In its latest UK social network usage forecast, eMarketer expects digital video viewing from the under 4s to help drive up Internet usage this year. It also expects Facebook and Twitter usage to increase. Report highlights include: Internet Usage eMarketer has increased its estimate for Internet usage, in 2017 54.4 million people, or 82 per […]
Five people have been arrested in a crackdown on the sale and distribution of illegal TV set-top devices in the North West of England and Wales. The multi-agency day of action on February 8th saw the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), Greater Manchester Police, City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) and the […]
Facebook has launched a series of initiatives to help make the Internet a safer and better place for people across Africa, especially children and the youth. Facebook is partnering with public sector agencies and non-governmental organisations from across Africa under the rallying call “Be the change: unite for a better Internet”. “Nothing is more important […]
BBC Worldwide and Snap Inc have partnered to launch an exclusive series of Planet Earth II ‘Shows’ on social media messaging app Snapchat’s Discover Platform in the US and Canada. In a first for mobile audiences, never-before-seen footage filmed for the landmark series will launch on Snapchat a day before the show’s February 18th debut […]
A Brisbane man faces legal action from Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel after streaming the Danny Green v Anthony Mundine fight live on Facebook. Darren Sharpe attracted more than 150,000 viewers to his Facebook live stream who thereby avoided the A$59.95 (€42.67) pay-per-view charge. Foxtel identified his and other live Facebook streams, as well as pirate […]
TV programmes are the talk of Twitter in primetime, accounting for as much as 87 per cent of trending topics on any given night, according to a report from the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB). The study of US primetime Twitter topics for a month in autumn 2016 counters mounting misperception that the social media audience
Mediapro and La Liga have agreed a deal to stream the semi-finals of La Copa Del Rey (King’s Cup) on Facebook to 40 countries (among them the UK, Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Russia, most of the countries in the Middle East, China or Australia). The Mediapro streaming signal, through Gol, will be the first Spanish TV […]
Facebook’s VR business Oculus has been ordered by a court to pay $500 million (€462.4m) to video game maker ZeniMax. The verdict, in a Texas district court, ruled that Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey had failed to comply with a non-disclosure agreement signed with ZeniMax in 2012. Nonetheless, the jury decided that Oculus had not misappropriated […]
Facebook is working on a TV-style video app and is already seeking publishers to create exclusive content for it. According to a report in WSJ, the app is part of an effort by Facebook to make itself a video-first company – allowing it to compete for TV advertising revenue. Facebook’s strategy to push more video content on […]
Lego has launched a social network exclusively for under-13s on a new app branded Lego Life. The app lets children post photos of their Lego creations and comment on others – but with strict restrictions on how they can interact with fellow users. Text comments aren’t allowed but users can either use prewritten responses or […]