Stellar Lab, the Cloud-based media processing and compliance division of Stellar Entertainment, has introduced Cosmo Vision, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assisted content compliance screening technology. Cosmo Vision has been developed to make the screening of inflight entertainment (IFE) content a faster and more tailored process, while increasing the volume of IFE content that can be handled at any one time.
This speed is important, as IFE content requirements and guidelines can vary between airlines, markets and distributors, meaning any single entertainment title can require several reviews with different parameters. Stellar Lab says that Cosmo Vision can save time by screening IFE content titles against each customer’s own criteria rather than a generic benchmark.
The Cloud-native Cosmo Vision system, which can run 24/7, is capable of processing multiple titles at the same time, with capacity scaling as demand grows. This time efficiency means that much larger volumes of content can move through the process, with each title reviewed to the same standard.
For airlines working toward a change in the IFE content cycle, and distributors working to fixed windows, this gives them more time in their schedules. Stellar Lab says the screening process runs entirely within its secured, TPN Gold Star Shield–certified environment, so customer content stays protected throughout and is never used to train AI models.
The development of Cosmo Vision drew on current scientific research in multimodal video understanding, so visual content, dialogue, and subtitle text are analysed as related signals rather than in isolation. That research sits alongside Stellar’s own experience in IFE content processing, and the technology has been tested across a broad range of customer requirements and editorial guidelines.
While AI carries out the initial analysis, the final content compliance decisions remain with Stellar Lab’s screening specialists, who assess the findings in the appropriate context and apply their experience and judgement.
The process is simplified though, as each review opens with any potential compliance points already identified and time-coded, giving the specialists a map of the title before they begin work. The company stresses that the AI process does not replacing the human review.
“The volume of content moving through inflight entertainment has grown, and compliance screening requires a high level of detail and judgement. Those requirements can vary significantly depending on where and how content will be shown,” said Jono Fagg, senior technology strategist at Stellar Entertainment.
“Cosmo Vision gives our teams a more intelligent way to manage that complexity, helping them find what needs attention faster and work across much greater volumes of content, while keeping the final decision with the specialists who understand the content and its context.”
Cosmo Vision is the first release under Cosmo, Stellar’s range of proprietary AI technologies. Further technologies are in development across Stellar’s services and internal workflows.
