{"id":20859,"date":"2024-05-28T10:28:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hollyoaks-heads-to-youtube\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T10:28:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T14:28:51","slug":"hollyoaks-heads-to-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hollyoaks-heads-to-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks Heads to YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4\u2019s long-running soap opera <em>Hollyoaks<\/em> is set to stream on YouTube globally.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the successful launch of full episodes on YouTube in the U.K. last year, part of Channel 4\u2019s stream-first model. Initially, 20 episodes will be available for global viewers to stream, after which the channel will have the same daily drop pattern as its U.K. channel.<\/p>\n<p>Daily episodes will be available on YouTube one week after their debut on Channel 4 streaming platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The continuing drama is produced by Lime Pictures, part of All3Media. <em>Hollyoaks <\/em>has been on air since October 1995 and has maintained its popularity over the years. It is reported that full-length episodes on YouTube in the U.K. and Ireland alone saw 5.8 million minutes of watch time in Q1 of 2024, with 67 percent of views coming from 13- to 34-year-olds.<\/p>\n<p>The youth-skewing viewer demographic has also made the show\u2019s social media views soar, with Snapchat increasing by 350 percent year-on-year and TikTok up by 116 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Channel 4\u2019s in-house social agency 4Studio has driven a three-fold year-on-year increase in U.K. viewing of full episodes of TV shows in Q1 and its made-for-social network Channel 4.0.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Hollyoaks<\/em> is always synonymous with digital-firsts, and I am delighted that the show\u2019s global audience will now be able to find and watch episodes when they want on YouTube,\u201d said Kate Little, joint managing director of Lime Pictures. \u201cWith a proven track record of enticing younger viewers with gripping storytelling and engaging characters, this digitally-led offering of episodes will allow new and existing audiences worldwide to get their <em>Hollyoaks<\/em> fix with ease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matt Risley, managing director of 4Studio, added, \u201cWe\u2019re hugely excited to see <em>Hollyoaks<\/em>\u2019 continual growth on YouTube, and this innovative move toward global distribution will only supercharge it further. YouTube is a core viewing platform for young viewers in the U.K. and abroad, so there\u2019s no better place for us to be reaching new audiences with the best soap on TV.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4\u2019s long-running soap opera Hollyoaks is set to stream on YouTube globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":20860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[9114,233,5911,9115,3445,9116,1569],"class_list":["post-20859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-4studio","tag-channel-4","tag-hollyoaks","tag-kate-little","tag-lime-pictures","tag-matt-risley","tag-youtube","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hollyoaks Heads to YouTube - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hollyoaks-heads-to-youtube\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hollyoaks Heads to YouTube - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Channel 4\u2019s long-running soap opera Hollyoaks is set to stream on YouTube globally.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hollyoaks-heads-to-youtube\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-28T14:28:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-28T14:28:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/05\/Channel4-HollyoaksYouTube-0524.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hollyoaks-heads-to-youtube\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hollyoaks-heads-to-youtube\/\",\"name\":\"Hollyoaks Heads to YouTube - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-28T14:28:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-28T14:28:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hollyoaks-heads-to-youtube\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hollyoaks-heads-to-youtube\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hollyoaks-heads-to-youtube\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hollyoaks Heads to YouTube\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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