Vine, the six-second video app, is shutting down completely. Owner Twitter has decided to shut down its Vine mobile app, reportedly as part of its plan to rescue itself from its ongoing financial crisis. The Vine app and its looping, six-second videos helped define some of the aesthetic of the videos that now feature heavily […]
Social video creation platform Wochit has announced receipt of $13 million (€11.9m) in funding, with investment from media giants ProSieben, Singapore Press Holdings’ SPH Media Fund, Carlo de Benedetti and several existing investors including Redpoint, Marker and Cedar Fund. The funds will be used to further enhance Wochit’s technology and to expand its business with […]
Sandvine, a provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, has released its latest Global Internet Phenomena Report focusing on Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. The report is based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 300-plus communications service provider (CSP) customers. Report highlights include: Video on mobile networks in Africa […]
Next-generation and creator-first digital media company BuzzMyVideos has launched multi-platform copyright protection tool BuzzRights, which enables online video creators to protect their content on both YouTube and Facebook. According to the company, with an ever-increasing number of emerging social platforms and ongoing shift in industry focus to video, the need to protect creators’ IP and […]
Ahead of the third and final US presidential debate tonight, Dror Ginzberg, Co-founder and CEO of Wochit, has outlined how online viewing of the debates has exceeded television broadcast and how engagement levels have exploded across all platforms during each Presidential debate to date. Ginzberg said: “One of the most striking trends, as we head […]
Facebook is rolling out the ability for users to stream videos from Facebook to their TV, allowing them to enjoy their favourite videos on a larger screen through devices such as Apple TV or Google Chromecast. According to Brent Ayrey, Product Director, Facebook is focused on creating video experiences that people want, and is responding […]
Twitter has told suitors it is seeking to conclude negotiations about selling itself by the time it reports third-quarter earnings on October 27th , according to Reuters. Twitter shares sank nine per cent after Google parent Alaphabet was reported by Recode to have ruled out a bid. Recode also says Apple is not in the […]
Bloomberg has snagged the @Brexit handle on Twitter to provide a new outlet for Brexit coverage, which includes scoops, breaking news, charts, videos and data visualisations. The account will work alongside Bloomberg’s daily Brexit Bulletin newsletter, which already reaches thousands of subscribers. @Brexit joins Bloomberg’s family of memorable Twitter handles including @business, @markets, @technology, @luxury […]
Social media giant Facebook has confessed that it has overestimated how much video people have watched through its service for the last two years. The error affected a Facebook metric called “average duration of video viewed”, which was supposed to tell publishers for how long, on average, people had watched a video. However, the metric […]
Twitter and Bloomberg Media have announced a partnership to stream Bloomberg Television’s live broadcast of the 2016 US Presidential and Vice Presidential debates on Twitter. The agreement is an expansion of the partnership Twitter and Bloomberg Media announced in July to stream select Bloomberg Television programmes. Twitter will stream Bloomberg Television’s live broadcast of the […]