That was one of the messages from Claude London, director of digital media for the BBC Worldwide, in his opening keynote at Streaming Media Europe Thursday morning; and he showed statistics to support his claim that online delivery of television shows doesn’t decrease broadcast viewership. Streaming Media contributing editor Tim Siglin writes more about London’s talk as well as other sessions from the first day of the show here. 

We’ll have more reports later today — plus, we hope to bring you the closing session, “What the Future Holds for Online Video” live at 11 a.m. ET. Watch this space for a link.