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Freeview Play on Sony BRAVIA TVs

Freeview and Sony have announced the successful roll out of Freeview Play on selected Sony BRAVIA TV models. The subscription-free catch-up and on-demand platform provides access to BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4, Demand 5 and UKTV Play. Viewers with compatible Sony TVs will now be able to scroll back from the TV guide to […]

December 5, 2017

Research: Young adults avid catch-up viewers

According to research firm Mediamétrie’s Eurodata TV Worldwide study, Young Adults Report, which highlights the characteristics of 15-34 year olds within the audio-visual landscape of ten countries, those in that demographic are singular viewers who watch TV programmes differently: they avidly watch catch-up and programmes on other screens, with a strong attraction to fiction. In […]

November 30, 2017

iPlayer to deliver Christmas box-sets

In a move that pitches it in competition to SVoD rivals such as Netflix and Amazon, Charlotte Moore, the BBC’s Director of Content, has revealed plans to bring a host of box-sets and classic programmes back to BBC iPlayer to watch over the holiday period. In the lead up to Christmas, fans will be able […]

November 29, 2017

OTT gains momentum in Spain

OTT TV platforms are becoming increasingly popular in Spain with four in every ten Spaniards watching streamed content via a TV set at least once a week, according to the CNMC (The National Commission on Markets and Competition). Netflix has more than doubled its subscriber count in the last 6 months to 1,163,000, up from […]

November 20, 2017From David Del Valle in Madrid

Research: UK driving European VoD revolution

Research from global content services provider TVT Media shows the UK is at the epicentre of the explosion in OTT and VoD services across the European Union and Turkey, as 82 of its 226 OTT platforms – double any other EU nation – are VoD services targeted outside the UK. The research, commissioned by TVT […]

November 15, 2017

Discovery Spain launches OTT service DPLAY

Discovery Spain has launched DPLAY, a free streaming service that allows viewers to watch on demand programmes, documentaries and TV series from the DMax channel at any time and on any device. Viewers, who can registered at DPLAY.es, will also be able to personalise content with their own play lists, save their selections, rate content […]

November 15, 2017From David Del Valle in Madrid

C4 joins European digital ad venture

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has teamed up with three European broadcasters to book pan-European advertising campaigns, allowing it to take on digital ad giants Facebook and Google. The so called European Broadcaster Exchange, which comprises of Channel 4, Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, France’s FT1 and Spain/Italy’s Mediaset, is set to launch early next year. Each of […]

November 14, 2017

ITV slows ad decline

UK commercial broadcaster ITV said it expects Q4 advertising revenues to be up 1 per cent on last year, compared with a decline of 7 per cent across the first nine months of the year. In Q3, advertising sales were down 4 per cent. Overall revenues for the first nine months were down just 1 […]

November 14, 2017

OTT now favourite programme source

More than half of TV consumers say their current favourite show comes from an online TV platform, according to new study from Hub Entertainment Research. Hub’s annual Conquering Content study tracks how TV consumers discover, choose, and watch content. For the first time since tracking began in 2014, viewers are now more likely to say […]

November 9, 2017

Canada: Digital platforms increasingly popular

Canadians are increasingly turning to platforms and devices connected to the Internet for their video and audio content, according to the 2017 Communications Monitoring Report from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Canadians aged 18-34 years old are leading the trend with 23 per cent watching TV exclusively online. Nationally, 13 per cent of […]

November 9, 2017