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UKTV reports record year

Multi-channel broadcaster UKTV has reported a record year for revenue, profit and viewership, with results for the year ending December 31st 2016 showing EBITDA growth of 11.3 per cent to £91.3 million (€108.9m), and revenue growth of 8 per cent to £344.8 million. “UKTV is delivering well against its strategy, with record profit, revenue, and […]

April 20, 2017

Aussie viewers love TV on their terms

Australians’ love affair with TV continues, streaming an unprecedented 1.2 billion minutes of catch-up and live streaming TV in the past month, according to the latest OzTAM VPM 28 Day Rolling Report. In addition, 5.14 million Australians – the highest-ever number – are streaming Free Video on Demand (FVoD) content, eclipsing 3.53 million for Subscription […]

April 3, 2017

France: Catch-up TV revenues at €105m in 2016

Catch-up TV ad-generated revenues in France rose from €90 million in 2015 to €105 million in 2016. The number of videos viewed increased by 27.1 per cent to €6.5 billion, according to the annual replay TV survey findings from funding organisation CNC. October 2016 set a TV catch-up record with 585.,9 million hours viewed over […]

March 24, 2017From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

STV Player on Roku

STV Player is now available for consumers on Roku streaming players in the UK. Consumers using a Roku streaming player within STV’s licence area in Scotland will be able to live stream and catch-up on STV’s extensive range of content, including Broadchurch, the best watched drama on STV in the past decade, popular soaps Emmerdale […]

March 21, 2017

iPlayer daily requests hit record high

BBC drama dominated another record-breaking month for BBC iPlayer in February. As daily requests reached a record high of 9.9 million, drama shows achieved a clean sweep of BBC iPlayer’s most popular programmes, with every single one of the top 20 most popular shows being a drama. Critically acclaimed two-part drama The Moorside was the […]

March 17, 2017

Survey: ‘Content anytime’ now a habit

End-to-end OTT TV solutions provider SPB TV’s survey of a sample of 50,000 respondents out of its 60 million-user base digs looking for insights that elucidate viewer preferences highlight a growing demand for the ‘TV catch-up’ feature. Key findings: Content Anytime – Not a Feature, But a Habit The most striking finding of this year […]

March 14, 2017

Freeview Play sales top 1m

UK free-to-air digital terrestrial television platform Freeview has confirmed that sales of its connected TV service Freeview Play TVs and set-top boxes have surpassed one million. Launched in late 2015, Freeview Play brings UK consumers a seamless combination of live, catch-up and on demand content all in one place for no monthly cost. Freeview Play […]

March 1, 2017

iPlayer: Enhanced connected TV features, record month

BBC iPlayer is about to become more personal for connected TV viewers. People who sign-in to their BBC account on connected TVs will start to benefit from a growing number of personalised features such as the ability to resume watching an episode or series started on another device. Initially available to viewers with YouView devices, […]

February 17, 2017

EU agrees content portability

With Andrus Ansip, EC Vice-President in charge of the Digital Single Market, describing it as “a new important step” in breaking down barriers in the Digital Single Market, Europeans will soon be able fully to use their online subscriptions to films, sports events, e-books, video games or music services when travelling within the EU, following […]

February 8, 2017By Colin Mann

YouGov: BBC treads water, Amazon & Netflix make waves

The battle of on-demand streaming television services continues to intensify. In the past couple of weeks, Netflix announced a big increase in subscribers and the BBC has unveiled ambitious plans for iPlayer in a bid to make sure it doesn’t fall behind its commercial rivals. Premium on-demand services are making inroads into the BBC’s territory. […]

January 31, 2017