Dror Ginzberg, CEO and co-founder of short-form social video creation platform Wochit, has shared his five top predictions for digital video in 2017: Streaming video companies like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon will look more and more like production studios or even OTT providers. This evolution is now both driven by and a driver of consumer […]
Social media giant Facebook is set to hire an extra 500 workers in the UK when it opens a new headquarters in London, effectively increasing its UK workforce by 50 per cent. Facebook will open its new office, which is currently under construction in Fitzrovia – near the West End, next year Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook’s […]
Futuresource has published findings from the 6th wave of Kids Tech, its consumer research programme specifically focused on children aged 3 through to 16 across the US, UK, Germany and China, providing ongoing monitoring of their digital media consumption and its influence on their habits and interests. This study captures the status quo of how […]
EE has partnered with Twitter to be the first UK TV platform to offer the ‘Watch with Twitter’ functionality. The new feature means EE TV set top box viewers can quickly and easily see which shows are trending on Twitter – allowing them to discover and watch the most talked about programmes in real time. […]
Cloud services for video provider Brightcove has released Brightcove Social, which it says is the first video solution that enables organisations to manage their video presence across social networks from a single interface. Brightcove empowers marketers, enterprises, and media organisations to maximise the tremendous potential of social video. It does this by enabling teams to […]
Akamai Technologies, a global player in content delivery network (CDN) services, has announced that media coverage of the US Presidential Election was the largest single news event the company has ever helped its customers deliver. Live video streaming traffic specific to the election peaked at 7.5 Tbps on the Akamai Platform shortly before midnight Eastern […]
ITV has selected digital fan interaction technology company, Monterosa, to deliver the next generation of its I’m a Celebrity app when it returns for its 16th series in the jungle later this month. Having introduced the I’m a Celebrity app for the first time last year, ITV has now tasked Monterosa with creating a modernised, […]
Facebook has revealed plans to utilise connected TV platforms, such as Apple TV and Roku, to sell video ads. These ads would then be run through the social media giant’s own ad network. “We are testing how to best deliver video ads through Audience Network to people watching content on connected TVs. Our goal is […]
Social media site Facebook surprised market analysts with above expected results “on all fronts” for Q3 according to investment bank Exane/BNP-Paribas. However, Facebook’s management, in an analysts call on November 2 said it was cautious about the company’s ad-revenue prospects this coming year. Facebook’s headline numbers were impressive, with revenues jumping 56 per cent, topping […]
Metrological has announced the availability of the Watch with Twitter service for its customers. The Watch with Twitter functionality will enable Metrological’s customers to deliver a Twitter experience that leverages the programme guide to display Twitter content side by side with TV shows, directly on the screen. Once integrated, the Watch with Twitter app launches […]