Wowza Media Systems, a specialist in streaming software and services, has unveiled the Wowza ClearCaster – an appliance built for professional broadcasters and streamers seeking an easy way to improve reliability for streaming on Facebook Live. Designed in collaboration with Facebook, the ClearCaster appliance is built from the ground up to ensure successful broadcasts and […]
Adobe has released a survey looking at how consumers under the age of 35 consume content – from news, to television and movies. It highlights the impact of social media and how likely consumers are to pay for news content, as well as the continued move away from traditional TV. Methodology The survey was conducted […]
Bloomberg Media has announced details of a new commercial partnership with Facebook, in support of the platform’s marketing services to small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) across Europe, Middle East and Africa. The new partnership, Connect Today, created by Bloomberg’s in-house creative team, Bloomberg Media Studios, will run throughout September and October and highlights a number […]
Discovery Communications is to develop premium mid-form shows for Watch, a new platform for shows on Facebook. Discovery will produce shows both inspired by leading Discovery Communications’ properties and created exclusively for Facebook. The first Discovery show to launch on Watch is Animal Planet’s Celebrity Animal Encounters, which will be available during the first week in September. […]
BT Sport is to stream a regular taster of its rugby union magazine show Rugby Tonight for free on social media platforms Facebook and Twitter providing potential subscribers an opportunity to sample the broadcaster’s show. The weekly hour-long show will be shown on BT Sport channels, starting tonight from 8pm, and the first quarter on […]
A new report explores how online news content was discovered (and consumed) by computer users in the UK between mid-March and mid-April 2017. Based on a passive tracking study of the desktop and laptop web browsing of more than 3,400 online news users, it identifies the news brands that were most successful in driving social […]
Facebook has ordered a 12-episode docu-series from Brandon Stanton, the man behind the popular photo blog Humans of New York. The 30 minute episodes will air on the new Facebook Watch video platform, debuting next week. In a Facebook post, Stanton said: “Early on I realized that video would add a deeper layer to Humans […]
Facebook has struck a deal with digital sports network Stadium that will see the social networking company live-stream 15 US College Football games this season starting next week. The agreement gives Facebook exclusive rights to show six Mountain West games and nine Conference USA games. The games will not be televised. Facebook also recently reached […]
Social media app Snapchat will add scripted content to its service “before the end of year”. Nick Bell, head of content for the photo-sharing platform, said that the company was not seeking to take-on traditional broadcasters, but rather complement them. “Instead, it can help bolster them,” he said, speaking at the Edinburgh International TV Festival. […]
Swedish telco Com Hem is to offer a range of “digital” services to customers after signing a deal with TMPL, provider of ‘social media platform to premises’, typically multi-dwelling units, that offers various services to those who live there. The company said customers could book laundry, order groceries, book or share vehicles and order food […]