Deloitte forecasts SVOD will generate about £5 billion globally this year, amounting to only 3% of the £168 billion pay-TV market.
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There was more elderly drama available on BBC One as the amorous union continued to propel Alan and Celia’s adventures in the third series of Last Tango in Halifax (9pm).
BBC One kicked off the New Year in style, securing eight of the day’s top ten spots with a successful mixture, including the return of a potty-mouthed seasonal favourite.
Sky has made a $4 million equity investment in multiscreen video company Elemental Technologies in an effort to help create a “more reliable experience” for customers.
TV highlights from November included I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, The X Factor and The Missing.
Ofcom has today published a consultation on pay TV regulation, which questions whether Sky should offer its Sky Sports 1 and 2 channels to other pay TV providers.
November was a fairly poor month for commercial television channels, with just ITV 1 seeing an increase in revenue.
After eight tense and terrifying episodes, last night brought an end to the second series of BBC Two’s dark sexuall thriller, The Fall (9pm), with the possibility of a third run still vaguely up in the air.
Last night BBC One offered up feverish fans of loosely business-related game shows a chance to witness yet another cull of ‘bright’ young things on The Apprentice (9pm).
From BT announcing it is trying to buy EE, to Channel 5 securing the rights to highlights of the Football League, we can be the sure that the media roller-coaster will run just as fast in 2015, writes Raymond Snoddy.
