Analyst: Younger audiences moving off Facebook
Facebook is losing friends among teens and young adults, according to eMarketer’s report on UK digital users, which is set to be released later in February. In 2018, 2.2 million
February 12, 2018
Social Media
Eurosport, Facebook partner for Olympics coverage
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport has partnered with Facebook to extend its Olympic Winter Games digital coverage to people on Facebook across Europe. Facebook communities in Germany, Sweden and Norway will be able to tune in live to Eurosport’s coverage of the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony on February 9th. Daily highlights, clips and interviews from Eurosport’s […]
February 9, 2018
Snapchat rolls out update
Social media app Snapchat has begun a full-scale rollout of a redesigned version in the UK. The update is intended to separate social interactions with friends from third-party content. Changes to the app’s Discover feature will make it easier for users to find content from publishers, according to Snap. The update also adds a personalised […]
February 8, 2018
France Télévisions’ ‘slash’ chases social media generation
French PSB France Télévisions has launched a new digital platform, available on social media, targeting young adults. With a budget of €2 million, france.tv slash aims to attract viewers who are moving away from traditional TV screens. France.tv slash is available on video platform france.tv, as well as on social networks Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and […]
February 7, 2018From Pascale Paoli Lebailly in Paris
BBC ‘Civilisations’ AR app
The BBC is launching its first augmented reality app, as part of a major collaboration between the BBC and more than 30 museums from across the UK and to mark the launch of new landmark arts and culture series, Civilisations. ‘Civilisations AR’ is being developed by BBC Research & Development and Nexus Studios, enabling people […]
February 7, 2018
Analyst: YouTube close to UK saturation
YouTube viewing is close to saturation in the UK, with more than 90 per cent of digital video viewers regularly visiting the platform, according to eMarketer’s first-ever YouTube forecast for the market, Worldwide YouTube and Digital Video. YouTube’s ubiquity across the Google platform and easy integration on other content platforms have helped contribute to its […]
February 5, 2018
Study: Consumption trends for business video
Wibbitz, the AI-powered video creation platform, has released the findings from its latest study, Video For Business: Content Consumption Trends, analysing how and where consumers are motivated to consume video in addition to the type of content they prefer. In late 2017, Wibbitz surveyed over 1,000 people finding that among various business use cases inclusive […]
February 2, 2018
‘Success’: Facebook users spend less time on site
Facebook users are spending less time on the social media since it overhauled its news feed function late last year. Facebook revealed that changes to its online algorithm contributed to a quarterly decline of 700,000 users in the US and Canada. The site is now prioritising posts from friends and family in an attempt to […]
February 1, 2018
Discovery measuring total video during Olympics
With Discovery and its leading sports brand Eurosport on track to deliver the Olympic Winter Games to more people, across more screens than ever before, the broadcaster has developed a first-of-its kind methodology to measure audience behaviour across Europe. Discovery has unveiled three new metrics, which together will capture ‘Total Video’ – the new ‘TV’—across […]
February 1, 2018
Fan link-up service wins sports innovation award
A service which allows sports fans to create virtual living rooms, enabling friends and families to watch TV together, has won a BT sports media innovation award. The winner of the BT Infinity Lab competition, Sceenic, will now be trialled by BT Sport for potential future use by the company. London-based Sceenic’s solution claims to […]
February 1, 2018