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YouView
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YouView chief Halton to leave at end of year
YouView chief executive Richard Halton is to stand down at the end of this year…
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YouView taps Amazon’s Alexa for voice controls
YouView is piloting Amazon’s Alexa voice service in a bid to bring voice controls to…
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Ex-Intel TV, BBC iPlayer chief joins Vevo
Former Intel TV and BBC digital chief Erik Huggers has joined music video content company…
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Sky opens up movie store to non-subs
Pay TV operator Sky has opened its download-to-own movie service to all consumers in the…
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BT launches TV Everywhere
BT TV has begun offering buy-to-keep movies on multiple devices in addition to the set-top…
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Netflix launches on YouView
UK connected TV platform YouView has added Netflix access to its set-top boxes, allowing its…
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YouView ‘partnering’ with Netflix
UK connected TV platform YouView is reportedly partnering with Netflix to add access to the…
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YouView secures future
UK connected TV platform YouView has secured completion of an agreement between its shareholders that…
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TalkTalk bags Sky catch-up rights, extends deal
UK telco TalkTalk has extended its arrangement with BSkyB with a new deal that hands…
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Buyers Briefing digital season: Will Ennett, TalkTalk
Name: Will Ennett Title: Head of pay TV content, TalkTalk Former Blinkbox and Viasat buyer…
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UKTV presses Play with first digital-only service
UK multichannel operator UKTV is launching its first direct-to-consumer digital service this summer. UKTV Play…
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Netflix growth prompts online viewing boom
The growth of streaming service Netflix has lead to a “three-fold” increase in online long-form…
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Wallace & Gromit set for TalkTalk’s YouView
UK telco TalkTalk has secured a deal with Bristol-based Aardman Animations for shows from the…
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YouView shareholders commit with £100m funding
All seven of YouView’s shareholders have agreed to back the UK smart TV platform for…
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BBC and partners to commit £100 million to YouView
YouView’s shareholders, including the BBC, are set to sign a new agreement to secure the…
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TalkTalk adds Nicktoons to YouView line-up
UK operator TalkTalk has added children’s channel Nicktoons to its YouView pay TV service line-up….
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YouView partner structure in doubt amid funding talks
UK pay TV operators BT and TalkTalk could emerge as the major shareholders in web-connected…
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BT launches buy-to-keep digital service
UK pay TV provider BT has launched a buy-to-keep digital service that offers movies from…
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UKTV launches catch-up service on YouView
UKTV has launched a seven-day catch-up service on YouView for two of its channels. The…
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YouView the largest catch-up provider in the UK, report
UK connected TV platform, YouView, is now the largest catch-up TV provider in the UK,…
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OSN to launch ‘first bespoke Arab ents net’ in UK
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has debuted its first international channel venture with the…
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BBC to examine YouView participation
The BBC’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has launched a review into the BBC’s involvement…
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Dave launches catch-up on YouView
UKTV-owned entertainment channel Dave has launched a seven-day catch-up TV service on the YouView platform….
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TalkTalk appoints former MTG exec
UK operator TalkTalk has appointed former Modern Times Group executive Henrik Karlberg to the newly…
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BT plans TV rebrand, entertainment push
BT is planning to slowly rebrand its TV service from BT Vision to BT TV,…
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UKTV and YouView sign ‘landmark’ on-demand deal
UKTV has signed a catch-up agreement with connected TVservice YouView, in what the UK multichannel…
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Ofcom backs BSkyB in BT ads row
UK regulator Ofcom has ruled that BSkyB has not breached its broadcast code in refusing…
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UK connected TV service YouView nears 400k
UK connected TV service YouView is now in almost 400,000 homes. YouView did not break…
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TLC to launch in the UK
Discovery Networks is to launch its female-oriented lifestyle channel TLC in the UK and Ireland…
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News brief: TalkTalk chairman to be interim YouView chair
UK connected-TV platform YouView has appointed Sir Charles Dunstone as interim chairman while a permanent…
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