BT has signed a new long-term deal with UKTV that will include an enhanced catch-up VoD offering for BT TV customers. UKTV, the multichannel broadcaster, has been a BT TV partner since launch and this new deal means BT TV customers will continue to get UKTV’s 10 channel network which includes Gold, Dave, Watch, Alibi, […]

Although it suggests that scenario in which the UK leaves the EU without agreement (a ‘no deal’ scenario) remains unlikely given the mutual interests of the UK and the EU in securing a negotiated outcome, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has issued guidance as part of a series of technical notices […]

Freesat, the UK’s subscription-free satellite TV platform, has added catch-up service UKTV Play to its on demand offering. Freesat customers can now watch shows from Dave, Yesterday, Really and Drama via the UKTV Play app or directly via the rollback TV guide. UKTV Play is a free VoD service giving viewers access to exclusive UKTV […]

Football fans have reason to cheer – BBC Research & Development (R&D) has managed to solve the problem of delays when people watch live Internet streams rather than a TV broadcast. In a new prototype being demonstrated at the IBC in Amsterdam, the team will show how the gap between an Internet-delivered live stream and […]

Sports fans helped BBC iPlayer get off to a flying start this summer. The second half of the FIFA World Cup and Wimbledon helped BBC iPlayer grow 19 per cent year-on-year in July, with requests reaching 281 million for the month. Given the amount of sport available to watch, July was inevitably a big month […]

German sports club Borussia Dortmund has relaunched its own OTT platform, BVB-TV. The club’s new partner and end-to-end solution provider, Sportradar, will provide fans with a platform that hosts both free video content, as well as a subscription service for premium content, which is accessible for €1.99 per month. The OTT platform will also host […]

The carriage dispute between multichannel programmer UKTV and multiplay operator Virgin Media remains unresolved, despite it appearing that a deal had been reached between the pair. The failure to reach agreement on a renewal saw 10 channels (including the five free-to-air channels such as Dave) replaced on Virgin TV at 00:01 on July 22nd. A statement […]

The Australian SVoD market continues to grow strongly, reaching 9.1 million subscriptions at the end of June 2018 – a year-on-year increase of 54 per cent, according to research from emerging technology analyst firm Telsyte. Over the same period, SVoD revenues in Australia grew substantially (up 90 per cent) reaching over A$700 mililon at the […]

Virgin Media customers say they are more likely to cancel their TV subscriptions because of the withdrawal of the UKTV channels, according to independent research conducted by research firm Kantar TNS, which provides evidence