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01 Aug 2023

Sky boosts Sky Glass, Sky Stream experiences

To celebrate the start of the Women’s World Cup which will see a particular spike in viewers when the England Lionesses take to the field, broadcaster Sky has unveiled a number of new experience features for its Entertainment OS platform, all on the Sky Glass and Sky Stream products. A range of voice commands head the key features. Viewers can use phrases like ‘Lionesses’ and ‘It’s Coming Home’ for live games, catch-up, highlights and results tables for the Women’s Football World Cup. A new ‘manage all’ feature for Playlist is designed to make it easier for users to keep on top of their content in one place. Viewers are said to have more control of the Playlist with one place [...]
13 Jul 2023

Subscription-based, paid-for TV scores with sports content spend

Despite financial pressures, 82% of UK TV consumers will maintain, or increase, spend on sports viewership over the next year a study from consumer insights provider Toluna has revealed. Sky BT 21Feb2020 1 The study, Economic Outlook for Technology, Media, Telecoms, and Entertainment Sector explored the impact of the current economic turbulence on consumer behaviours and spending in the technology, media, telecoms and entertainment sectors. The good news is that a deep dive into sports viewership uncovered resilient levels of consumer spending that bucked wider viewing trends. A third of UK consumers were reducing their spend on subscription-based video-on-demand services due to the cost-of-living crisis, with respondents aged 18-34 being the most likely to do so (47%). However, sports viewers [...]
13 Jul 2023

Pluto TV is now available to Virgin Media customers

Virgin Media households with either the Virgin TV 360 or Stream products can now receive over 100 live linear channels from Pluto TV. The genres span drama, news, sport, entertainment and kids’ programmes alongside thousands of iconic films and television series on-demand. FAST channels on the platform include CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which follows an elite team of forensic investigators. Curated live channels in the Pluto TV app include 5 Cops, featuring the best of Channel 5’s ‘blue light’ series, including Police Interceptors and Motorway Cops. David Bouchier, Chief TV and Entertainment Officer at Virgin Media O2, said: “Virgin TV brings together fantastic programming and popular apps that we know our customers will love. With Pluto TV now available on [...]
13 Jul 2023

Connect Fibre adds Netgem-powered TV bundles

Looking to add further value to its gigabit connectivity bundles, UK altnet Connect Fibre has chosen TV-as-a-service provider Netgem to complement its full-fibre broadband service with video products based on Netgem’s streaming solutions for UK ISPs. Netgem 6July2023 Founded in 2019, the Cambridgeshire-based UK ISP Connect Fibre focuses on providing broadband offers at what it claims are “reasonable prices” to compete with fibre ISPs on the networks of Openreach, CityFibre or Virgin. The new TV service includes over 215 live channels including 100 channels in addition to Freeview - with 45+ channel dedicated to sport such as MBL.TV, The Rugby Network and Pop kids. There are also 100.000 hours of included content with 25 Freeview Play catch-up such as ITVX [...]
05 Jul 2023

Toshiba releases QLED TV with built-in Fire TV

One of the UK’s leading brands in television displays have announced the launch of a new range of TVs with built in Fire TV. Toshiba’s QF5D TVs are available in 43”, 50”, 55” and 65” models with prices starting at £349. Customers can access hundreds of thousands of films and TV series through favourite streaming services such as Prime Video, Netflix, NOW, Disney+ and BBC iPlayer. Customers can also access Freeview Play which brings viewers a seamless combination of live, catch up and on-demand content from the public service broadcasters including ITVX, Channel 4, UKTV Play, My5, and BBC iPlayer. “Customers in the UK have been loving Toshiba TVs with Fire TV built-in, so we are excited to expand the [...]
20 Jun 2023

Vodafone and Three, two of the UK’s biggest carriers, will merge

Announced today, UK carrier Vodafone and Three have reached a deal that will see the two merge into one carrier with a goal to create “one of Europe’s leading 5G networks.” In a press release, Vodafone UK and Three UK announced that merged network, currently referred to as “MergeCo,” will bring “a better network experience with greater coverage and reliability at no extra cost” to UK consumers. It also promises a “six-fold increase in average data speeds” by 2034 and 99% coverage of the UK with its 5G network. From day one, millions of customers of Vodafone UK and Three UK will enjoy a better network experience with greater coverage and reliability at no extra cost, including through certain flexible, [...]
07 Jun 2023

SVOD subs fall in UK

The number of households in the UK with access to an SVOD service stood at 19.08 million at the end of the first quarter. This, according to Barb’s Establishment survey, amounted to 67.4% of total households and was down 1.7% on the total at the end of 2022. Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ saw small quarterly drops in the number of UK homes with access to their services: • 16.96 million homes had access to Netflix in Q1 2023, down -1.1% from 17.15 million in Q4 2022. • 12.90 million homes had access to Amazon Prime Video in Q1 2023, down -1.7% from 13.12 million in Q4 2022. • 7.14 million homes had access to Disney+ in Q1 2023, [...]
01 Jun 2023

UK consumers want easier ways to manage multiple subscriptions

The majority of UK consumers (86%) want to be able to active and deactivate subscriptions, such as streaming services, "whenever they like", according to new research from e-commerce tech platform Bango. They also want easier ways to manage their billing, with 60 percent keen to pay for multiple subscriptions through a single monthly bill. Source telecompaper.com (pour les abonnés)
15 May 2023

ITVX sustains strong launch

The UK’s first integrated advertising and subscription platform ITVX had a total of 389 million streaming hours in the first quarter. This was a 49% increase on the broadcaster ITV’s streaming hours in the same period last year. Meanwhile, its total digital revenue amounted to £106 million (€122 million), a 29% increase on ITV’s in Q1 2022, and share of commercial viewing practically unchanged at 34.4% (-0.1%). Commenting on the service’s performance, Carolyn McCall, ITV chief executive, said: “exclusives, such as Nolly and The Twelve attracted new viewers, 80% of whom went on to explore other content on ITVX. In addition, live simulcast viewing of our biggest shows and sports events, including Love Island and the FA Cup attracted large streaming audiences”. ITVX was launched [...]
24 Apr 2023

Viaplay launches on Roku devices in the US, Canada and the UK

A recent report from SVB MoffettNathanson suggested that the future for Roku will depend heavily on monetising connected TV and streaming, and as part of this drive it has inked a multi-year partnership with Viaplay Group in the UK, US and Canada. The new deal with the Nordic streamer will see Viaplay’s premium service available for subscription through Roku devices in the US, Canada and the UK. In the North American countries, Viaplay subscribers will be able to access over 1,500 hours of TV series and films, alongside curated third-party content. ies and much more. The Viaplay programming available in North America includes a selection of Nordic Noir that company is renowned for such as provocative young adult drama Threesome; [...]