BBC director general Tony Hall will unveil the next generation BBC iPlayer in a keynote speech on October 8th at Broadcasting House. In the speech, called “Where Next?” Hall will address the technological challenges facing the BBC and, in particular, how it needs to adapt to the consumption of digital content on devices other than […]
BBC Radio 1 is launching its own channel on the iPlayer. The flagship radio station says the new channel will allow fans to watch exclusive performances and interviews not broadcast anywhere else. Content will include music featured in Radio 1’s Live Lounge and at the annual Big Weekend festival as well as interviews with celebrities […]
Sky has confirmed that its catch-up services will expand to include 12 new channels before the end of the year – including Discovery, TLC, E!, Star, Watch, GOLD, Dave, Alibi, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Cartoonito and Sky News. The satellite broadcaster has also beefed up the Sky Box Set Collection, which is available for Sky+HD box […]
The BBC has released iPlayer performance figures for August 2013: The online catch-up service recorded 234 million requests in August, up up 19 per cent on this time last year. Mobile and tablet requests made up 32 per cent of total BBC iPlayer requests – equalling the record set in June this year August saw […]
Australian TV network Ten has launched a new and improved website and app – tenplay – as the first phase of its TV everywhere strategy. The tenplay app is available now on Apple iOS and Sony Bravia, and the Android version will be available later this year. tenplay will also be deployed on hybrid broadcast […]
TalkTalk has confirmed the launch of its Essentials TV proposition. Aimed at Freeview customers looking for a little extra TV but who don’t want to pay a lot, it gives viewers access to catch-up TV via a smaller, lower cost YouView set top box, for £7.50 a month. This is a headline price, not a […]
Live TV-streaming service TVCatchup has introduced a catch-up service, for the UK’s four major TV broadcasters. Despite its name, TVCatchup previously only offered live TV streams after a legal challenge from UK broadcasters suspended its streaming-TV recording service. It has now added content listings for previously broadcast shows on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and […]
Sam Blackman, CEO and co-founder of Elemental Technologies, says the trends are aligning for the company’s solutions, with software, the cloud and IP delivery taking over from dedicated hardware chips, on-premise storage and processing, and legacy distribution. “Only Elemental takes advantage of these three trends, with the most powerful, off-the-shelf platforms in the industry,” he […]
US cable TV provider Cox Communications has revealed that its customers can now enjoy an all-access free pass to the best of autumn TV with the opportunity to catch up on past seasons of popular shows plus get exclusive On-Demand sneak peeks, all in the ‘Fall FreeView’ On Demand until September 29th. With more than […]
Telestream, a provider of video transcoding and workflow solutions, has announced that French television service provider Canal+ selected its Vantage workflow automation platform running on Lightspeed Servers with Pipeline encoding appliances for deployment of a new VoD catch-up service. The opportunity to expand services at Canal+ arose in 2012 when two free-to-air channels became available […]