Social video creation platform Wochit has announced several new publisher relationships in Asia and Australia, indicating significant growth in the APAC region resulting from the company’s aggressive global expansion strategy. Following a recent funding round from investors including Singapore Press Holding’s SPH Media Fund, Wochit is actively pursuing growth throughout Asia. The company is already […]
US professional football league Major League Soccer and Univision Deportes, the multimedia sports division of Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America, are collaborating with Facebook to live stream a full slate of regular season matches on the social network. As part of this, MLS will also drive further social engagement […]
Pakistan’s High Court in Islamabad has ruled that the government must block and close down those social media sites that make or carry blasphemous content. The Court ordered the government to start investigations into online blasphemy. In a report from BBC Monitoring, the High Court ruled that any such sites must be placed on the […]
Social network giant Facebook has launched its Facebook 360 app on the Samsung Gear VR headset, allowing users to view photos and videos in full 360° glory. “We’re making 360 photos and videos even more immersive and easier to discover with the launch of the Facebook 360 app for Samsung Gear VR, powered by Oculus,” […]
Facebook has added Snapchat-style disappearing photos to its Messenger app, in its latest move to mimic its popular messaging rival. The so-called ‘Messenger Day’ service lets user share photos and videos with illustrated filters and stickers that vanish in 24 hours – just like Snapchat stories. The service is currently being rolled out in the […]
Comcast’s NBCUniversal has invested $500 million (€472m) in Snapchat’s initial public offering (IPO). NBCU is pushing more and more into digital media, it has invested $400 million in online publisher Buzzfeed and $200 million in Vox Media over the last 18 months. Snapchat owner Snap saw its stock rise 44 per cent on day one […]
Millennials – now the largest generational group in the US – have grown alongside advancements in technology and media platforms, placing them in intriguing territory with regard to media habits, reports Nielsen. When it comes to television, their eyes are glued to the screen. With commercials, they’re still tuned in—but their eyes are on their […]
According to research consultancy TDG, video operators and networks searching for new revenue growth must focus on the two key trends: the advance of Latino viewing and the rise of Social-Mobile (SoMo) video. According to Joel Espelien, TDG senior advisor and author of TDG’s report, growth in the US video market is harder and harder […]
Samsung Electronics has confirmed that the new Facebook video app for TV is available on Samsung Smart TVs, including its 2017 QLED TV lineup and the app will be available on all of its 2015, 2016, 2017 Smart TV models. Samsung is the only TV manufacturer that will support the app at its launch, which […]
Research from Ampere Analysis shows that Snapchat is unlike any other social media video platform in the audience it attracts and the way it impacts viewing behaviour, offering some clue to the huge valuations being placed on the platform for its impending IPO. Snapchat (and to a lesser degree, Instagram) deliver