The BBC Trust has launched its second public consultation on the BBC Executive’s proposals to close BBC Three as a broadcast channel and reinvent it online; launch a +1 channel for BBC One; evolve BBC iPlayer; and extend the hours of CBBC. The Trust published its provisional conclusions on these proposals in June, and gave […]
The BBC’s iPlayer service saw 250 million TV and radio requests in July 2015 – up 2 per cent on June despite the summer weather which the corporation points out often affects TV viewing. Mobiles and tablets saw strong increases (+9 per cent and +7 per cent on June respectively). TV requests were at 196 […]
The BBC has revealed that there have been over one million downloads of its programmes to its BBC iPlayer Radio app in less than a month since the functionality launched. The update to the BBC iPlayer Radio app allows listeners to download radio programmes in full to their smartphone or tablet for free, listen to […]
Average daily viewing on the TV set fell by 11 minutes in 2014 compared to 2013 according to Ofcom’s latest Communications Market Report. This is the second consecutive year of decline, following a nine-minute decline in 2013 compared to 2012. Key findings from the report, using BARB measurements, include: • In 2014 the average number […]
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is threatening legal action over government proposals to force digital catch-up TV users to purchase a TV licence. The proposals are part of plans to overhaul BBC funding. According to a Sky News report, ITV CEO Adam Crozier has written to government ministers expressing concerns over the proposals that will impact […]
OTT TV platform Magine TV has launched its beta service in the UK, offering ‘TV For Me’: a subscription-based, personalised live TV experience, streamed directly with no cables, hardware or contracts. Its launch follows that of TVPlayer, Simplestream’s OTT streaming platform, which in addition to a range of free-to-air services, recently announced the launch of […]
Following the news on July 28th that Telstra had joined the Roku Powered licensing programme, the Australian telco has revealed further details of Telstra TV, its new streaming service designed specifically for Australian consumers. Joe Pollard, Telstra GMD Media and Marketing confirmed plans to offer customers the three leading subscription video on demand services – […]
New findings from Hub Entertainment Research show that while cord cutting remains low, online TV is becoming the default for key TV segments and scenarios. In a very short time, online TV sources have become more common than not: more than three-quarters of TV consumers watch online to some extent, and the average pay TV […]
Over 60 million people around the world are bypassing online restrictions to use the BBC’s iPlayer service, according to figures from research company GlobalWebIndex. It claims nearly 65 million people from abroad watch the UK licence-fee funded iPlayer service using proxy servers or virtual private networks (VPNs). In China alone it estimates that there are […]
Findings from the Consumer Entertainment Index (CEI) produced by IP, video and broadband technology specialist ARRIS, suggest that binge-viewing has ‘gone solo’ in 2015. According to