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The UK’s public service broadcasters - the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, S4C - have today come together to ask the Government to work with them to support freelancers working in the broadcasting industry during this unprecedented period. In a joint letter to the Chancellor signed by [...]

Disney+ has launched today in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland. The service will launch in France on April 7th. In light of concerns regarding the current ability of certain broadband infrastructure to handle the anticipated consumer demand for Disney+, the service will now feature [...]

ITV has announced business continuity plans to address the continuing coronavirus pandemic. The broadcaster assures viewers that news and popular TV shows like Coronation Street and Emmerdale will remain on air. Daytime linear TV viewing, as well as OTT consumption on ITV Hub, has increased. Carolyn McCall, ITV's [...]

Viaplay, the Nordic streaming service, has reported major increases in viewing for its non-sports content.  Total streamed minutes on Viaplay - across Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland (excluding sports coverage) - were up 44% last week compared to the same week in 2019, and up 13% compared to [...]

Usually attended by over 90,000 delegates and 1,600 exhibitors from 160 countries, NAB, the OTT industry's premier exhibition and conference, which was due to take place in Las Vegas in April, has been cancelled this year over fears of the spread of the global coronavirus pandemic.  Announcing the news on [...]

Whether they work for broadcasters, content owners, content producers, film studios, operators, service-providers or technology vendors, tell us who you think are the 50 most influential people in the UK online video industry!

ITV, the UK's biggest commercial broadcaster, has published its 2019 financial results which show strong growth across a range of the company's activities.  Content production revenues (via ITV Studios) rose 9% to £1.8bn YOY Long form online viewing broke 500m hours served for the first time (506m compared [...]

BBC Studios, the principal commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, today announce plans to launch the BritBox streaming service in Australia.  The ad-free subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming service will bring Australians an unrivalled collection of great British TV shows, and will build [...]

ITV has announced Rhys McLachlan will become their new Director of Advanced Advertising. McLachlan was previously Head of Global TV Strategy at Amobee, the global digital advertising technology company with whom ITV signed an exclusive UK and Ireland licensing agreement with last year. Since announcing the Amobee deal, [...]

Channel 4 today announces the appointment of Bede McCarthy as Head of Product, All 4.  Reporting to Chief Product Officer Dave Cameron, Bede will be responsible for creating Channel 4’s’s digital product experience on All 4 in order to drive additional consumption as part of the channel’s mission [...]

Sky and Disney today announced a new multi-year deal, making Disney+ available for purchase in the UK and Ireland on Sky Q, to be followed by NOW TV in the coming months. Customers will be able to watch great new shows like The Mandalorian and High School Musical; [...]

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has announced that Yann Madeleine has joined the company as Director of Sales, France and will sit on the company’s Executive Committee. He will join Globecast on March 16th, 2020. Madeleine replaces François-Regis Grenot who has taken up a role in [...]

Kontron, a global provider of cloud and carrier-class integrated hardware platforms, has partnered with Anevia, a leading provider of OTT and IPTV software solutions, to offer a robust edge caching technology designed to reduce video traffic in the core network for operators and improve quality of experience (QoE) [...]

DAZN, the leading global sports streaming service, will dramatically increase its presence in 2020, expanding to more than 200 countries and territories.  The first global event on DAZN will be Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez’s soon-to-be-announced fight during Cinco de Mayo Weekend, which will take place on Saturday, May [...]

The latest research from Ampere Analysis confirms the growing global demand for movies, despite radical changes in the entertainment industry. Global consumer spending on movies has grown by nearly 30% over the past decade, encompassing theatrical/cinema, home entertainment*, premium pay TV and subscription OTT. And most film fans [...]

Exciting new range of flexible TV packages offer customers the freedom to choose the TV shows, films and sport they want, when they want - with the flexibility to change their package every month Customers can watch Sky Atlantic, hundreds of box sets, the latest must-see movies and [...]

More commissions, more original series, more investment and a world-leading commitment to the environment. Sky today set out its stall for 2020. The news was unveiled Feb. 12 at Sky's "Up Next" showcase event, where the broadcaster shared exclusive previews of brand-new shows due to air this year, [...]