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Research: Lockdown boosts family TV viewing

Research conducted by Freeview shows that family TV time is back, with British broods now watching 18 hours of TV together every week – four hours more than before the lockdown. In fact, more than half (57 per cent) of Brits said watching TV as a family during lockdown had been a bonding experience, bringing […]

July 14, 2020

Vewd brings live TV to Smart TV with Broadcast Plus

Vewd, a provider of OTT software solutions, has launched Broadcast Plus, a solution that offers smart TV manufacturers an easy-to-deploy, certification-ready broadcaster user experience for both live TV and on-demand content. Broadcast Plus provides the necessary user experience components for live TV including a Programme Guide that merges live, OTT, and catch-up content, a broadcast […]

July 2, 2020

Research: Youngsters value UK PSBs during lockdown  

Young viewers value public-service television as much as older generations, according to research conducted for UK free-to-air platform Freeview. The streaming generation has given a powerful vote of confidence to free-to-view TV as lockdown sees young people placing high value on the four public service broadcasters – BBC, ITV, C4 and Channel 5 –  for […]

June 5, 2020