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 […]
As the Premier League’s January transfer window reaches its final hours, Sky Sports News HQ will offer more ways than ever before for football fans to stay up to date with the latest news. Sky Sports is partnering with Twitter to deliver a global live stream from the Sky Sports Newsroom on January 31st at […]
Massive collections of fake accounts are lying dormant on Twitter, according to research obtained by the BBC. The largest network ties together in excess of 350,000 accounts and further work suggests others may be even bigger. UK researchers accidentally uncovered the bots network while probing Twitter to study how people use it. Some of the […]
PA Group – the parent company of the Press Association (PA), the national news agency for the UK and Ireland – has made a strategic investment in the social video creation platform Wochit. Wochit enables content producers, including media and publishing companies, to create socially-optimised videos quickly. PA joins a growing list of global media […]
Research from Neilsen reveals that more time than ever before is being spent using social media. “With the ubiquity of the smartphone – now firmly in the hands of over 87 per cent of the US adult population, as well as tablets and PCs, brands and content creators
Michael Lynton, CEO of Sony Entertainment, has confirmed that he is departing the company to fully focus on his role as Chair of Snap Inc – owners of social app Snapchat and a company in which he was an early investor. Lynton will stay with Sony for another six months as he works with overall […]