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Sky’s Lucky Man sees record audience increase

Sky 1’s brand new crime drama, Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, starring BAFTA-nominated actor James Nesbitt, has seen the viewing figures for its first episode increase by a record 1.14 million in the week after its launch, resulting in a consolidated audience of 1.74 million, thanks to its availability across a range of Sky viewing options. […]

February 3, 2016By Colin Mann

Coalition suspects Google/FCC collusion

Without making specific allegations, the Future of TV Coalition – a diverse group of US programmers, content creators, civic groups and television providers formed to celebrate and promote the thriving innovation that is revolutionising the video viewing experience – has intimated that Google may well have had advanced warning of the FCC’s plans to introduce […]

February 1, 2016By Colin Mann

TabletTV app for Apple TV in the US

Having announced its intention mid-September 2015 to make TabletTV available on the new Apple TV platform in the United States, United Kingdom, and throughout the world, broadcast and pay-TV technology provider Motive Television has received approval from Apple for its App and released it for sale and use on the Apple TV platform. The TabletTV […]

February 1, 2016

Facebook broadens Live Video availability

Facebook is making its Live Video functionality, which started testing in December 2015, available to everyone in the US via iPhone, with plans to start rolling this out to the rest of the world over the coming weeks. “You can discover live videos from your friends and public figures you follow right in News Feed. […]

January 29, 2016By Colin Mann

Research: 3 key steps to drive TV Everywhere adoption

Findings from Hub Entertainment Research have identified three key obstacles to TV Everywhere adoption. The firm suggests that everything about the concept of ‘TV Everywhere’ seems like a win-win: Pay-TV customers enjoy the benefit of access to their subscription content on a variety of devices, at no additional cost; TV networks and MVPDs give customers […]

January 19, 2016

AJ+ on Apple TV

AJ+ has launched a new digital experience on Apple TV. This marks its first step in making content available through an app on the big screen as it has been focused solely on native mobile and social distribution of content to-date. AJ+ is a network of digital properties owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network […]

January 19, 2016

StarHub agrees Netflix partnership

Responding to pay-TV competitor Singtel’s deal to offer its customers access to Netflix, Singaporean operator StarHub and Netflix have agreed a partnership that will bring the streaming service to StarHub’s Fibre TV customers through their set-top boxes by the early second quarter of 2016. StarHub will also join the Netflix Open Connect programme to provide […]

January 18, 2016

Spain: Atresmedia VoD app on LG smart TVs

Atresplayer, Atresmedia’s streaming and VoD platform, has launched its LG app in a move to strengthen its presence in the smart TV market. The launch comes soon after a similar move from its largest competitor, Mediaset, which launched its online platform Mitele on Samsung smart TVs in December. Atresplayer’s LG app delivers Atresmedia’s content on-demand […]

January 14, 2016From David Del Valle in Madrid

Third of top 100 Apple TV apps are games

With Apple recently releasing its updated Apple TV, it’s clear the company sees the technology as its next app platform. In response to this, App Annie, a provider of app analytics and app market data, has released a series of stats on tvOS. Some of these findings include: – Of the top 100 most downloaded […]

January 13, 2016

Live streaming app usage to rise in 2016

GWI’s Trends for 2016 predicts that live streaming will become more popular in the year ahead. Currently, it’s only tiny minorities of consumers who are using live-streaming apps; according to GWI’s data, about 1.5 per cent globally are engaging with Meerkat and just under 2 per cent are using Periscope. Numbers remain low in all […]

January 8, 2016