Tour De France: pushed the right buttons in 2009
ITV’s Interactive TV coverage of Tour de France raced ahead this year, offering live streaming behind the Red button in full screen for the first time ever.
Across a 5 day period, half a million Sky and Virgin viewers used the service to see the latest news and competitions, with over 250,000 watching video of the race live – triple the number of views in 2008.
Viewers could press red over the ITV4 programming to access the service or view it from ITV’s 24.7 Interactive Main menu at any time.
Peter Mossman, Head of Production at ITV commented:-
“It was an important development to offer the full screen option this year and one that we have had lots of positive viewer feedback for. The numbers prove there is a strong audience for this type of content – effectively using ITV Interactive as a channel in its own right”