The latest figures released by Thinkbox – the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK – show that the average TV viewer in the UK watched a total of 3 hours, 51 minutes of TV a day in 2015, 1 per cent less than in 2014 but 5 per cent more than in 2005. […]
ITV Hub and All 4, the free on-demand digital catch-up services from ITV and Channel 4, are now available for all versions of Amazon’s Fire TV. The availability of ITV Hub and All 4 means the complete Fire TV range now offers catch-up services from every one of the UK’s major broadcasters—with apps from the […]
BBC iPlayer and BBC iPlayer Radio had 315 million TV and radio request in January, an increase of 2 per cent month on month. Overall, increases were seen across all devices, most notably on mobile devices. The increases across devices were mostly driven by radio requests, which increased by 15 per cent in January compared […]
The BBC iPlayer TV licence loophole will be closed “as soon as practicable”, the Culture Secretary has confirmed. John Whittingdale said the licence fee, which currently applies only to live TV viewers, will be extended to those watching shows through the online catch-up service. Speaking at the Oxford Media Convention, Whittingdale said: “I will be […]
As an entertainment category, online video is thriving, offering viewers massive amounts of content, highly targeted genres and sub-genres, and bite-sized formats making it easy to watch on the go—all of which has made the category immensely popular with the types of young consumers advertisers covet, according to Hub Entertainment Research. Hub’s recently-released study – […]
Although Apple’s iOS operating system still sees the bulk of TV Everywhere (TVE) authentications, analysis from Adobe Digital Index (ADI) shows TVE consumption slowly moving toward connected devices, such as Apple TV and Roku. According to ADI’s Q4 Digital Video Benchmark report, iOS share of TVE decreased 20 per cent year over year (YoY), while […]
TV advertising revenue in the UK totalled £5.27 billion (€6.76bn) in 2015, up 7.4 per cent on 2014, according to full year revenue figures provided to Thinkbox – the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK – by the UK commercial TV broadcasters. This is the sixth consecutive year that TV advertising revenue has […]
BBC Three has become the first TV channel in the world to make the switch from linear broadcast channel to online-first destination, broadcasting its final linear programme – an episode of popular comedy Gavin & Stacey – in the early hours of February 16. The reinvented BBC Three will offer TV shows to stream and […]
UK commercial pubcaster Channel 5 has rebranded Demand 5, its video on demand service, to My5. At the same time, Channel 5 is expanding the range of content available to viewers on demand, with a range of My5 exclusives and box sets in addition to the ability to catch up with programmes from across the […]
The new version of M6 reply service 6play has cumulated 6 million registered users, M6 Group claims. The group revamped its service last December and for mobile usage on laptops, tablets and smartphones pre-registration is required. The service includes content from channels M6, W9, 6ter as well as from specific digital nets such as Crazy […]