Building on a technology partnership that has existed since 1990, IT consultancy and technology expert IBM and the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) have revealed a number of innovations for the Championships to mark the next step in the Club’s digital strategy for the Wimbledon tournament. Making use of its latest technology advancements in […]
YouTube has announced that YouTube Gaming will launch in the UK and US later this summer, a new app and website designed to keep users connected to the games, players, and culture that matter most to them, with videos, live streams, and the biggest community of gamers on the web – all in one place. […]
It seems that the non-announced ‘plan’ for Facebook to launch a constellation of mini-satellites, or else one $500 million super-satellite, has been dropped. The scheme, widely talked about some 6 months ago, was going to provide low-cost internet services for the developing world. The latest unconfirmed report (in The Information publication) says that Facebook found […]
MTV has published international research revealing that almost all (97 per cent) of more than 15,000 12 to 24-year-old respondents across 26 countries claimed to be affected by boredom, with two-thirds experiencing it on a weekly basis and nearly one-quarter daily, equating to more than 340 million people aged 12 to 24 being bored at […]
Thaicom, one of Asia’s leading satellite operators, alongside a joint venture between Kantana Group and Intouch Holdings has launched its first 2nd Screen platform in Thailand. The service will first be used to air Gossip Girl, licensed from the Gossip Girl TV series in the US, on the Channel 3 Television Network. “2nd Screen is […]
Smartphone sales growth is slowing to less than 10 per cent annually to 2018, and mobile networks saw just 5 per cent growth in the last decade. So while Apple continues to knock it out of the park and Xiaomi skyrockets, mobile internet is the mobile growth market. Digi-Capital now forecasts almost 3x mobile internet […]
Beamly, the social discovery network for TV, has announced the results of the live ‘Votelys’ (polls) it ran during this year’s Eurovision competition. By the end of the Grand Final, the viewing public from across Europe had used Beamly’s social network to cast 9,077,194 votes in total, significantly beating Twitter’s engagement figure around the show […]
One in five (19 per cent) marketers planning to use live streaming apps like Periscope and Meerkat in campaigns, according to Greenlight’s ‘Hype or Ripe’ study. However, with both apps caught in battle for users, marketers fear backing the wrong horse, with one in ten (12 per cent) having made this costly mistake before. Greenlight […]
Formula E, the new FIA single-seater championship that’s bringing high speed racing to the streets of major cities worldwide, is partnering with London start-up Grabyo to bring the ultimate digital experience to fans and accelerate the growth of its digital audience. As well as using Grabyo Studio to share real-time highlights from the live broadcast to […]
People are spending twice as much time online compared to 10 years ago, fuelled by increasing use of tablets and smartphones, according to Ofcom research. Ofcom’s Media Use and Attitudes 2015 report shows