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 […]
Groovy Gecko has partnered with Facebook to integrate with its live video API. The new live video API will offer content providers the ability to stream videos live into a Facebook player. As a Facebook API, it will also make use of the benefits of the platform’s autoplay functionality, making videos play automatically within News […]
Facebook Live, a live streaming tool that allows users to air their exploits in real-time, has added new features including the ability to post streams directly onto timelines. Facebook CEO Marc Zuckerberg commented: “Live is like having a TV camera in your pocket. Anyone with a phone now has the power to broadcast to anyone […]
Sky will stream a range of news and sport content directly through social media giant Facebook in the coming months, according to the company’s digital director Lucien Bowater. In a company blog post, Bowater said that Sky will give a “unique behind the scenes look” at a number of major sporting events and breaking news […]
The National Football League (NFL) has selected Twitter as its exclusive partner to deliver a live OTT digital stream of Thursday Night Football to a global audience across devices and for free during the course of the 2016 NFL Regular Season. Twitter will stream the 10 Thursday Night Football games broadcast by NBC and CBS, […]
England’s Football League has announced that free wi-fi, for a set of official apps, will be made available at select Championship, League One and League Two stadiums. Fans will be able to access club-branded apps to get news, social media content, highlights and betting. The Football League said “the majority” of clubs had signed up […]