Spanish viewers continued to embrace time-shifted television in July 2026, with catch-up viewing accounting for around six minutes of daily TV consumption, according to data from Barlovento Comunicación. The consultancy’s latest report on deferred viewing, based on audience measurement data from Fifty5Blue, shows that watching programmes after their original linear broadcast remains firmly established in […]

Joyn has reported its best ever July performance, reaching 10.6 million viewers. The ProSiebenSat.1 streaming service has thus grown by a solid 17.2 per cent and says it is is now a million users ahead of RTL in Germany. Usage volume remained stable at Joyn in July. Joyn’s biggest titles during the month included: SAT.1 […]

STV, the Scottish broadcaster, has announced a partnership with LG Electronics to make its free streaming service, STV Player, available on LG TVs across the UK. STV Player is home to a catalogue of live and on-demand content from around the world, and, effective immediately, is available on LG TVs, projectors and monitors running webOS […]

ITVX, ITV’s streaming platform has achieved its most successful July on record, delivering over 436 million streams with two days of the month remaining. Total streams for the month rose by 30 per cent year-on-year – representing an increase of 101 million streams compared to July 2025. July also marks the second consecutive month that […]

TF1 group, the French media company, has reported consolidated revenue totalled €993 million in the first half of 2026, down 9.9 per cent year on year and down 6.4 per cent like-for-like and at constant exchange rates. Revenue from the Media segment fell 10.8 per cent year on year to €869 million, reflecting scope effects […]

ZDF and ProSiebenSat.1, the German broadcasters have reached an agreement to integrate ZDF on-demand content into ProSiebenSat.1’s Joyn streaming platform. The operational launch is planned for Q4 2026. Users will gain access ZDF content directly via Joyn. ZDF on-demand content  – range of news, documentaries as well as its culture, factual, and entertainment offerings -will […]

As streaming services face more competition than ever to capture viewers, success is no longer determined by programming alone. With inflation concerns higher than they were a year ago, affordability has become an increasingly important factor in evaluating their monthly spend. Hub Entertainment Research’s annual How to Monetise Video study reveals the key factors that […]

Just three weeks after its launch, the distribution partnership between TF1 Group and Netflix in France has been hailed as “a success”, with audience goals being met much earlier than anticipated. The partnership generated a significant audience boost to streaming service TF1+. On June 25th, a record 8.3 million unique daily streamers were logged, driven […]

The BBC and Channel 4 are in talks with regards to combining their streaming services, so says new director-general Matt Brittin, talking to the Parliamentary culture committee. Brittin called for a British “sovereign platform” to compete with US giants like Netflix and Disney+. He said the BBC had “an approach and a conversation” with Channel […]

S4C’s streaming hours have reached their highest level with significant growth across its social media, the Welsh broadcaster’s annual report reveals. It comes after S4C announced its new five-year strategy in September – More Than a TV Channel – with transforming to a digital-first broadcaster one of its key pillars. Monthly viewing hours of S4C […]