Warner Bros Discovery Sports (WBDS) is reporting record-breaking audience engagement across 50 markets in Europe for its coverage of the Tour de France. Highlights include: Triple-digit Tour de France streaming growth on discovery+ discovery+ grows its Tour de France streaming audience by five times compared to 2021 Streaming across all digital platforms including the Eurosport […]
The latest Entertainment on Demand data on the UK’s streaming market from Kantar, the insights and consulting company, reveals that SVoD market decline accelerated by 488k households, with 1.66 million SVoD services cancelled during the second quarter of 2022. This follows 1.51 million cancellations in the first quarter of the year. Kantar’s data suggests that […]
ITV has announced that Season 8 of Love Island has already hit 100 million streams, which is the earliest point in the series the show has reached this milestone. This makes the eighth season of the dating show the most-streamed series so far, and ITV’s most-streamed title of 2022. June 29th was ITV’s biggest day […]
Findings from The Future Viewing Experience, an appraisal of the near-term future of the TV and video landscape from data and analytics company Kantar, suggest there are significant opportunities throughout the ecosystem, despite increasing complexity. Focusing on the delivery of video content and advertising and the evolution of viewer experiences and behaviours, the report outlines […]
Gibraltar quadplay operator Gibtelecom has enhanced its TV service offering more content, more features and what it says is a better visual experience via a modern and sleek interface, fully leveraging Netgem TV’s platform capabilities. The successful partnership between Gibtelecom and Netgem, which saw the launch of the operator’s first TV service in 2018, is […]
In reaction to a busy summer of sport on BBC One, EastEnders will once again premiere each week’s episodes on the BBC iPlayer, with all four episodes dropping every Monday from June 27th and continuing over the summer until mid-August. The move allows audiences to watch the programme whenever it suits them on BBC iPlayer, […]
ITV has announced further details of its new streaming platform ITVX, which is due to launch in the UK later this year. A complete overhaul of existing catch-up service ITVHub, streaming service ITVX will offer viewers a choice of over 9,000 hours of new series, documentaries, cult classics and films for viewers to watch without […]
Findings from the annual State of the Nation national TV trends survey from the Digital TV Group (DTG), the centre for UK digital TV, suggest that quality matters for an increasingly discerning consumer when it comes to resolution, audio quality and content. Consumers now expect all SVoDs and BVoDs to be available across all devices […]
All 4, Channel 4’s ad-supported streaming service, reports it has become the largest commercial broadcaster on-demand player for 16-34s by volume – according to BARB figures – and that the opening episode of Derry Girls Season 3 was the most watched episode of any BVoD programme series in the week it launched. On the back […]
The BBC iPlayer has reported its best quarter ever quarter on the back of new dramas including The Tourist, The Responder, This is Going to Hurt, The Rules of the Game and Chloe. January to March saw iPlayer’s strongest start to a year ever – with viewers streaming programmes a record 1.83 billion times in […]