Channel 4 has removed all of its long-form content from YouTube as it focuses on its own service 4oD. The broadcaster has pulled thousands of hours of shows from C4, E4 and More4 from its YouTube channel, but said it will continue to offer short-form content via new ventures such as 4Shorts and Mashed. C4 […]
The BBC has reported it received 102 million iPlayer requests for TV and radio programmes between December 21st and January 1st, with 80 million for TV and 22 million for radio. This is a 32 per cent year-on-year rise, although the BBC has measured one extra day this year compared to 2012. New Year’s Day […]
Sky IQ, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BSkyB specialising in TV viewing behaviours, has published a range of predictions for 2014 from the musings of Liam Plowman Strategy & Propositions, Sky IQ Customer Intelligence Services. These predictions include TV advertising becoming as personalised as online, new ad releases being hotly anticipated throughout the year; not just […]
From January 6th, ABC will require viewers to sign in with their cable account information if they want to watch new episodes of the network’s shows online the day after they air on TV. The US TV network said: “Pay TV service providers are a key part of the television industry in delivering broadcast content […]
BBC iPlayer requests in November were up 27 per cent on 2012 to 263 million requests, making it the third biggest month on record (behind only January and March 2013 following last year’s Christmas boost) Mobile and tablet requests remained stable at 36 per cent of total requests, while computers delivered 38 per cent. The […]
TV is increasingly watched on catch up long after shows originally air, and broadcasters are trying to get paid for more of those views. Leslie Moonves CEO of CBS told the UBS Global Media Conference in New York that advertisers are increasingly willing to pay for those audience members who watch via who watch via […]
The BBC is to launch five new subscription-free HD channels on December 10th. The new channels: BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, CBeebies HD and CBBC HD will be available on Freeview HD, Freesat HD, YouView, Sky HD and Virgin Media. Viewers will also be able to catch-up on HD programmes from […]
Horse & Country TV, the specialist international equestrian sports and lifestyle network, has appointed Simplestream to power its new H&C TV Everywhere service. H&C TV Everywhere uses Simplestream’s Media Manager to allow subscribers to watch H&C’s television channel, live and on-demand, across computers, mobiles and tablets. Media Manager is the only OTT platform specifically designed […]
The BBC iPlayer has released its performance pack for October 2013, revealing that the catch-up service saw 261 million BBC requests in October – up 23 per cent on October last year, with 199 million TV requests – the third highest figure ever recorded. Mobile and tablet requests increased to
Analysis of Sky’s October viewing figures reveals that Karl Pilkington, The Moaning of Life, is Sky 1 HD’s biggest show of the year so far. The series launched with a total audience of nearly 2.5 million, with around 200,000 watching through Sky Go. Writing in the Sky Views blog, Stuart Murphy, Director, Entertainment Channels, said […]