It’s been a very successful few days for commercial broadcaster ITV, as its latest raft of reality contests and returning dramas had enough to overshadow similar BBC offerings.
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Netflix, the popular home of House of Cards and Breaking Bad, has cornered 38% of the US video streaming market, up 7% since 2012.
Despite an absence of a FIFA World Cup or an Olympics Games, viewers “remained gripped by TV shows”, with over 14 million Brits watching the Wimbledon Final, 13 million French viewers watching the Tour de France, and 26 million Germans watching the election debate between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Peer Steinbruck.
As if there was any doubt, the past two days have seen the UK’s premium ‘talent’ show lord it up all over Saturday and Sunday’s TV schedule, as The X Factor’s success overshadowed all of the competition.
The return to the fold of original judge Sharon Osbourne, has had a positive affect on the ratings for the tenth series of long running karaoke show The X Factor.
The offering gives viewers one place to access all on-demand programming across the BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5, available alongside TVCatchup’s linear TV service.
The latest TV Market round-up figures for August reveal a significant dip in total satellite revenue, down -0.8% compared with July’s 15.5% rise, while other channels fared much better.
At this year’s International Broadcasting Convention, the broadcaster’s chief technology officer Bob Harris said that the channel had been experimenting with real-time data processing.
ITV’s The Guilty wrapped up after three weeks last night, giving starved viewers their much needed fix of infanticide.
Channel 4 has said that it will be taking a step back from further exploring connected TV experiences because of limited uptake from viewers.