Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive of ITV, has confirmed that the UK public service commercial broadcaster will launch an SVoD service at some stage in 2019, and would be enhancing its existing its existing ITV Hub AVoD service. Delivering a Media Mastermind Keynote at MIPCOM, McCall said the service would be separate from the ITV Hub […]
BBC Studios is launching BBC Earth Tribe, a brand new BBC Earth fan community with the leading ISP in China, Tencent, as well as a co-production partnership for BBC Studios’ latest natural history landmark, Dynasties. The signing of the co-production agreement with Tencent for Dynasties is part of a larger multiyear partnership between BBC Studios […]
The PGA of America, CBS and ESPN have reached an historic and comprehensive 11-year multimedia agreement for the television, digital and OTT rights to the PGA with wall-to-wall, live full-field 72-hole coverage of the championship, beginning in 2020 at Harding Park. CBS, ESPN and ESPN+ will combine to deliver more than 175 cumulative hours of […]
Independent research company Childwise has found that access to connected devices (e.g., tablet, phone, PC, laptop) has grown this year among UK children under five after two years of little change. The latest figures from the independent Childwise Monitor Preschool Report 2018 also show that pre-schoolers now spend an increasing amount of their day watching […]
BBC iPlayer app users will no longer miss out on their favourite downloads thanks to new ‘last chance’ mobile notifications. When downloaded programmes are about to come off BBC iPlayer, app users will receive a notification on their mobile or tablet device letting them know that they only have a few days left to watch. […]
Entertainment technology and audience insights specialist TiVo has unveiled TiVo BOLT OTA for antenna, a premium, 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) capable set-top box designed to work with HD antennae, equipped with an on-screen user experience that TiVo says looks and feels like a high-end cable box, suggesting it’s a “premium TV experience without the […]
Following on the heels of a BBC Two rebrand better to differentiate the channel from digital service newcomers, fellow UK commercial public service broadcaster Channel 4 has unveiled a network rebrand including a refresh of its digital channels and a brand-spanking-new look for E4. The network rebrand will unify the digital channel portfolio consisting of […]
Consumers worldwide are watching more online video than ever, increasing 58 per cent since 2016, to an average of six hours, 45 minutes each week, according to the new State of Online Video report from edge cloud services provider Limelight Networks. However, the study finds consumers still spend more time watching traditional broadcast, averaging eight hours, […]
The Netflix app has launched on UK OTT service NOW TV streaming devices. As well as adding Netflix to the wide range of apps already available, NOW TV also revealed the launch of its most powerful ever streaming device – the NOW TV Smart Box with 4K & Voice Search. Available from September 26th, the […]
BBC One’s political thriller Bodyguard ended with its highest overnight audience of the series, concluding with an average of 10.4 million viewers/47.8 per cent share, and a peak of 11.0 million viewers. This makes Bodyguard the #1 non-World Cup programme of the year across all channels. It also means the episode is the biggest drama across […]