Channel 5 to overhaul video on demand service

The new service will fuse both Demand Five, the catch-up player service, with Five.tv, the portal which lists Channel 5’s TV schedule and news about the station’s content. Up until November 1, both of these functions have existed on separate parts of the channel’s website.

Jonathan Lewis, Channel 5’s head of Digital Media told The Telegraph: “The new platform will still be called Demand Five, but look and feel totally different. It is platform which has been prepared for next generation services such as IPTV platforms like YouView – with a nod to the BBC iPlayer in terms of style.”