A number of Premier League matches could be streamed live on YouTube if the current season is able to restart. There are 92 games left to be played in the current campaign and plans are for every match to be available to watch live on television or online. Sky Sports and BT Sport will maintain […]
As previously revealed, with Euro 2020 postponed until next year, AVoD service ITV Hub has raided its archives to provide football fans with a slice of sports nostalgia as the platform unearths every match from 1996’s tournament, hosted in England, for Euro 96 Relived. Airing from May 11th, ITV Hub takes a trip down sporting […]
Young viewers have flocked to Channel 4 since lockdown began with its viewing share amongst 16-34-year olds up +19 per cent in peak-time over the ‘stay at home’ period (March 23rd onward) and up +11 per cent in daytime. Channel 4 says it is the only commercial public service broadcaster to have increased gains with […]
With filming on fresh shows halted, and those in the can likely to run out at some future stage, users of UK commercial PSB ITV’s AVoD service ITV Hub will be treated to classic episodes of their favourite soap operas from Monday May 4th. Vintage episodes of Coronation Street and Emmerdale will be making their […]
Nigel Walley, MD of UK media consultancy Decipher, has called for the UK TV industry to create for a new addressable data body for the free-to-air TV market, suggesting that over half the homes in the UK use a TV platform from one of the ‘free’ platform providers (Freeview, Freesat and YouView) and therefore block […]
Freesat, the UK FTA platform, has announced the addition of YouTube Kids to its 4K TV boxes and library of apps. Targeting kids under 13, YouTube Kids has become one of the most popular children’s apps available since its launch in 2015. It offers a range of choice from trusted channels and covers genres such […]
The EBU’s new Trust in Media report shows that radio and TV continue to be the most trusted media throughout Europe. By contrast, social networks are least trusted in 85 per cent of countries. This gap comes into sharp focus when it comes to trust in news about Covid-19. While 47 per cent of people […]
With the extension of thelockdown period in Singapore, StarHub is stepping up to do more for its customers by enhancing its free preview with additional channels, and extending access till June 2nd. The enhanced free preview will now feature a line-up of 39 top-tiered channels from an eclectic mix of content genres globally, tailored to […]
The Premier League is giving consideration to making fixtures free to air if/when the season restarts, according to UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden. As well as lifting the general mood of the nation, the move could help stop the public visiting friends or family because they have a Sky Sports or BT Sport subscription enabling […]
As the UK stays home and TV viewing soars – up 24 per cent since lockdown began to an average of 3 hours, 40 minutes a day per viewer, some five hours extra a week – a study of the first weeks of lockdown has revealed how the pandemic is changing how and why we […]