These unprecedented times have seen the vast majority of Brits spending much more time at home than usual, and with more time on their hands, viewers are turning to BBC iPlayer in record-breaking numbers. The BBC reports that: BBC iPlayer’s biggest-ever day was May 10th, with 22.5 million requests, and 1.1 million requests for the […]
With the lockdown in place throughout April in the UK, it is no surprise that consolidated 7-day TV set viewing for the month was high. The average number of minutes viewed daily in April was over 3 and half hours per person, at 211 minutes according to BARB. This was the highest monthly level since […]
France’s TV regulator the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) and its partners within the Observatory of audiovisual equipment for households in mainland France have revealed its latest findings for television and radio, two media which it says are of major importance during the health crisis. According to the CSA, trends observed in recent years are […]
Channel 5 has announced that its AVoD service, My5, has achieved its strongest ever week of viewing, overtaking week 4 of 2016 when Big Brother drove 65 per cent of all streams. For the week commencing April 27th, the streaming platform was up 59 per cent week-on-week and up 184 per cent year-on-year. Drama was […]
A new collection of classic Coronation Street and Emmerdale soap opera episodes will be launching on BritBox, the UK SVoD service created by the BBC and ITV, from May 14th. Over thirty of the best episodes of Coronation Street and Emmerdale will be launched on the service. Episodes have been hand-picked and showcase the most […]
As previously revealed, with Euro 2020 postponed until next year, AVoD service ITV Hub has raided its archives to provide football fans with a slice of sports nostalgia as the platform unearths every match from 1996’s tournament, hosted in England, for Euro 96 Relived. Airing from May 11th, ITV Hub takes a trip down sporting […]
Claiming to be Switzerland’s first 24/7 digital TV channel, Blick TV, is running on Brightcove Live and Video Cloud. The newly-launched TV channel – which falls under media group Ringier – offers viewers both a live and video on-demand viewing experience online at Blick.ch, as well as in the Blick app for mobile devices (iOS […]
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 […]
The team at Ampere Analysis is publishing a regular podcast discussing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the entertainment industry and has shared a top line summary of what it means for the entertainment industry now, and for a post-lockdown future: TV providers increase free offerings: Alexios Dimitropoulos, Senior Analyst Pay-TV operators have increased […]
Scrubs, the celebrated US medical-comedy, is arriving on All 4 from May 1st in a distribution deal with The Walt Disney Company. Scrubs follows the life of intern John Dorian (Zach Braff) as he starts his medical career at Sacred Heart Hospital, which is bursting with eccentric staff and patients. His experiences and encounters with […]