Following its recent launch of Sky News, Roku has announced the addition of Demand 5 to its streaming entertainment library in the UK. Available immediately, Demand 5 on Roku lets customers access Channel 5’s full range of catch-up content as well as an extensive library of programmes including Big Brother, Dallas, CSI and Neighbours – […]
Channel 4 has launched a new mobile offline viewing service for 4oD, its catch-up VoD platform. The free feature, supported by ads, gives viewers the opportunity to download and catch up with many of their favourite Channel 4 shows from the last 30 days – on the move, on their smartphone or tablet. The mobile […]
The BBC’s iPlayer received a record level of mobile traffic in June, whilst viewing on PCs dropped to an all-time low in terms of viewing percentage. The BBC reports that a record 32 per cent of total iPlayer programme requests for TV and radio in June came from mobile and tablet devices, with 44 per […]
Findings in the 2013 BFI Statistical Yearbook record a growth of 50 per cent in the UK’s Video on Demand (VoD) market, which the film industry trade body says has implications for the whole film industry value chain. The Yearbook highlights significant changes in the way audiences enjoy films, with changing demographics of cinema audiences, […]
Anevia, a specialist in video streaming and infrastructure solutions for OTT, live TV and VoD, has confirmed that Arkwest, an Arkansas based telco provider, has deployed Viademand, Anevia’s VoD streamer as part of a global VoD service replacement project. With this VoD platform, Arkwest is looking to capitalise on a new platform to guarantee its […]
A seven-day catch-up service for popular entertainment channel Dave is now available through on demand TV service YouView. The service viewers to access content on the channel through a Dave-branded on demand portal and through YouView’s seven day scroll back programme guide. Dave forms part of UKTV’s network of 10 channels and is well known […]
Brightcove, a global provider of cloud content services, has revealed that Yahoo!7 has teamed with Brightcove to deliver a technology platform for online video consumption and monetisation in Australia. Through the partnership, Brightcove Video Cloud enables Yahoo!7 to deliver high-quality catch-up TV, including long and short-form content, to viewers throughout Australia across desktops, smartphones and […]
Subscribers to major subscription video services watch four times as many TV shows as movies – and they are just as likely to gravitate to old Star Trek episodes as something from the past year. These are among the findings of a new GfK report that defines the actual viewing habits and preferences of subscribers […]
The arrival of the latest season of Game of Thrones on blinkbox helped the Tesco-owned movie and TV streaming service to a record breaking day on July 15th. Fans who missed out on the show when it was aired on Sky Atlantic earlier in the year have flocked to the service to see the Great […]
Chinese VoD platform YOU On Demand has received an initial $4 million investment from the Chinese mobile video service provider C Media, with the right to make an additional investment of between $12 million and $21 million. C Media’s investment is meant to assist YOU On Demand with its push into the mobile video space. […]