Ofcom: YouTube is the second most-watched TV service in the UK, behind the BBC and ahead of ITV; one in five Gen Alpha viewers turn to YouTube first on their TV
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times :
Disney and ITV agree to stream hit shows like The Bear and Love Island on each other's platforms for the first time, from July 16; both will be able to sell ads
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times :
Sky, ITV, and Channel 4 plan to offer their streaming ad spaces in one marketplace, letting advertisers run campaigns across services, to combat Google and Meta
Mark Sweney / The Guardian :
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 agree to a deal with Amazon to put free streamer Freely, developed by joint venture Everyone TV, on Amazon's smart TVs
Agreement with US tech company is set to provide a boost to broadcasters' new platform Freely — BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 …
BBC Studios buys British broadcaster ITV's 50% stake in streamer BritBox International for £255M, as ITV focuses on its ad-funded streaming service ITVX
Naman Ramachandran / Variety :
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and other UK broadcasters announce Freely, offering linear TV channels via the internet, available on new smart TVs starting in 2024
Freely will be built into next-generation smart sets, in effect taking Freeview platform on to internet
Facebook is testing selling video streaming subscriptions in the US, starting with four services including BBC and ITV's BritBox and CollegeHumor's Dropout
but not from HBO or Showtime Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Facebook's Testing New Third-Party VOD Subscription Partnerships to Boost its Video Offerings John Anon / Android Headlines : Face...
Facebook is testing selling video streaming subscriptions in the US, starting with four services including BBC and ITV's BritBox and CollegeHumor's Dropout
Facebook is dipping its toes into the subscription VOD waters — as an aggregator and reseller. — The social giant is launching …
BT, TalkTalk, BBC, Sky, ITV, and Channel 4 call for UK government to introduce independent regulatory oversight of the content carried over social networks
The heads of Britain's largest media and telecoms companies have called for the government to introduce independent regulatory oversight …
BBC Worldwide and ITV's joint streaming service, BritBox, launches in the US for $7/month, available on web, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices
BritBox, the streaming child of British media giants BBC Worldwide and ITV, has officially launched stateside.