Participants in a panel discussion at TV Connect on ‘Broadcast innovation in sport’ have suggested that their companies’ acquisition of exclusive sports rights has presented the opportunity to enable deeper engagement by followers and viewers by using new and emerging technologies. Jamie Hindhaugh, COO, BT Sports, told delegates that the broadcaster, which holds the exclusive […]
Snapchat could become more popular with advertisers than Twitter, Yahoo and AOL within three years. eMarketer forecasts that the messaging app will bring in revenues in excess of $3 billion a year before the end of 2019. The forecast is based on advertisers targeting the youth audience that the photo app has seemingly cornered. More […]
Twitter is considering launching a paid membership option for businesses and power users of its social media service. Twitter has struggled to grow its user base in recent years and is currently carrying out surveys to “assess interest” in the idea. Paying members would get access to an enhanced version of Tweetdeck, Twitter’s enhanced interface […]
American consumers’ status as a binge watching, streaming, multitasking nation enters 2017 with strong momentum according to Deloitte’s 11th Digital Democracy Survey. With 84 per cent of Americans on social networks – social media has evolved well beyond ‘socialising’ and is being used to discover new content, get news and resolve customer service issues. “American […]
Research commissioned by Channel 4 has found that the effective cost per thousand views for advertisers on broadcasters’ VoD platforms is far cheaper than the equivalent cost on YouTube or Facebook. The research found that the true Cost Per Thousand (or Minute) for Broadcaster VoD completed ads is circa 20 per cent cheaper than YouTube […]
Grabyo has been named as a launch partner for the new Periscope API – a platform integration that will allow publishers to directly integrate with Periscope and broadcast their live streams on Twitter, instead of going through the Periscope mobile app. This development is the latest in a series of updates as video continues to […]
Grabyo, the social video platform, has announced the launch of Cloud Producer – a browser-based production suite for professional-quality live streams. Cloud Producer eliminates the need for costly broadcast systems and hardware, giving video creators limitless capacity for delivering high-end, interactive live shows across social channels such as Facebook Live. “Rights owners and publishers want […]
Deutsche Telekom has partnered with Twitter to stream live coverage of a Depeche Mode concert via the social networking site. The concert, part of the Telekom Street Gigs series, will air live from the Funkhaus venue in Berlin on March 17th. Users across the globe will be able to watch the gig via the Twitter […]
Discovery Communications and Group Nine Media have announced a new partnership between Eurosport and NowThis, a socially-distributed millennial media brand, around the production and co-distribution of sports-related social video. As part of the partnership, NowThis will act as a social video production arm for Eurosport’s Olympic coverage. Eurosport will provide NowThis access to its library […]
In-Flight entertainment specialists Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) has used this week’s Seatrade Cruise Global event to launch its Airtime Portal for cruise passengers and crew. The Airtime Portal platform enables cruise ship operators to deliver Wi-Fi, instant messaging, social media, live TV, movies, games, news and more directly to passengers’ own mobile devices anywhere on […]