ABC scores 112,000 video streams for Doctor Who premiere

Tim Burrowes

April 19, 2010 12:43

The ABC’s experiment with making the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who available on iView almost 48 hours before it aired on ABC1 saw more than 100,000 viewers stream the show, the broadcaster revealed today.

The episode, which saw Matt Smith introduced as the new Doctor, was available from midnight on Friday and delivered more than 112,000 views over the weekend.

Last week was also the biggest in the history of the ABC’s catch-up viewing service with 224,000 visitors, 540,000 visits and 2.8 million page views.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.