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Half of UK homes are SVOD subscribers

A little under 50% of television homes in the UK are subscribed to at least…

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UK SVOD numbers jump by a million in Q1

The number of UK homes accessing at least one of the three main streaming services…

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BARB: SVOD use rises 22% year-on-year in the UK

The number of UK homes with at least one of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or…

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Facebook and YouTube say no to ‘one-size-fits-all’ ratings

Facebook and YouTube have expressed a desire to get involved in a Joint Industry Currency…

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BARB starts multi-screen ratings in latest stage of Project Dovetail rollout

UK television ratings body BARB has started to report multi-screen programme ratings for the first…

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Netflix UK subs rate slows as Now TV gains – BARB

Netflix added new subscribers at a slower rate than SVOD rivals Amazon Prime Video and…

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Sky to ‘completely change’ the way it reports ratings

Sky is set to “completely change” the way it measures and reports on the performance…

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BARB: Netflix leads as a quarter of UK homes take SVOD

Netflix continues to lead the UK subscription video-on-demand market by “some margin” as 24% of…

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Channel 4 claims first all-time viewing share increase since 2006

Last year UK broadcaster Channel 4 claimed its first all-time TV viewing share increase since…

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Former Channel 4 research head joins Digital-i

Channel 4’s former controller of audience and insight, Claire Grimmond, has joined media research specialist,…

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BARB takes ‘fresh approach’ to service contracts

The UK’s Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) has extended two of its four main service…

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BBC ‘committed to all audiences’ despite youth drop-off

The BBC has hit back at reports that it has lost 12% of its 25…

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UK TV viewing still 98.5% done on traditional sets

A massive 98.5% of UK TV viewing was done on a traditional TV set last…

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UKTV reaches highest ever audience share in 2013

Multichannel broadcaster UKTV achieved record ratings in 2013, reaching its highest-ever total audience share, according to…

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Barb taps into timeshifted data

Barb, the official source of TV viewing figures in the UK, has started reporting timeshift…

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BARB to include catch-up and online ratings from this year

UK ratings organisation BARB is to include online and catch-up services in its ratings reports…