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. […]
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 […]