The BBC, Channel 4 and ITV are joining forces to establish a new service to make their catch-up TV services – BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and 4oD – available as standard on all smart TVs. It was originally envisaged that YouView would be used as the future brand and technology for public service broadcasting, eventually […]
The BBC and other broadcasters are planning to cut their investment in the YouView set-top box, leaving BT and TalkTalk as the major shareholders. This is a blow to a platform which was originally created to safeguard the future of FTA television in the UK. YouView has become the fastest growing TV service in the […]
Channel 4 has announced its database of registered viewers has now reached over 10 million registered viewers, which includes one in two of all 16-24 year olds in the UK. This key milestone in Channel 4’s viewer engagement strategy has enabled Channel 4 to introduce new targeted advertising to VoD, which have helped drive growth […]
S4C, the Welsh-language public-service television channel, is now available via YouView, allowing customers across the UK to watch S4C programmes on demand for up to 35 days following the original broadcast. YouView customers in Wales can already watch S4C programmes through the live service, but from now customers all over the UK will have access […]
Pokemon and Hulu have struck a deal to bring animated titles based on the popular video game franchise to the free Hulu service and the subscription Hulu Plus. All visitors to Hulu.com in the US can now watch the Pokemon Origins animated special, which tells the story in the first videogames, as well as five […]
The BBC’s iPlayer catch-up service saw a record three billion programme requests in 2013 – up 33 per cent on 2012, with 2.2 billion requests for BBC TV shows and 800 million BBC radio requests across all platforms. Rapid growth in mobile and tablet viewing continued throughout 2013. By the end of year, the BBC […]
UKTV has launched seven-day catch-up services on YouView for its free-to-air channels Yesterday and Really. The services, available immediately, allow viewers to access content on both channels through Yesterday and Really branded on demand portals and through YouView’s seven-day scroll back programme guide. Yesterday and Really join UKTV’s entertainment channel Dave on the YouView service. […]
BBC has revealed that Henry ‘The Fonz’ Winkler’s new comedy drama series, Hank Zipzer – which is coming to CBBC on January 28th – will first premiere on BBC iPlayer. Audiences will be able to watch the show a week before it’s aired on CBBC, starting with the first episode being available on January 21st […]
Decipher’s latest VOD Audit report reveals that Apple’s iTunes service comprehensively trounces the competition by offering a total of 65,063 video assets, 193 per cent larger than the next largest service Xbox Video, and 275 per cent larger than
Professional wrestling entertainment company WWE has announced the forthcoming launch of WWE Network, the spectacle’s first-ever 24/7 streaming network. The service goes live in the US on February 24th featuring all 12 WWE live pay-per-view events – including WrestleMania – valued at more than $600 per year for $9.99 per month with a six-month commitment. […]