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Over 250 hours of new content added to STV Player
Over 250 hours of new content added to STV Player.
About this update from Stv Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 7018B\n STV Group PLC\n 12 October 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Immediate Release: Monday 12 October 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n Over 250 hours of new content added to STV Player for autumn\n \n \n Leading video-on-demand service now offers over 1,750 hours of exclusive content to viewers across the UK - with online consumption up 84% year-on-year\n \n \n \n \n \n The STV Player has announced a significant increase in content for Q4 2020 - with over 250 hours of new drama, sport, true crime and lifestyle programming being added to the free UK-wide service this autumn. \n \n \n \n \n \n STV's VOD offering - which is the exclusive home of the Channel 3 network schedule in Scotland and offers a wide variety of Player-only programming to viewers across the UK - has ordered a wealth of new content from distribution partners DCD Rights, Fred Media, Inverleigh and Broken Arrow.\n \n \n \n \n \n Under the new deals, STV Player's reputation for providing high-end drama from around the world will be bolstered, with critically-acclaimed dramas East West 101, Striking Out and Devil's Dust joining an already stellar line-up which includes Catching Milat, The Bridge and Janet King. The catch-up window on network content has also been extended, meaning hit dramas like Des and Honour will be available on the Player for longer.\n \n \n \n \n \n STV is also adding 140 hours of new sport to the Player as part of the latest catalogue expansion. Weekly football analysis shows Life's a Pitch and The Football Review lead the new additions, alongside petrolhead-friendly titles Garage Dreams, The Racing Years and Shifting Gears with Aaron Kaufman.\n \n \n \n \n \n In total, the STV Player now offers over 1,750 hours of exclusive content with seven live channels. The new additions follow a year of accelerated digital growth for STV, with online streams up 66% year-on-year, and the number ofminutes watched rising from 719m to 1.32bn - an 84% year-on-year increase.\n \n \n \n \n \n 2020 has also seen STV Player being launched UK-wide on Freeview Play, Virgin Media and YouView, making it automatically available in around half of the UK's 42 million internet-enabled TV devices. \n \n \n \n \n \n New content on the STV Player: \n \n \n \n \n \n · \n \n A deal wi...