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ITV Player on Samsung devices

ITV has entered an exclusive fixed term partnership with Samsung to offer the new and improved ITV Player app on the manufacturer’s Android devices. The ITV Player app will be available on a range of Samsung Android tablet and smartphone devices, including the new Galaxy S4, the Galaxy Note 8.0 and the Galaxy Mega, whilst […]

May 9, 2013

Sky leads catch-up, Netflix leads VoD

Decipher has published its quarterly audit of VoD on the major UK DTV platforms and OTT services. One of the key changes in the landscape of UK VoD in the last six months has been the introduction, and then the rapid growth, of catch-up content on Sky. This was historically an area that Sky was […]

May 2, 2013

YouView rolls out software update

New software for the YouView Humax box is now available for retail and BT customers and will be rolled out over the next two weeks. The software will be available on Talk Talk YouView boxes shortly afterwards This software introduces a number of enhancements and new features: – An enhancement to searching for programmes that […]

April 23, 2013

iPlayer tablet views overtake mobile

More TV viewers watched BBC programmes on a tablet computer than a smart phone for the first time in March with 200,000 more views on iPlayer via tablet than phone. The BBC said the landmark was driven by TV shows, rather than radio – proving that tablet computers are rapidly becoming the second screen for […]

April 19, 2013

YouView launch ads banned

ASA, the UK advertising watchdog, has banned YouView’s launch ads after agreeing with Virgin Media that claims the service was ‘unique’ and the ‘easiest’ were false. The ads had run on TV and in the Radio Times. The claims objected to included: “YouView is the easiest way to watch catch-up TV, on your TV” and […]

April 17, 2013

Viewing of free-on-demand TV content up 40%

Rentrak has released its State of VoD Report 2012, which includes four years of VoD analysis from Rentrak’s OnDemand Essentials service. The report shows that the total time spent viewing free-on-demand television content in the US increased by over 40 per cent in 2012 compared to the previous year. Rapidly increasing numbers also show that […]

April 17, 2013

YouGov: UK on demand market saturated

The UK market for on-demand TV is reaching saturation point, with only limited further audience growth potential, according to research from YouGov. It says that instead of looking for new audiences providers should focus on maximising what they get from existing users. According to the researcher, 48 per cent of the online population in the […]

April 11, 2013

262m iPlayer requests in February

BBC iPlayer delivered new record highs for average daily and weekly request numbers in February 2013. Weekly requests averaged 59 million, up from 57 million in January, and across the month there was an average of 8.6 million requests per day. The shorter February month (28 days, compared to January’s 31) resulted in a lower […]

March 28, 2013

Intel TV talking to content owners

Intel, best known for its computer processing chips, is getting closer to launching its own on-demand pay-TV catch-up and ‘live’ TV service. The company is said to be in discussions with Time Warner, NBC-Universal, News Corp, Viacom and others in preparation for the launch of its Intel-based pay-TV service.  CBS’s CEO Les Moonves confirmed last […]

March 27, 2013By Chris Forrester

4oD on Samsung TVs

4oD has landed on Samsung Smart TVs bringing with it 30 days worth of catch-up content as well as access to the 4oD content archive of classic shows. “We’re pleased to be able to extend the availability of 4oD, our successful video on demand service, to Samsung’s Smart TVs as we continue to widen the […]

March 25, 2013