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France: Catch-up continues to grow

Catch-up TV totalled 506.9 millions views in July in France, down 7 per cent over one month but up 1.5 per cent over the year to 3.9 billion videos viewed. Some 79.5 per cent of French broadband users watch catch-up, and  TV remains the most popular device to watch on. According to the CNC monthly […]

October 2, 2017From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

NFL, Facebook agree clips deal

The National Football League and Facebook have agreed a multiyear deal to deliver official NFL video and other types of content to fans around the world. The NFL will publish NFL Game Recaps and official highlights from all 256 regular season games as well as the playoffs and Super Bowl that will be available to […]

September 27, 2017

iPlayer adds ‘From the Archive’ category

The BBC has added a new category – From the Archive – to its iPlayer streaming service. Some 450 programmes from the BBC’s vast archive are available at launch, including a wide range of programmes from 1946 to present day. It will feature footage which hasn’t been shown since first broadcast, including collections such as […]

September 26, 2017

Study: Mobile viewing drives better experience demand

Digital video consumption is viral and, according to a new study released by IBM and IBC, with more than half of the 21,000 consumers surveyed using mobiles every day to watch streaming videos, and that number is expected to grow 45 per cent in the next three years. Today, the

September 15, 2017Colin Mann @ IBC

Harmonic: Well-placed for OTT boom

Video delivery technology and services specialist Harmonic has declared itself well- placed to work with its broadcaster customers seeking to offer OTT services in addition to their linear services. Outlining the company’s product and service launches at a pre-IBC briefing, Andy Warman, Director of Market Development, suggested that Harmonic was leading the OTT charge, in […]

September 15, 2017Colin Mann @ IBC

Sony’s POP Fun on Freesat, YouView, BRAVIA TVs

Sony Pictures Television Networks has announced that POP Fun, its 7-day catch-up service for its portfolio of kids channels, will now be accessible via YouView on Sony BRAVIA Android TVs and on Freesat. Top shows from SPTN’s kids channels, POP, Tiny Pop and POP Max – ranging from Power Rangers to My Little Pony – […]

September 14, 2017

BBC Three chief hails online success

Damian Kavanagh, Controller, BBC Three, has declared that the service’s move to online from a linear channel has been a success, noting that BBC Three has more than doubled its total brand reach and seen phenomenal growth on social platforms, producing original content with true public purpose. Speaking at a meeting of the Broadcasting Press […]

September 7, 2017By Colin Mann

Millennials watch more time-shifted content than live TV

Millennials (ages 18-34) watch more time-shifted content through self-recording or on-demand (55 per cent) than live TV (45 per cent), according to a study from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The Exploring Preferences for Personalized Content Consumption Experiences Study also shows that only 35 per cent of those over the age of 35 watch time-shifted […]

September 6, 2017

Blaze content for My5

Channel 5’s VoD catch-up service, My5, has agreed a deal with A+E Networks UK to offer content from the Blaze channel. My5 is home to the most popular programming from across the Channel 5 network of channels – 5STAR, 5USA and Spike. These offer programme titles such as Blind Date, Big Brother and Lip Sync […]

September 4, 2017

iPlayer mobile and tablet requests increase YoY

New crime drama series In The Dark was July’s top programme on BBC iPlayer. The first episode was made available from July 11th, and received 1.6 million requests over the rest of the month. The figures from the BBC also reveal that BBC iPlayer received 236 million requests for TV content in July, with viewing […]

August 18, 2017