LOVEStv, the joint FTA HbbTV platform sponsored by Spanish broadcasters Atresmedia, Mediaset and RTVE, has started streaming and aims to be integrated into over 2 million TV sets by year end. The platform is available on TV sets equipped with HbbTV 1.5 technology, through the main manufacturers LG, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Sony and Vestelde. The […]
Entertainment technology specialist netgem.tv has launched its next-generation of smart TV service. Combining its new app-powered TV personalised service, which will be available on iOS/Android bundled with the UK’s first Freeview and 4K media streamer – the NetBox 4K -, to bring TV streaming experience to a new level for UK consumers. Promising to offer […]
The CBS AMC UK Channels Partnership, a joint venture between AMC Networks International and CBS Studios International, has announced the launch of two new on-demand players – Horror Bites and CBS Catchup Channels UK. Horror Bites and CBS Catchup Channels UK will be available via Freeview Play devices, rolling out from December 6th. Freeview Play […]
David Wheeldon, Group Director of Policy and Public Affairs for Sky, has suggested that that UK’s public service broadcasters (PSBs) should be working with platforms to make their content available in all ways that viewers want and can discover it, rather than keeping it in proprietary walled garden apps then demanding those apps are prominent […]
Following earlier disagreements over content distribution, French commercial broadcaster TF1 have agreed a fresh, global distribution arrangement that allows the Canal + Group to include all TF1 Group channels in its offerings, as well as associated non-linear services. It reinforces the partnership between the two groups by highlighting a proposal for enriched services on all screens […]
Five million French TV viewers aged four and above watch online content on a daily basis, be it live or catch-up – an increase of 28 per cent over two years – reports Médiamétrie. Among them, 3 million watch from a TV set via an IPTV connection. This growth has been driven by mobility and […]
Netflix’s rapid growth in the UK seems set to continue, according to the latest edition of ScreenThink, a syndicated market tracker from research and strategy consultancy MTM. With over 9 million subscribers by the end of Q1 2018, Netflix looks set to exceed 10 million subscribers this year, if it can keep churn levels down […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has directed the BBC to conduct a ‘public interest test’ (PIT) to assess properly the value and potential impact on other broadcasters of a number of changes to the BBC iPlayer the Corporation wishes to make, having provided its plans to Ofcom for consideration. In order to protect fair and effective […]
The BBC has revealed that Sir David Attenborough’s latest series, Dynasties, will be available in Ultra HD on iPlayer from November 11th. Each episode of the series, which follows individual animals including lions, chimpanzees, and emperor penguins, at the most critical period in their lives, will be available to stream through the iPlayer following their […]
Marking its third specialist OTT service, US TV network CBS has launched ET Live, a free 24/7 direct-to-consumer streaming network dedicated to all things entertainment. Developed in close collaboration between CBS Interactive and CBS Television Distribution’s entertainment news magazine Entertainment Tonight, ET Live expands the Entertainment Tonight brand beyond television, catering to entertainment super-fans with […]