Facebook has partnered with Zoomin.TV, the digital media company, on the launch of their new video hub, ‘Watch’, to deliver a series of purpose driven programming specifically tailored to the needs of Gen Z. The publisher has launched Show Pages that engage the younger audience with meaningful stories from around the global that inspire change […]
More than a quarter of the UK’s population will log onto Instagram at least monthly by the end of 2017, according to eMarketer’s latest forecast of social network users. In total, 16.7 million people will be regular users of the platform, an increase of almost 35 per cent over 2016. Snapchat won’t be far behind, […]
BT Sport Score will now be available for free to anyone on Twitter in the UK throughout the 2017/18 football season. The show will be streamed via the @btsportscore account and will keep viewers up to date with every goal as it goes in across the Premier League, Football League and FA Cup. With coverage […]
HBO’s spate of cyber breaches has continued as several of its Twitter accounts were hacked and taken over by the notorious OurMine group. The hacking group took control of the main HBO Twitter account as well as those for TV shows including Game of Thrones, Veep and Girls, posting its now routine statement: “Hi, OurMine […]
Turner and UEFA, the governing body of European football, have agreed a three-year multi-platform deal for the exclusive presentation of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League in the US beginning with the 2018-19 season. Timed to this multi-year rights agreement, Turner has also announced plans to launch a new standalone premium sports streaming […]
Content from The Associated Press drove higher total engagement on Facebook than any of the Top 10 individual publishers in June and July, according to a new survey from content analytics platform NewsWhip. The results reveal the hidden power of news agency content in a market focused on digital native publishing and platforms. In July, […]
Nielsen is set to begin crediting video content distributed on Facebook, Hulu and YouTube in Digital Content Ratings. Through this capability, participating TV and digital publisher clients can now capture incremental viewing of their content within their reported audience numbers. With Nielsen including viewership of distributed content on three of the industry’s largest digital platforms […]
According to Kimberly Chang, Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Leader at consulting firm Deloitte, the demise of media is an oft-told story, but Deloitte’s 2017 Media Consumer Survey shows that there is much in how Australian consumers are behaving that is positive for the media industry. “Not only is watching TV and video content on […]
Facebook has unveiled its long-trailed move to compete in the television market by expanding its video tab offerings with a redesign called Watch. The redesigned product will be available initially to a limited group in the United States. Facebook signed deals this year with Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN, Group Nine Media and others to produce […]
Fake news is good news for traditional, mainstream media outlets, according to a new study, Fake News: Can It Save the Traditional, Mainstream Media?, commissioned by corporate communications agency Instinctif Partners. A survey of 2,000 consumers reveals fake news represents a significant opportunity for traditional, mainstream media outlets to rebuild and re-establish their credentials and […]