Tag: COVID-19

As Bundesliga, La Liga, Premier League and Serie A returned last month, sports streaming surged across Europe, according to Conviva.

Pact’s John McVay, Remarkable’s Susan King, Top Gear executive producer Clare Pizey and ITV’s John Whiston weighed in on the logistics of resuming production in the U.K. following the COVID-19 shutdown in a webinar organized by the Royal Television Society (RTS).

According to Kantar, 6 million new video streaming subscriptions were purchased in the U.K. amid the COVID-19 lockdown.

The COVID-19 shutdown has accelerated a paradigm shift in the British media sector and could leave a lasting impact on the industry, according to a webinar panel convened by the Royal Television Society (RTS) last week that featured Enders Analysis’ Claire Enders, Thinkbox’s Lindsey Clay, MP Damian Green and Oliver & Ohlbaum’s Sean McGuire.

ITV, BBC, Sky, Channel 4, Channel 5, STV, ITN, the Association for Commercial Broadcasters and On-Demand Services (COBA) and Pact have come together to introduce new guidelines for producing television safely in the weeks and months ahead.

U.K. TV viewing has risen 24 percent since the country's lockdown began, with audiences increasingly turning to classic TV shows, comedies, light entertainment and news, according to new research released by Thinkbox.

NENT Group is implementing measures to cut costs by approximately SEK 700 million ($68 million) due to the impact of COVID-19 on its 2020 financials.