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 […]
Sky’s NOW TV box can now access 4oD catch up on the latest Channel 4 shows. 4oD is the latest terrestrial catch-up TV service to launch on the NOW TV Box, which already offers access to BBC iPlayer and Demand 5, adding over 3,000-hours of content to the NOW TV box for customers to enjoy […]
Customers of upc cablecom, Switzerland’s largest provider of TV, can watch programmes they have missed with up to 30 hours’ delay. Thanks to upc cablecom’s new replay function, all programmes can be paused, watched in slow motion, fast forwarded and rewound. The replay function includes 77 channels – 30 of those in HD – which […]
Newly released insights from Kantar Media’s futurePROOF study on the ownership and use of digital technologies and media in Britain reveal that, whilst most people currently prefer to watch “must-see TV” at the time of broadcast, the signs are that this will soon change. According to the futurePROOF study, half of the British adult population […]
HD and 3D TV are failing to impress, as the UK’s TV viewers put digital recording features, on-demand content and subscription-free viewing on their list of ‘must have’ TV features, according to research from set-top box provider Humax. The survey of 2,000 UK adults reveals
In what it describes as one of the most important developments in its five year history, Australian DTT platform Freeview has announced plans to unveil the most advanced free-to-air EPG service ever seen in Australia with the launch of FreeviewPlus in the first half of 2014. The FreeviewPlus service will provide Australian viewers with a […]
BSkyB has revealed that its Sky 1 travelogue programme The Moaning of Life, featuring television personality Karl Pilkington has become the biggest home-grown show on Sky 1 so far this year, as well as generating record On Demand and Sky Go viewing figures. Writing in the Sky Views blog, Stuart Murphy, Director, Entertainment Channels, notes […]