Mark Thompson, President/CEO New York Times, has suggested that the BBC, where he was Director General between 2004 and 2012, has suffered at the hands of British policy makers over the last decade or so, limiting its potential to bring British talent and British ideas to the world’s audiences, calling for a fundamental change in […]
Neil Mortensen, Director of Audiences, ITV, has suggested that TV is now in its third age, characterised by TVs connected to the Internet, time-and place-shift our viewing, with more choice, more quality and control than ever before. Speaking in a panel session on ‘Content, Consumers and Everything In Between’ at the Royal Television Society Cambridge […]
The Asia Pacific online video industry will generate $27 billion (€24.4bn) in advertising and subscription revenue this year, up 24 per cent Y/Y from 2018, according to a new report, Asia Pacific Online Video & Broadband Distribution 2020, from research, advisory and consulting firm Media Partners Asia (MPA). This pie is forecast to expand at […]
Research by Ampere Analysis looks at the rise and rise of SVoD in the Asia-Pac region and, in particular, in Australia and New Zealand. Subscription TV homes in Australia and New Zealand have already reached the inflection point where SVoD outstrips pay-TV. Australia reached this milestone in 2017, and New Zealand in 2018. SVoD has […]
A study by GlobalWebIndex, a supplier of audience insights to the global marketing industry, has found that 30 per cent of fans already anticipate they will use ITV Hub to catch-up on the games. Conducted among 1,967 UK consumers, the survey shows 44 per cent of UK consumers will be watching Rugby World Cup with […]
Recognising that the TV industry is in an age of changing viewing habits, Charlotte Moore, BBC Director of Content, has unveiled a raft of new commissions for BBC One at the Edinburgh TV Festival and spoken about the BBC’s approach to commissioning new programmes. In the last year, BBC One has brought audiences Bodyguard, Line […]
The BBC has vexed a number of television production companies after attempting to extend iPlayer shows from one month to one year – without raising the licensing fees they pay for the content. Earlier this month, Ofcom ruled that the iPlayer service could extend the amount of time box sets could be viewed from 30 […]
Around half of UK homes now subscribe to TV streaming services, according to Ofcom’s Media Nations 2019 report that reveals major shifts in the nation’s viewing habits. The number of UK households signed up to the most popular streaming platforms – Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, NOW TV and Disney Life – increased from 11.2 million […]
Ofcom has confirmed that the BBC can go ahead with planned changes to BBC iPlayer, subject to certain conditions and guidance. The BBC intends to change BBC iPlayer from a 30-day catch up service, to one where programmes are available for 12 months as standard, with some available for longer. As required by the BBC […]
Four new Comedy Shorts have been announced by BBC comedy commissioning, promising a mix of comedy genres, tastes and styles. This year’s Comedy Shorts are titled: Brain In Gear, Lazy Susan, Mandy and Sorry. Shane Allen, Controller Comedy Commissioning BBC says: “These shorts are a fast track way to back generation defining comedy talents to […]