The feud between UK broadcasters and streaming site TVCatchup is headed to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The UK Court of Appeal referred the case, which hinges on the legality of TVCatchup’s business model, to the court after again questioning whether websites should provide real-time channel streaming. TVCatchup retransmits programming from […]
Channel 4 has confirmed its new digital service, branded All 4, on March 30th. The service, which replaces 4oD, and will be available via PC, iPads and iPhones from Monday. All 4 will allow viewers to watch live Channel 4 programmes via the Now function, as well as access past programmes using the On Demand […]
Piksel, a global provider of video monetisation software and solutions, has formed a partnership with the UK’s largest local TV broadcaster, Made Television, launching its first ever VoD catch up service, OnView, and managing the rollout of its online live streams. Using the Piksel Digital Enterprise video platform, Made Television have rolled out four VoD […]
The BBC has put a heart icon on all browser versions of BBC iPlayer and all TV & Radio programme pages that will for the first time allow users to instantly ‘love’ a programme. In a blog post, Philip Almond, BBC’s Director of Marketing and Audiences explains: “If we know what you love we can […]
GulliReplay, the French catch-up TV service from family DTT channel Gulli, set a new audience record in February reaching 20 million views. This represents a 52 per cent growth compared to February 2014 and a 170 per cent increase on February 2013. The replay service is available on all platforms and devices: online, Android and […]
Telefónica’s IPTV service Movistar TV has launched the Ultimos 7 días app (Last 7 days) to enable its viewers access to all content broadcast on the channels over the previous seven days. All Movistar’s users subscribed to Movistar TV Total will be able to access this service through the EPG with the option “Ver programas […]
Digitalsmiths, a TiVo company, has released its Q4 2014 Video Trends Report covering key topics across pay-TV, VoD, OTT, connected devices, and content discovery. Based on the analysis of
ITV has reported pre-tax profits rose 39 per cent to £605 million for the year to December 31st 2014. The UK commercial broadcaster saw revenue rise 8 per cent to £2.59 billion, while net advertising revenue rose 6 per cent to £1.63 billion. Non advertising revenue rose 10 per cent to £1.3 billion, boosted by […]
French catch-up TV consumption increased by 50 per cent in 2014 to 3.7 billion video requests (up from 2.5 billion in 2013). Last year, an average of 10.2 million videos were viewed each month compared to 6.8 million in 2013. Advertising revenues coming from catch-up TV services in 2014 hit
BBC iPlayer has reported that January 2015 was its best month on record with 343 million requests – and at 264 million TV requests this was also BBC iPlayer’s best-ever month for TV viewing. Following the festive period, requests from mobiles and tablets increased to 48 per cent in January – their highest-ever level – […]