Facebook could be all video and mobile in five years, according to Nicola Mendelsohn, vice president for Facebook in Europe Asked at Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women International Summit in London to predict where Facebook would be in a half decade in terms of mobile and video, Mendelsohn said the social network would “definitely” be mobile, […]
IBM and The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) have unveiled new technologies for The Championships 2016, marking the next phase in the AELTC’s digital transformation. New for 2016 is an Apple TV app for Wimbledon developed by IBM Interactive Experience that will enable fans to engage with Wimbledon in the comfort of their own […]
Technology and data company Engagement Labs, creator of the eValue score, has released rankings of the top performing US TV broadcast networks and OTT content providers on social media. “The TV landscape has drastically changed due to the rise in popularity of TV streaming services,” stated Bryan Segal, CEO at Engagement Labs. “Otherwise known as […]
Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer has described virtual reality (VR) as one of three core components to Facebook’s 10-year roadmap – alongside artificial intelligence and connecting even more people to the web. “It took 10 years for smartphones to get to a billion people. There’s no reason this can’t get there, but it will take time […]
BT Sport says it is making the 2016 UEFA Champions League final the “most social sports broadcast ever” by live-streaming the match on YouTube and breaking new ground across social media platforms. The all-Spanish final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid on May 28th is being shown live on BT Sport, btsport.com and the BT […]
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 […]