TV viewers worldwide are increasingly watching programmes on other screens according to research from Eurodata TV Worldwide. For example – in Canada, 60 per cent of 18 to 34 year olds watched a full TV programme online last month; In France, 6 per cent of web users aged 15 and over are watching TV programmes […]
Recognising the growth in mobile phone ownership and viewing, and the scarcity of quality scripted content in increasingly popular short form episodes, Vivendi is launching STUDIO+, which it claims is the first global premium series offer for mobile screens. STUDIO+ will produce exclusive premium series created specifically for smartphones and tablets and a dedicated App […]
US pay-TV Network STARZ has launched its STARZ digital retail service, providing STARZ streaming subscriptions directly to consumers and offering what it says is the first-ever download capabilities from a premium pay-TV streaming service. For $8.99 per month, fans now have the opportunity to enjoy instant access to more than 2,400 selections each month, including […]
CCS Insight’s latest mobile phones forecast indicates continued but more stable growth over the next five years. The research company expects 2.04 billion mobile phones to be sold in 2016, with smartphones providing the growth. Over the next five years CCS Insight expects smartphone sales to grow from 1.5 billion units in 2016 to 2 […]
Three million viewers aged 15 and above now watch live or catch-up TV each day and average around 1 hour and 40 minutes on a computer, tablet or smartphone. This is 200,000 people more than last year, according to a TV study by Médiamétrie. In comparison, 8 out of 10 still watch TV every day. […]
UK pubcaster Channel 4 has launched All 4’s ‘Watch Live’ feature on Android devices giving users the opportunity to watch live broadcasts from all Channel 4’s channels on their own personal device, wherever they are. This latest feature for Android users arrives just ahead of Channel 4’s first-ever live Formula 1 race, the 2016 Formula […]
While New Zealanders increasingly use mobile devices to watch video content, 3.2 million New Zealanders aged 10+ (84 per cent) are viewing over 23 hours of broadcast TV through their TV sets across a week. In comparison, online New Zealanders spend 15 hours per week using the Internet. The latest New Zealand Multi-Screen Report by […]
England’s Football League has announced that free wi-fi, for a set of official apps, will be made available at select Championship, League One and League Two stadiums. Fans will be able to access club-branded apps to get news, social media content, highlights and betting. The Football League said “the majority” of clubs had signed up […]
In keeping with its strategy of making its content available to all its viewers across as many platforms as possible, Sky is launching a new app just for kids – available from March 31 – designed to offer a safe and fun way for pre-schoolers to nine-year-olds to enjoy the widest range of the most […]
UK multi-play operator EE – now part of BT – has unveiled Recordings To Go, a feature designed to set new standards in how consumers access and watch the TV they love. Claiming a UK first, EE says that TV lovers can select content from any of EE TV’s 70+ free-to-view channels to record and […]