Kantar, the data, insights and consulting company has published Q4 2020 results from its Entertainment On Demand service in the UK. With 12.9 million subscriptions taken out last year, the service reveals the following consumer behaviours in the three months to December 2020: Amazon Prime membership jumped again in Q4, with 53.5 per cent of […]
NewsPlayer+ has launched in the UK, just in time to give viewers an opportunity to watch global perspectives on the US Presidential Inauguration across 15 channels via its new one-stop streaming destination. NewsPlayer+ brings a range of premium English-language news brands together, live and around the clock, offering seamless navigation across diverse international perspectives. UK […]
BroadbandDeals has analysed monthly average search volume data from SEMRush, to reveal which video streaming service is the most popular in the UK. BBC iPlayer is the UK’s most popular streaming service when it comes to the data, with 5,100,000 monthly average searches. In second place is Netflix, with 5,000,000 monthly average searches. Disney+ comes […]
Bundling will characterise global TV throughout 2021 as the streaming TV boom forces a re-engineering of the TV value chain and the strategies for reaching the end viewer, according to Guy Bisson, Research Director at Ampere Analysis. The breadth of choice in the streaming
After closely watching subscriber habits from Christmas Eve through to Boxing Day, BritBox, the SVoD service from the BBC and ITV, has revealed that the most-streamed content over the Christmas period was the classic comedy Dad’s Army, which was added to the platform on December 24th. In its first three days, subscribers streamed the 78-episode […]
With BritBox, its joint venture SVoD service with ITV successfully established as a source of drama and entertainment for North American viewers, BBC Studios, the Corporation’s commercial arm – is set to launch a new, ad-free subscription streaming channel, BBC SELECT, in early 2021 on Amazon Prime Video Channels and the Apple TV app. BBC […]
An unusually diverse range of content interests means the Nordics provide ample growth opportunity for new US studio-led streamers and other new international services such as BritBox that can leverage demand for UK and US content, according to consultancy firm Ampere Analysis. Scandinavians show strong interest in both local and international content, a trait which, […]
BritBox UK has announced that Katherine Jenkins: Christmas Spectacular from the Royal Albert Hall will be streaming on the service from December 7th. This festive celebration sees classical music superstar Jenkins present a unique Christmas musical from the iconic Royal Albert Hall. With exclusive access to the historic venue, the Welsh singing sensation performs seasonal […]
Sport and video entertainment experience specialist Deltatre has extended its collaboration with ITV and continues to power SVoD service BritBox, across all major platforms. The new agreement will run for a further five years. BritBox employs Deltatre as its front-end and design partner, utilising ‘AXIS’, the company’s targeted UX management platform, to power the front-end […]
BritBox, the SVoD service created by the BBC and ITV, has officially launched in Australia. The launch is the next step in the global expansion of the platform, following its earlier launches in the US, Canada and the UK. ITV and BBC Studios announced in August 2020 plans to invest more than A$35 million (€21.2m) […]