Pan-European broadcaster RTL Group’s quarterly numbers for the first three months of 2021 show group revenue up 3.9 per cent organically year on year, with reported Group revenue down 4.2 per cent to €1.404 billion ascribed to scope effects and negative exchange rate effects. Thomas Rabe, Chief Executive Officer of RTL Group, says: “Our streaming […]
BT Sport is making Chelsea vs Barcelona in the UEFA Women’s Champions League Final on May 16th available for anyone to watch via a range of platforms, enabling fans to watch the game without a subscription. BT Sport’s coverage from 7.15pm (8pm KO) will be available to watch via the BT Sport App and the […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom is consulting on its provisional views on the market position and impact of BBC Sounds, the Corporation’s streaming media and audio download service that includes live radio, audio-on-demand, and podcasts. The service is now established within the BBC’s audio offer, so Ofcom suggests it is appropriate to take stock of BBC […]
In its submission to UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom’s Small Screen: Big Debate consultation, commercial broadcaster ITV has warned that legislation needs a radical and urgent update for the global online era if the Public Service Media (PSM) system is to continue to deliver for the people of the UK, in the ways Ofcom’s research suggests […]
BT Sport is making next the Non-League Finals Day available for free, allowing football fans to watch both the FA Vase and FA Trophy finals without a subscription on May 3rd. BT Sport’s coverage will be available to watch without a subscription via btsport.com, the BT Sport App, BT TV, the Sky Digital Satellite platform, […]
Atv talks to Martin Bergenwall of Verimatrix about Streamkeeper and the all-new hyper-flexible SaaS Secure Delivery Platform Founder Roy Taylor talks to A-tv about Ryff, the AI driven product placement solution and market. ATV talks to Christian Lefebvre of Technicolor about the changing landscape of OTT and the abiding importance of the STB and […]
Multichannel programmer UKTV has released consolidated viewing figures from the first quarter of the year and announced its highest ever Q1 share of viewing (4.73 per cent) with UKTV Originals continuing to entice viewers. Popular channels Dave, Drama, Gold, Yesterday and Alibi have all experienced growth between January 1 and March 31 as well as […]
In what the pair describe as a landmark transaction, Grupo Televisa and Univision Holdings have announced a definitive transaction agreement in which Televisa’s content and media assets will be combined with Univision to create the largest Spanish-language media company in the world: Televisa-Univision. The combination brings together the two leading media businesses in the two […]
Freeview Australia has launched its free enhanced HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) service, which it says will provide Australians with a more seamless integration between broadcast and on-demand BVoD services. As well as providing a more streamlined way to search and discover a world of free-to-air (FTA) entertainment across more than 35 channels, it also […]
Full series consolidated data for the fourth series of police procedural drama Unforgotten reveals that the average audience has increased by an impressive 3 million viewers on the overnight audience, making it ITV’s most catch-up requested series since drama miniseries The Pembrokeshire Murders. The average audience per episode rose to 8 million viewers across transmissions, […]