The release of Normal People has driven BBC Three to its best week ever for programme requests on iPlayer, more than doubling the previous record. In the seven-day period since the series premiered on BBC iPlayer on April 26th, total requests for BBC Three programmes stands at over 21.8 million. The drama, produced by Element […]
Undertaker: The Last Ride, WWE’s new five-episode limited series event will begin streaming on WWE Network this on May 10th immediately following the Money In The Bank pay-per-view. The documentary series gives viewers an unprecedented look at Mark Calaway, the man behind the legendary Undertaker, as he prepares for the final chapters of his storied […]
Young viewers have flocked to Channel 4 since lockdown began with its viewing share amongst 16-34-year olds up +19 per cent in peak-time over the ‘stay at home’ period (March 23rd onward) and up +11 per cent in daytime. Channel 4 says it is the only commercial public service broadcaster to have increased gains with […]
With filming on fresh shows halted, and those in the can likely to run out at some future stage, users of UK commercial PSB ITV’s AVoD service ITV Hub will be treated to classic episodes of their favourite soap operas from Monday May 4th. Vintage episodes of Coronation Street and Emmerdale will be making their […]
Comcast’s Q1 results reveal Sky is suffering through the postponement and cancellation of live sports with the loss of 65,000 subscribers against 112,000 additions in the same period last year. Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch said that “some sort of reset” would be required in negotiating sports rights in future cycles. He said that Sky had […]
Nigel Walley, MD of UK media consultancy Decipher, has called for the UK TV industry to create for a new addressable data body for the free-to-air TV market, suggesting that over half the homes in the UK use a TV platform from one of the ‘free’ platform providers (Freeview, Freesat and YouView) and therefore block […]
The DPP, the media industry’s business network, has published the results of an extensive piece of research into the global supply of content to VoD platforms. Supplying the VoD Revolution defines a reference workflow for the supply of content from distributors and aggregators to platforms. It exposes the pain points felt by implementers of these […]
Freesat, the UK FTA platform, has announced the addition of YouTube Kids to its 4K TV boxes and library of apps. Targeting kids under 13, YouTube Kids has become one of the most popular children’s apps available since its launch in 2015. It offers a range of choice from trusted channels and covers genres such […]
The US Government has published a report that places Saudi Arabia on its Priority Watch List, related in large part to the piracy by beoutQ, while also exceptionally announcing an ‘Out-of-Cycle Review’ into Saudi
Red Dot, produced by SF Studios, is set to be the first Netflix feature film coming out of Sweden, with the cast featuring Nanna Blondell, Anastasios Soulis, Tomas Bergström, Kalled Mustonen, Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Thomas Hanzon and Anna Azcárate. The movie and will be launched exclusively on Netflix globally on a date TBD. Red Dot […]