ATVOD moves against adult sites

ATVOD Screen

The UK’s Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD) has placed three more online video porn services out of children’s reach following enforcement action.

UK content on demand market nears saturation

BBC iPlayer on iPhone5

YouGov’s first Content on Demand study has found that nearly half (48%) of the online population in the UK have used digital catch-up services in the last three months.

A+E Networks ready for UK Lifetime launch

MIPTV 2013 – Cannes. A+E Networks has confirmed it will launch female-skewed channel Lifetime in the UK with other territories planned next year.

Viewster adds US and Australian series

MIPTV 2013 – Cannes. VOD service Viewster is expanding its online library with more than 200 titles, including British and Australian series and American films.

May UK launch for A+E’s H2

Serial Killer Earth

A+E Networks is set to launch H2 on Saturday, May 4, 2013 in the UK.

TLC UK launches Oprah Winfrey block

OWN- Oprah Winfrey Network

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and Discovery Networks International have partnered to launch an OWN programming block in the United Kingdom.

Tesco checks out BBC Worldwide deal

Clubcard TV

Tesco has secured a raft of popular cookery, comedy and drama shows for its Clubcard TV service following an agreement with BBC Worldwide.

Record demand for iPlayer

BBC iPlayer

BBC iPlayer had a record 59 million weekly requests on average in February, or 2 million more than a month earlier, while across February there were an average of 8.6 million requests a day.

BBC makes TV Application Layer open source

BBC Olympic Multiscreen

The BBC is to share its TV Application Layer (TAL) with the connected TV sector at large through the open source repository GitHub.

Discovery launches TLC in the UK

TLC

Discovery Networks is launching its reboot of the TLC brand in the UK on April 30.