YouTube claims live video views jumped by 80 per cent over the last year as it chases down the likes of Facebook and Snapchat. Neal Mohan, head of product at YouTube, told the FT the number of live video postings on YouTube grew by 30 per cent over the same time period. The most popular […]
Burst, the mobile video technology company that enables broadcasters, media companies, rights holders and brands to instantly deliver mobile video to broadcast, OTT and digital, has announced that Sinclair Broadcast Group has agreed to deploy the Burst platform for user-generated content and Burst On TV (BOTV). Plans call for the deployment of the Burst solution […]
The QYOU, a curator of Internet video for the TV Everywhere market, has formed a partnership with TotalPlay, a Mexican-based Triple Play provider, to bring The QYOU’s curated short-form content to subscribers across Mexico. TotalPlay will air The QYOU’s linear channel on its IPTV service. The deal marks The QYOU’s entry into the Latin American […]
Multi Channels Asia (MCA), Asia-Pacific’s largest independent channel distributor, ahs signed a partnership deal with The QYOU, a global curator of Internet video for the TV Everywhere market, to bring The QYOU’s TV formats to Asia and the Pacific for the first time. Gregg Creevey, Managing Director, Multi Channels Asia said, “The QYOU curates the […]
Burst, the US mobile video technology company that enables broadcasters, media companies, rights holders and brands to instantly deliver mobile video to broadcast, OTT and digital, has announced Burst for OTT (BOTT) and Burst User-Generated TV (BUGTV). BOTT is comprised of a set of APIs that broadcasters and publishers of any size can use to […]
Worldwide revenue from mobile video will reach $25 billion (€22.5bn) by 2021, according to research by Strategy Analytics. Growth in mobile video revenue will be driven by advertisers seeking to reach an increasing audience of users that are consuming video on their smartphones and tablets. The report also predicts users of mobile video to more […]
YouTube has confirmed that it will add live-streaming capabilities into its mobile app. Akin to other live-streaming services such as Periscope and Facebook Live, YouTube will also let viewers leave live comments. Although YouTube has been offering live-streaming of events to users since 2011, the feature was not available in the YouTube app. In a […]
As the subscriber base of SVoD services continues to grow (9 million subscriptions in the UK, 91 million subscriptions in the US), social video platform YouTube still enjoys the biggest share of viewers in the UK, whilst subscription service Netflix takes the top slot in the US. Across the 10 countries in the research, 46 […]
Data from comScore and Barb for the first quarter of 2016 shows that YouTube reached more 18 to 34 year olds via mobile devices than any commercial TV channel in the UK. The Google-owned video portal has also conducted a YouGov
Streambox, a live streaming pioneer, has announced live 360 video streaming to YouTube. Combining Streambox Cloud Services with the beta release of the Cloud Encoder – 360 gives users a simple solution to the complex problems involved with live 360 streaming. Streambox invites content producers to become beta testers and start streaming live 360 video […]