Aug 28 2014
UKTV are planning to use their recently launched VoD service UKTV Play to pilot new TV shows and allow viewers to vote on their preferences. The new content will sit next to aired content like Crackanory, Dave Gorman’s Modern Life is Goodish and Storage Hunters and will see a series of five to ten minute […]
Nov 13 2013
ITV plc has launched a new on-demand service for expats and holidaymakers abroad, which will give them access to episodes of Coronation Street and Emmerdale. The new service, ITV Essentials, offers a 30 day catch-up window and ad-free viewing for a monthly subscription of €5.49. Viewers can choose from a recurring monthly subscription if they […]
May 24 2012
Despite the growing popularity of on-demand services, live TV is still favoured by the vast majority of the British public for some programming. An exclusive poll from Digital Spy received over 3,300 responses, with 75% saying that they like to watch at least some of their TV live. 21.9% of those questioned said that they […]
Sep 15 2011
Channel 5 programmes have slipped off SeeSaw, as the struggling online TV website also suffers the blow of three key executives departing. Platform controller John Keeling, commercial director Matt Rennie and product director Richard Dines have all resigned from the firm, reports Paid:Content. The website says that some of the remaining 15 staff at SeeSaw […]
Jul 28 2011
The BBC Trust has said the BBC can continue to be part of Freesat following the platform’s announcement of plans to introduce paid-for video-on-demand. The next generation of Freesat boxes are likely to include a pay VoD via-broadband element provided by third party broadcasters in addition to the free content offered on Freesat via BBC […]
Nov 11 2010
Channel FIVE have announced a multiscreen deal with Virgin Media to bring programming from all of FIVE’s terrestrial TV channels to its TV, online and mobile video on demand platforms from November. The addition of Demand Five to its pioneering TV On Demand service at no extra cost to customers makes Virgin Media the only […]
Jun 2 2010
Sky has unveiled its forthcoming new Anytime+ service, which will offer Sky subscribers an archive of on-demand movies and TV content over a broadband connection. At a press briefing today in London, Sky’s head of TV services Kathryn Downward said that Anytime+ marks an “evolution not a revolution” of Sky’s TV offering. The service will […]
May 22 2008
Freesat equipment is well equipped for providing video on demand, according to one of the world’s major developers of interactive TV services. UK-based company Strategy & Technology has been working with Humax and Panasonic, two of the three Freesat launch manufacturers, on a new version of its interactive technology which is now implemented on their […]
BBC Radio 4 begins information campaign to transition listeners from Long Wave
Sky News launches international audio service
ITVX Kids launching in Summer 2023
CNN launches new FAST channel in Europe
More organisations join crusade to protect terrestrial television and radio
Channel launches and updates on Freeview
ITV announces closure of CITV
BBC switch from SD to HD on satellite
Joint UK/international BBC News service from March
Loss of channels on Freesat 4K TV Boxes after a reset
Sep 2 2015
UK watches less live TV
Research from IHS Technology indicates that traditional broadcast television viewing is being overtaken by two forces: Personal Video Recorders (PVRs) like Sky+ and online video from services like Netflix and BBC iPlayer. More time than ever before is being shifted from traditional broadcast television to online. UK – Fast adopters of online viewing In the […]
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By Expat • UK Media News • Tags: British TV, VOD