Live streaming is booming globally as audiences demand more real-time connections to their favourite content on their preferred devices, reports Ooyala. That’s particularly true in top (and topical) media categories like news and sports where content has far more value delivered live than via on-demand replays. Meanwhile, social media companies understand the rising value in […]
In a global first in music television, The X Factor is to become the world’s first talent show to give hopefuls the opportunity to audition on Facebook Live. The call for auditions was launched on May 24th with returning host Dermot O’Leary recording his own Facebook Live message revealing how budding singers will be able […]
A global survey of airline customers reveals that passengers now not only expect broadband services to be offered as standard during flights, but more than half would prefer in-flight connectivity to in-flight meals. The In-Flight Connectivity Survey was conducted by global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat and market research company GfK between August 2015 […]
Grabyo will live stream Atletico Madrid v Athletic of the Spanish Women’s First Division to Facebook on May 28th at 11.45am (CEST). This match will be the first competitive football fixture to be live streamed to Facebook by a European football league. The match between third-placed Atletico Madrid and first-placed Athletic will be broadcast to […]
Fox, 21st Century Fox’s global flagship entertainment channel, will show the first episode of its new show Outcast on Facebook Live, becoming the first network in Europe and Africa to showcase a new drama on the social networking site’s service. At 10pm (CET) on May 20th the pilot episode of Outcast will debut exclusively through […]
With exactly one month to go until England and Wales’ opening matches at Euro 2016, research reveals the huge degree to which people will be second-screening during matches to enhance their experience of the tournament Two-thirds of Britons who will watch the 2016 European Football Championships live on TV will use an Internet-connected device at […]
Shares in Facebook have hit record highs after its latest financial results smashed expectations, with profits rising threefold. The first quarter numbers beat analysts’ forecasts with the social network, also the owner Instagram, reporting net profits of $1.5 billion compared to over $500 million in the same period last year. Total revenue rose to $5.4 billion […]
Satellite operator SES says it has won a capacity order from Facebook to supply bandwidth over sub-Saharan Africa. SES says the order includes capacity on 3 of its satellites (Astra 2G, Astra 3B and Astra 4A) to support Facebook’s Express Wi-Fi . offering. This capacity is additional to bandwidth already taken by Facebook with Eutelsat […]
Futuresource Consulting has released the results from its latest wave of ‘Kids Tech’ consumer research programme. Now in its third year, it accesses the digital leisure habits of kids between 3 and 16 years old, in the UK, US, China and Germany. It highlights
comScore is partnering with Facebook to report its viewability data directly in the Ad Validation module of validated Campaign Essentials (vCE). The global partnership includes viewability metrics for video and display campaigns running on Facebook on both desktop and mobile platforms. Giving clients access to this data in the vCE platform provides them with a […]