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24 September 2014
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ to offer "series stacking"


The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is to offer viewers the chance to catch up on every episode of some of their favourite series as "series stacking" is introduced to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer and programme sites from 13 September 2008.

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Viewers will be able to enjoy any episode, after it has first been broadcast, for the duration of the entire series.

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Highlights of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s autumn schedule being series stacked include new ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One dramas Merlin, Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Little Dorrit and Survivors; the best of popular and insightful factual output from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two such as The History Of Climate Change and Bruce Parry's Amazon; ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ÌýThree comedy premiere Clone and other new and returning factual series; and Walking With Beeching and The Story Of Maths from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four.

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Series stacking extends the catch-up availability window for individual episodes beyond seven days after their transmission, giving viewers the opportunity to catch up on multiple episodes, up to a maximum of 13.

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Simon Nelson, Controller of Multiplatform and Portfolio, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vision, says: "Series stacking will really make the unmissable, unmissable.

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"Now, you'll be able to join a series half way through following a friend's recommendation and catch up on all the previous episodes – or watch them all in one go over a weekend.

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"Series stacking marks a key development in our strategy to let audiences view our programmes whenever and wherever they want."

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Notes to Editors

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1. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Trust granted the Executive conditional approval to offer "series stacking" in April 2007.

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2. In its approvals, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Trust set an annual quota for series stacking of no more than 15% of all television content offered on-demand. The quota is to be applied as an average throughout the year. This guideline is to be reviewed after 24 months.

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3. Series stacking applies only to the first run transmission of the individual episodes of a series on any ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ television public service.

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4. Stacking will first be introduced to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s online streaming catch-up services – ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer – and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s programme websites.

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The feature will be made available for online downloads and within ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer for TV platforms in due course.

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Category: New Media
Date: 23.08.2008
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