parties, among which Arte, Netflix, Prime Video, the French Ministry of Culture, SACD...