Facebook says it is pioneering new technologies by working with aerospace company Airbus to “bring affordable connectivity to more people, faster. This includes our work on the Aquila program, a high-altitude platform station (HAPS) broadband connectivity system.” Facebook explains that the technology will eventually augment terrestrial and satellite networks from approximately 20 km above ground, […]
Consumers worldwide are spending more time online and are quick to avoid websites that provide poor user experiences or have had security breaches, according to the latest State of the User Experience research report from digital content delivery specialist Limelight Networks. The annual global report, which highlights consumer online behaviours and expectations, found major increases […]
Médiamétrie has launched a new service in France that measures the impact of a programme on web users by analysing the nature and volume of interactions on Facebook and Twitter. Social TV Ratings offers a wide range of indicators – impressions, unique authors, sentiment, and affinity – which can be used to quantitatively and qualitatively […]
Online talent management firm Fullscreen is closing its subscription video platform which launched just last year. The service rolled out vowing to produce “higher quality” programmes featuring popular YouTube and social media stars. In a blog post, Fullscreen founder George Strompolos said: “When we set out to launch our own SVoD service, we knew it […]
Social video creation platform Wochit has announced the launch of Wochit Plus, a new collection of timely, relevant and unique videos, with social media intelligence and news agency Storyful as the first official Plus partner. The new offering, available to Wochit users as an add-on, enhances the company’s vast library of rights-cleared assets from sources […]
ESPN is launching a new SportsCenter show on Snapchat. The show will air in the US twice a day at 5am and 5pm on weekdays, and once at 5am on weekends. The show will be three to five minutes in length and will include a mix of the latest sports news, highlights and commentary. “SportsCenter […]
Facebook has a unique definition of video: If it moves, it’s video, from a GIF to a slideshow to conventional video. This unconventional definition, combined with short attention, may point to ways of using Facebook video quite unlike television, says GroupM in its latest State of Video report. Rather than compete to make shorter films, […]
Video creation platform Wochit has published its Q3 social index providing insight from its analysis of over 10,000 Facebook videos, created by more than 200 publishers. These videos were published on 300+ Facebook pages between June 2017 and August 2017. One of the most notable trends found is that increasing the number of videos shared […]
Data science and media technology company, 4C Insights, has unveiled that Stranger Things is closing in on Game of Thrones as the second season drew over three quarters of a million engagements across social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc). Most notable findings include: The number of social media engagements rose from 148,063 the night […]
Social media site Twitter has, effective immediately, banned RT and Sputnik from buying advertising amid fears they attempted to interfere with the 2016 US election. US authorities say both of the Russian media outlets act as “a platform for Kremlin messaging”. Twitter will donate an estimated $1.9 million made from the outlets into research on […]