The BBC’s iPlayer service has recorded its biggest month to date after receiving 315 million TV and radio programme requests in January. It is the first time the catch-up service has passed the 300 million barrier and is a 16 per cent increase on March 2013’s record 272 million requests. January also saw a record […]
Massive Interactive, a specialist in platform software and design for multiscreen TV Everywhere entertainment, has announced the launch of the Demand 5 TV app available on all 2012 and 2013 models of Sony Smart TVs. Using the Massivision MDK, this latest launch follows the delivery of the Demand 5 apps on both Xbox One and […]
Belgian telco Belgacom has launched TV Replay, a new, exclusive service which allows Belgacom TV customers to watch programmes up to 36 hours after they’ve been broadcast, on their TV, computer, tablet or smartphone. In the first phase, TV Replay will offer six channels, and on 15 April, seven other channels will be added. Following […]
Full year TV viewing figures for 2013 compiled by Thinkbox – the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK – show that the TV set remains the centre of people’s TV viewing, accounting for 98.5 per cent of total viewing. Non-TV set screens such as tablets and laptops accounted for the remaining 1.5 per […]
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 […]