(JANUARY 28, 2020)
The 12 ultrafast fibre broadband providers who have signed distribution deals with netgem.tv to bring the TV streaming service to their customers in the UK and Ireland are:
BritBox debuts on netgem.tv
“British television has a rich and diverse heritage that BritBox is making accessible to an ever-increasing audience and, with the service already accessible via 12 Ultrafast Fibre providers with a reach of a quarter of a million TV households and growing with the Fibre rollout in the UK...”
The ITV-BBC subscription platform will be available in the HD format for £5.00 per month.
In addition netgem.tv is also adding an extra 15 HD channels to its line-up.
Britbox has also signed agreements with Freeview Play and YouView, in which the PSBs are leading partners, and the mobile network EE. However, it is yet to sign with Sky, Virgin or BT.
The new channels being added are: sports channels Xtreme Sports, Speed TV, Sports TV and Football TV, gaming and esports channels Frag TV and Gaming TV, entertainment channels Gossip, Movies News and FNTV; food channels Taste Made and Cooking TV; nature channel Nature Vision; and music channels Karaoke TV, DJTV and Clubbing TV.
The 12 ultrafast fibre broadband providers who have signed distribution deals with netgem.tv to bring the TV streaming service to their customers in the UK and Ireland are:
- WightFibre,
- Origin Broadband,
- Pure Broadband,
- Jersey Telecom,
- Air Broadband,
- Voneus,
- Pure Fibre,
- Cambridge Fibre,
- VX Fibre,
- Lilaconnect,
- Gigaclear
- Pure Telecom.
(7 NOVEMBER 2019 • The BBC and ITV have launched their online video service in the UK as the British broadcasters hope to challenge Netflix as the streaming wars hot up.
Originally launched as a joint venture for the US market, ITV, which owns 90pc of BritBox, is now targeting expanding the service and adding more revenues beyond traditional advertising.
BritBox will also add content from Channel 4 and Channel 5. The streaming service will initially be focused on box sets of older shows, while new shows will remain on BBC iPlayer and ITV's Hub. However, the broadcasters are planning exclusive series that will air on BritBox....).
Sources:
- https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2020/01/28/britbox-debuts-on-netgem-tv/
- https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2020/01/28/netgem-adds-britbox-to-uk-line-up/
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/11/07/britbox-launches-uk-broadcasters-go-against-netflix/
- https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1201210/BBC-ITV-streaming-BritBox-rival-Netflix-cost-price-Channel-4-Film-4-video
