ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, has revealed that its on-demand service the ITV Hub has over 30 million registered users. The Hub has increased from 21 million registered users in October 2017 and 26 million this time last year to reach over 30 million users well ahead of ITV’s previously announced target of hitting that […]
The BBC is preparing a complete revamp of iPlayer as it prepares for more global SVoD competition. The BBC now says it expects iPlayer to eventually become the main way people view its programmes. Shows will now be made available by default for up to a year, rather than the 30-day limit. iPlayer had a […]
Multichannel programmer Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and UK multiplay operator Virgin Media have agreed a new multi-year distribution deal in the UK and Ireland spanning TV channels, on-demand rights and a range of new streaming applications. The renewed partnership ensures Virgin Media customers will continue to enjoy access to some of their favourite TV […]
DTH provider Dish TV India has collaborated with Amazon Prime Video to offer Prime Video app to its Dish TV and d2h subscribers on its upcoming hybrid set-top box. The deal will enable Dish TV and d2h subscribers seamlessly to access Amazon Prime Video app on their TV and enjoy Amazon’s latest and exclusive blockbuster […]
Foxtel and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) have announced an expansion of their long-standing relationship, with ABC iview to join the suite of on demand services available through Foxtel’s IQ3 and IQ4 set top boxes. Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany said: “We are very pleased to be expanding our relationship with the ABC. It will see […]
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 […]