Sep 14 2020
Freesat, the UK’s free to air satellite TV platform, has today announced another exciting addition to the varied portfolio of apps on its new 4K ready TV boxes, with the launch of digital video subscription service, BritBox UK. Created by the BBC and ITV and featuring all the most talked about and award-winning British dramas, […]
Feb 20 2020
The proportion of UK homes with a subscription to at least one of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Now TV passed 50% for the first time in Q4 2019, standing at 50.5%. 14.27 million homes access at least one of these services, a quarter-on-quarter increase of +4.4% or almost 600,000 homes since Q3 2019. All […]
Apr 18 2019
VOD service My5 will host the UK premieres of two dramas from Sony Pictures Television. The platform has picked up OTT-originated dramas The Oath and Bloom, which will both air on My5 as first-run exclusives in the UK, bolstering the platform’s drama slate. Mystery drama Bloom (6 x 60 minutes) originally aired on Australian SVOD […]
Mar 29 2019
ITV’s Carolyn McCall has defended the broadcaster’s SVOD service with the BBC, BritBox UK, saying the endeavour is sufficiently “distinctive” and will be “liberating” for producers. Unveiled a month ago by McCall, BritBox UK is intended to be the British equivalent of the eponymous two-year-old US SVOD, offering both archive content and originals. However, its […]
Mar 30 2017
The BBC is launching a live stream of its 24-hour international news channel – BBC World News – on SVoD service Hulu Japan. The deal marks the first time the corporation has made the linear channel available via one of the major international subscription VoD services in Japan and makes BBC World News the first […]
Mar 30 2017
The BBC is launching a live stream of its 24-hour international news channel – BBC World News – on SVoD service Hulu Japan. The deal marks the first time the corporation has made the linear channel available via one of the major international subscription VoD services in Japan and makes BBC World News the first […]
Mar 28 2017
Banking group Barclays has launched a £100 million (€116m) fund to provide UK TV production companies improved access to finance and enhance their ability to compete internationally. The fund, the first of its kind from a major UK bank, has been established with new financing products that have been designed to meet the evolving needs […]
Mar 13 2017
BBC Worldwide today announced the launch of BBC Player in Malaysia, the second country to receive the service following its successful launch in Singapore last year. The multi-genre SVOD service is available exclusively to subscribers of Telekom Malaysia Berhad’s (TM) award-winning IPTV service, HyppTV, through an authenticated multi-genre Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVOD) service. Hypp TV viewers […]
Mar 13 2017
BBC Worldwide today announced the launch of BBC Player in Malaysia, the second country to receive the service following its successful launch in Singapore last year. The multi-genre SVOD service is available exclusively to subscribers of Telekom Malaysia Berhad’s (TM) award-winning IPTV service, HyppTV, through an authenticated multi-genre Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVOD) service. Hypp TV viewers […]
Dec 9 2016
France Télévisions hopes to move forward with plans to create a new SVOD platform to distribute French content and offer a counterweight in France to the likes of Netflix and Amazon by autumn next year, according to France Télévisions director-general Delphine Ernotte-Cunci. Addressing a French parliamentary hearing, Ernotte-Cunci said that it was crucially important to […]
Jun 21 2016
As the subscriber base of SVoD services continues to grow (9 million subscriptions in the UK, 91 million subscriptions in the US), social video platform YouTube still enjoys the biggest share of viewers in the UK, whilst subscription service Netflix takes the top slot in the US. Across the 10 countries in the research, 46 […]
BBC to switch off all SD satellite channels
ITV2/3/4 HD FTA
Successful launch of EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13F satellite
PBS America has launched on Freeview PlayITV will rebrand main channel as ITV1
Channel 4 HD coming to 104
ITV Hub will soon no longer be available on some Freesat devices
Freeview channel changes & closures
“Protect traditional TV & radio” say the British people as Broadcast 2040+ campaign launches
Freesports to leave Freeview
Nov 23 2020
BritBox launches in Australia
Streaming service BritBox Australia launches today as the next step in global expansion. Australians can now stream Britain’s best telly, all in one place BritBox has officially launched today in Australia, giving Australian viewers the chance to enjoy the largest streaming collection of British drama and comedy on demand, all in one place. A partnership […]
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By Expat • Australia • Tags: BritBox, SVoD