Video game streaming service Twitch looks set to be acquired by YouTube for about $1 billion. Twitch was launched in June 2011 by Justin.tv co-founders Justin Kan and Emmett Shear and focuses on live video game streams and eSports broadcasting. The site boasts more than 45 million visitors per month and topped 1 million monthly […]
Despite a relative drop in visit share of 8.9 per cent over the last year in the US, YouTube is still by far the video site most frequently visited from a desktop computer with a 58.77 per cent share of visits among a custom aggregate of video-rich sites, according to
Dailymotion, the online video platform, has signed a partnership with Viral Spiral, an agency for creators of viral videos, which also helps producers leverage that content to drive audience and engage customers. The deal will give Dailymotion users access to thousands of the best videos from Viral Spiral, with new content being added weekly. CEO […]
Rightster, the cloud-based global video distribution and monetisation network, has released an update on its average monthly video views and business developments, following the first three months of the year. Rightster continues to show strong growth in its video traffic, with average monthly video views for Q1 2014 estimated at 355 million per month, a […]
A Turkish court has ruled that a blanket ban of YouTube violated human rights and ordered most of the restrictions be lifted, citing a supreme court ruling this week that scrapped a similar ban on microblogging site Twitter. The state telecoms authority on March 27th blocked access to YouTube, Google’s video-sharing site, after anonymously leaked […]
Turkey’s telecommunications authority has blocked YouTube, exactly a week after trying to prevent people from accessing Twitter and just three days ahead of local elections. The move came just hours after a leaked recording published on YouTube seeming to show a top officials discussing a possible attack against Jihadist militants in Syria. The block was […]
YouTube is stepping up efforts to catch users who fraudulently boost viewing numbers. It says “When some bad actors try to game the system by artificially inflating view counts, they’re not just misleading fans about the popularity of a video, they’re undermining one of YouTube’s most important and unique qualities.” “While in the past we […]
YouTube’s 46 generic channels are doing better in Germany and France than those being viewed in the UK. A study by IHS Electronics & Media over the past year states that the German and French offering gathered an average of 14 million views, while the UK offering tempted just 11 million views. However, IHS suggests […]
Internet TV streaming service Aereo has revealed plans to launch its online television technology in the Baltimore metropolitan region on December 16th. The Baltimore metro area includes 11 counties across Central Maryland. Aereo’s announcement follows its expansion earlier this year to the Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Salt Lake City, Houston, Dallas, Detroit and Denver metropolitan areas. […]
Dailymotion has opened a new subsidiary in Japan: Dailymotion Japan KK and moved to Tokyo with his first employees. With over 11 million unique visitors per month, Japan is Dailymotion’s third largest market behind France and the US with a strong audience growth in mobile in 2013. With its new offices in Tokyo, the new […]