A film called Shield 5 is set to be released on Instagram over the month of February. The film comprises of 28 15 second episodes that will be published on the social platform each day at 5pm. The plot revolves around a security driver, played by Christian Cooke, who is arrested for his involvement in […]
Wochit, the video creation platform, has announced the release of a suite of new platform features to give users the ability to easily create customized videos on trending stories and to publish those videos seamlessly on a wide array of mobile and social channels, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Vimeo. The new release of the […]
January 20th saw the US Dow Jones share index crash more than 500 points. Amongst the top fallers were media and technology stocks. Twitter, despite being helped by rumours that News Corp might be a buyer, at one point hit a new ‘low’ of $15.48. Mainstream stocks also suffered, with Netflix and CBS dropping more […]
The comeback fight of former world champion David Haye broke broadcasting records for UKTV channel Dave on January 16th, with a peak of 3 million viewers tuning in to watch his bout with Australian Mark De Mori. Dave, broadcasting a live sports event for the very first time, peaked a total of 3.02 million viewers […]
GWI’s Trends for 2016 predicts that live streaming will become more popular in the year ahead. Currently, it’s only tiny minorities of consumers who are using live-streaming apps; according to GWI’s data, about 1.5 per cent globally are engaging with Meerkat and just under 2 per cent are using Periscope. Numbers remain low in all […]
According to Nielsen, The Walking Dead was the number one entertainment series of the year among adult audiences of between 18 and 49 years old. It averaged 19.7 million viewers per episode. The series was also the most time-shifted television programme of 2015, when comparing its viewership from the original telecast and from a repeat […]
BTIG, the global financial services firm, has published its top 16 predictions and events to watch for in media and tech stocks in 2016: 1. Media Companies Forced to Shorten Sports Rights Amortisation Accounting In 2016, BTIG expects accelerating declines in multichannel video subscribers due to cord-cutting/shaving/nevering, combined with a continued secular decline in TV advertising […]
Facebook has stopped using Adobe’s Flash technology to stream video across its social network. Instead Facebook has developed a video player built around HTML5 technology. Games on Facebook would still use Flash, it said, but it was looking into ways to change those too. The site is one among many that have turned away from […]
Shareablee, the social media benchmarking and audience analysis firm that partners with TV and cable networks CBS, NBC, ESPN, Univision, FOX News and CNN, among others, has released a November ranking of the most socially engaged TV Networks in the US The ranking, which includes all television shows and the main network brand accounts under […]
Sky News and Sky Sports have partnered with Twitter to be part of the UK launch of Twitter Moments. Sky News will appear as the only UK News broadcaster further enforcing its role as a leading news publisher on social media. The new feature will enable Sky to showcase the best of its news and […]