Channel 5 has signed four content partnership deals for its streaming service, My5, bringing 1500 additional hours to the platform over the next year. Content partnerships have been secured with PBS America, Together channel, Little Dot Studios and BET, whose programming will appear on the platform later this month. Channel 5 struck the first deal […]
New Zealand digital terrestrial TV service Freeview has commenced roll-out of a new On Demand TV Platform to replace the existing FreeviewPlus service. Implemented in collaboration with leading New Zealand broadcasters (TVNZ, MediaWorks, Māori Television and RNZ), the new platform supersedes the broadcasters’ own TVNZ OnDemand, ThreeNow and Māori Television On Demand apps previously linked […]
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform currently has over 10 million viewers a day, according to the company’s data pulled from its STBs which are present in almost 4 million homes. The average TV consumption on the platform is just over 200 minutes a day, with 20 per cent of this time dedicated to watching catch-up TV content. […]
The group stage of the 2018 Football World Cup has produced some of the largest viewing figures – TV and online – in the last 10 years for the BBC. Millions across the country have tuned in to see England’s last-minute winner against Tunisia, the six-goal demolition of Panama, Ronaldo’s spectacular hat-trick against Spain, Germany’s […]
Motor cycle racing’s premier category MotoGP is seeing its partnership with cloud-based video specialist Grabyo pay off as it uses social video and live streaming to grow the global community around the world championship, building its digital fan base to more than 22 million. “MotoGP is the oldest motorsport world championship but its digital strategy […]
Freeview and Netgem have announced the successful roll out of Freeview Play on Netgem’s SoundBox HD and Netgem’s NetBox HD. 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 the SoundBox HD and the NetBox HD will now be able to […]
LOVEStv, a joint HbbTV platform created by Spanish broadcasters RTVE, Atresmedia and Mediaset, has commenced transmissions. The FTA platform – that will become an OTT service in a later phase – is offering content from the broadcasters and added-value functionalities such as 7-day catch-up, the option to start an ongoing programme from the beginning, an […]
The UK’s major broadcast companies have signed a new five-year agreement to accelerate digital terrestrial TV service Freeview’s transition to a fully hybrid platform, providing the best in free-to-view live and on-demand TV. The collaboration between BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and network operator Arqiva – the four shareholders of Digital UK – will see an […]
Despite the abiding appeal of traditional linear TV, cinema, radio and offline games, many Internet users in France and Germany now devote a major part of their time to online entertainment. “Digital video viewing has grown steadily in France and Germany, but penetration still lags behind several other countries in Western Europe, including the UK […]
Fans of cult drama series Doctor Who who are excited for the highly-anticipated new series this autumn are in for a treat this summer, according to the BBC, as all episodes since the 2005 revival are now available to watch on BBC iPlayer. Ahead of Jodie Whittaker taking up the mantle of the Thirteenth Doctor, […]