Fashion designer Victoria Beckham has announced she is launching her own YouTube channel. The former Spice Girl – and wife of retired footballer David Beckham – said the channel will offer beauty tutorials, styling tips and more. In a video posted on Twitter, Beckham said: “I am starting my own YouTube channel, that will be […]
The average UK viewer now watches nearly 5 hours of TV and other video a day, according to The Age of Television study conducted by research and strategy consultancy MTM and commissioned by Thinkbox. The study of the UK’s viewing habits has found that, whenever viewers watch content, they are doing so to satisfy one […]
Reuters, the multimedia news provider, is further expanding its content offering to Reuters News Agency customers through a partnership with Newsflare, a provider of eyewitness and trending video. The Newsflare partnership brings media customers access to breaking news and trending videos shot by the public around the world. Justine Flatley, Product Manager for Content Partnerships, Reuters, said: “The […]
Unilad – owned by Bentley Harrington which went into administration earlier this month – has been bought by rival LADbible. The two companies thrive on the social media scene by sharing viral videos and extraordinary news stories. The sale of Bentley Harrington safeguards the jobs of over 200 people working for the business. Bentley Harrington […]
To address rising competition in the advertising market, Google-owned YouTube is diversifying its business model by rebranding and expanding its YouTube Premium subscription service and other measures to raise revenue, while maintaining the company’s position as the world’s leading online video platform. The current markets for YouTube Premium, excluding the music-only tier, are expected to […]
According to Cisco’s global report on video streaming, 76 per cent of mobile traffic will be video by 2019 and Smart Insight says that more video is uploaded in 30 days than all the video created by major US broadcast networks in the past 30 years. “Can telcos monetise it?” asks Janne Neuvonen, CEO of […]
Global consumers will spend an average of 67 minutes a day watching online video this year, up from 56 minutes last year, according to Zenith’s Online Video Forecasts 2018. By 2020, the average person will be spending 84 minutes a day watching videos online. In that year, China will have the keenest viewers, with the […]
Video research from Parks Associates reveals US broadband households watch an average of two hours of alternative content on a computer each week from sources including Facebook, SnapChat, YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion. The research examines alternative content such as livestreaming, user-generated content, short-form videos, and web video series that are available via social networking, video […]
YouTube has rolled out new monetisation and engagement features for users who upload content to its video-sharing website. Speaking at the VidCon 2018 conference in California, YouTube chief product officer Neal Mohan revealed that the Google-owned streaming platform aims to help YouTubers monetise their content through means other than advertising. The first of these features […]
YouTube has launched two new streaming services – YouTube Music and YouTube Premium – in the UK and 12 other new countries. YouTube Music will enable users to listen to tracks as well as watch music videos and discover new artists through a new standalone app. A Music Premium subscription will cost £9.99 a month […]