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Steve Webber
Let's Discuss. The BBC license fee. A personal view on how the BBC needs to adapt to the cut to the license fee proposed by the government and the new world of digital streaming.
Brits prefer streaming to Pay TV / Sky Launches Sky Class Smart TVs / Netflix adds older viewers, sheds younger viewers / UK Music streaming market faces competition scrutiny / Grade considers bid for Ch 4 / Freeview hits 10m users.
Here are some of the stories you might have missed over the summer break C4 launches real-time ad bidding on All 4 Sky launching a streaming-only version of Sky Q. 18.8m UK homes have SVoD services UK consults on VoD audience protection and much more
UK appetite for VOD grows, BBC Olympics coverage misses events after loss of TV rights and the acronym jungle explained.
You Tube paid over $4BN to music industry in 2020, EU to cut amount of British TV & Film content post Brexit, Streamers to face Ofcom scrutiny, Sony buys UK podcast producer, 61% of Brits watch sport on their phones.
CTV advertising continues to grow, 1.5bn SVOD subscribers by 2020, Brits streaming 2 working days a week, Sport viewing shifting online, Amazon acquires MGM
A monthly round-up of the months broadcast and streaming news. I try to highlight the main points of disruption for anyone either planning or running a TV channel in one of the fastest moving industries in the world.
All of the Broadcast and streaming news you might have missed: Freeview's confusing plans, Amazon ahead in Connected TV, Disney passes 110m subs, Facebook opens up monetisation, Netflix test feature to curb password sharing, Modpro pirate site closed down
Netflix announce new features, Freeview Channels get a reshuffle, Sky returns to growth in all markets, BBC subscriptions service would cost more than £450, 200m americans using free AVOD services, EU AVOD revenues top €11billion and much more.
Covid driving UK streamers to more than 32 Million. Brexit rule changes mean the end of channel portability. Netflix caps off a record year with 200 million subscribers. GB news gets greenlight. Broadband usage in the UK more than doubled in 2020.