Subscription video on demand (SVoD) services delivered over the Internet continue to feed Australians’ appetite for entertainment with subscriptions reaching 3.7 million at the end of June 2017, a year-on-year increase of 30 per cent, according to a new study by emerging technology analyst firm Telsyte. Telsyte’s Australian SVOD Market Study 2017 found almost half […]
The UK has become a nation of binge viewers, Ofcom research reveals, with eight in ten adults now watching multiple episodes of their favourite shows in a single sitting. The findings are part of Ofcom’s annual Communications Market Report 2017, which reveals stark differences in how older and younger people watch television. Eight in ten […]
TP-Vision – brand licensee for the design, manufacturing and marketing of Philips TVs – has confirmed that the company’s new 6162 and 6262 2017 range of Philips Smart TVs will be the first Philips sets to feature the Freeview Play service in the UK. Freeview Play combines catch-up, on-demand services and live television together in […]
After publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, Regulation (EU) 2017/1128 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 14th on cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market enters into force June 20th, although it will not become enforceable until March 20th 2018. The Regulation centres on the […]
The BBC served 24.1 million stream requests during Wimbledon this year via BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer, making it the most-streamed Wimbledon to date. The most popular match was Rafa Nadal and Gilles Muller’s 66-game epic with 1.4 million requests. With more people streaming this year’s tournament than ever before, BBC Sport also saw record […]
The return of Jane Campion’s acclaimed series Top Of The Lake will be released as a full series on BBC iPlayer. All six episodes of the drama will be available to download or stream on BBC iPlayer from July 27th immediately after it premieres on BBC Two. Top Of The Lake: China Girl is a […]
Research conducted by Broadband Genie has found more than half (60 per cent) of the public believe the TV licence doesn’t offer good value for money. Additionally, it seems many believe the current system is outdated, as 68 per cent say it’s unfair for users to have to pay for a licence if they’re just […]
BBC iPlayer has made it even easier for some viewers to restart live BBC programmes, meaning that tennis fans keen to catch all the action from this weekend’s Wimbledon finals are in luck, even if they’re running late, they won’t miss a moment of the drama from Centre Court. With the push of a single […]
Orange Spain has launched a new VoD service branded Últimos 7 días (last 7 days) that allows subscribers to watch TV content broadcast over the previous week. Over 8,000 titles will be available each week including movies, TV series and programmes. Subscribers to the Premium channels will be able to watch the content across all […]
The Q1 (January-March) 2017 Australian Video Viewing Report – from audience research bodies Regional TAM, OzTAM and Nielsen – shows video viewing behaviour continues to shift with growing content, device and platform choices. The report examines the times of day when Australians watch video as well as the amount of time they devote to doing […]