The EVA Lowdown

The EVA Lowdown

Getting Personal: Optimising the TV Viewing Experience

Tracking the real time emotional heartbeat of proposed personalisation features.

Feb 23, 2026

Getting personal 

Entertainment is emotional. Viewing choices are defined by personal preference. Kindling EVA partnered with a global media and telecommunications client to understand consumers emotions around personalisation and to test emotional response to potential new personalisation features.  

Emotional nuance 

The EVA team tracked and analysed 53 emotional states as respondents interacted with the new UI in real time, delivering page-by-page and feature-by-feature break downs of the emotional response. 

Ideal emotions 

But wait, there’s more. The EVA team were able to deconstruct the emotional DNA of consumer’s feelings towards personalisation, and compare this with the real-time response. As a result, the UX development team were able to improve the design to better meet the emotional needs of their viewers.

The UX emotional toolkit 

  • Moment-to-moment emotional response mapping by feature 

  • Emotional DNA of personalisation

  • Differences by audience 

  • Emotional highs and lows 

  • Respondent reviews 

  • Actionable Insights 

Designing the dream experience 

EVA insights enabled the client UX team to make development decisions grounded in a deeper understanding of their viewers' needs. The data revealed a clear path to optimisation, distinguishing between the moments that frustrate and the features that delight. 

Don’t leave the emotional resonance of your user experience to chance.

Decode the emotional DNA of your next great idea.

At Speed

At Scale

Emotional DNA

Most Nostalgic Concept

Most Exciting Concept

Least Annoying Concept

38% above baseline

Surprise KPI

78%

Rosie, Video Response
Rosie's Review
"I loved the ad. I thought it was really sweet. It reminded me of home."

75%

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0%

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Emotion Zones by Ad

Emissions by Scope

Tracking Rosie's Emotional Response

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Emotion Tracking

Insights

Segments

Journeys

Performance

45% above baseline

Nostalgia KPI

75%

Decode the emotional DNA of your next great idea.

At Speed

At Scale

Emotional DNA

Most Nostalgic Concept

Most Exciting Concept

Least Annoying Concept

38% above baseline

Surprise KPI

78%

Rosie, Video Response
Rosie's Review
"I loved the ad. I thought it was really sweet. It reminded me of home."

75%

50%

25%

0%

Ad 1

Ad 2

Ad 3

Ad 4

Ad 5

Emotion Zones by Ad

Emissions by Scope

Tracking Rosie's Emotional Response

0:00

0:10

0:20

0:30

0:40

0:50

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

Emotion Tracking

Insights

Segments

Journeys

Performance

45% above baseline

Nostalgia KPI

75%

Decode the emotional DNA of your next great idea.

At Speed

At Scale

Emotional DNA

Most Nostalgic Concept

Most Exciting Concept

Least Annoying Concept

38% above baseline

Surprise KPI

78%

Rosie, Video Response
Rosie's Review
"I loved the ad. I thought it was really sweet. It reminded me of home."

75%

50%

25%

0%

Ad 1

Ad 2

Ad 3

Ad 4

Ad 5

Emotion Zones by Ad

Emissions by Scope

Tracking Rosie's Emotional Response

0:00

0:10

0:20

0:30

0:40

0:50

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

Emotion Tracking

Insights

Segments

Journeys

Performance

45% above baseline

Nostalgia KPI

75%