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Tuesday evening saw James Nesbitt’s anguished face return to TV screens with the début of BBC One’s challenging new drama The Missing (9pm), cementing a solid evening for the broadcaster.
Available on Freetime for £3.99 a month, ‘Hopster’ will offer “popular shows in a fun, safe and visually engaging environment.”
Monday evening brought a deluge of soapy froth and gritty thrillers to the nation’s TV screens, with the prime time festivities kicking off with a (relatively) quiet trip to the peaceful Yorkshire village of Emmerdale at 7pm.
Amazon’s entry into the dongle market will see it offer content from services including Netflix, Prime Instant Video, Hulu, Spotify and Pandora for $39.
Strictly Come Dancing (6:30pm) proved yet again that Saturday audiences crave light and frothy action over convoluted reality drama.
Following MediaTel’s Automated Trading Debate, Lindsey Clay, CEO of Thinkbox, cements her views on the idea that TV advertising could, like other media, go programmatic.
AMC Networks is responsible for popular programmes including The Walking Dead, Mad Men and Breaking Bad.
YouView has added a new BBC iPlayer and Connected Red Button service to its line-up, giving customers access to a range of new content from the BBC.
Hill takes over from Neil Mortensen, who is leaving Thinkbox to become director of planning and research at ITV.