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Turkey to ban YouTube again?


Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested Turkey could ban Facebook and YouTube after elections this month, in his latest response to a series of leaks of  his private conversations on the Internet. The remarks came as part of a warning that after the March 30th vote he would redouble his efforts against the […]

March 7, 2014

La Liga highlights on Twitter

Spain’s top football league La Liga and Mediapro, owner of the football TV rights, and Twitter have signed a deal to bring Spanish football to a world audience. Video clips from La Liga will be made available via Twitter using Twitter’s Amplify tool that enables users to attach videos to tweets in real time with […]

March 3, 2014From David Del Valle in Madrid

Multitasking viewers do focus on the TV

Devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops and portable gaming systems have made it easy for consumers to multitask while watching TV. However, a November 2013 study by TiVo found that three-quarters of US TV viewers were more focused on what was on the tube, even when using a second screen. Smartphones were the No. […]

February 27, 2014

Brit Awards: TV Twitter record as ratings slump

This year’s Brit Awards has set the record as the most tweeted about TV show in the UK, while the TV audience for the music awards ceremony plummeted to its lowest level since 2006. The ITV show instigated

February 20, 2014

Nielsen: Time-shifted TV viewing increasing

TV viewers increasingly are watching programmes on their own schedule, according to a Nielsen study. In the past year, time-shifting of television content grew by almost

February 12, 2014

80% of Facebook TV chatter from mobiles

Findings from SecondSync, the social TV analytics provider, in partnership with Facebook reveal how socially connected consumers in the US, UK and Australia watch TV programmes and engage in social chatter. With peoples’ online activity increasingly switching between devices and Facebook interaction moving to mobile, the report findings

February 11, 2014

65% of mobile media users use a second screen

MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, has released the second report in its Global Consumer Insights Series, focussing on international second screen behaviours and highlighting that the mobile handset complements, rather than replaces, other media channels. The report, carried out in partnership with On Device Research, analyses data from 10,000 respondents in

February 11, 2014

Twitter slumps on higher costs and lower use

Twitter stockholders got the jitters as some fear it may be have topped out its phenomenal growth. The drop came after the social network posted its first earnings report since going public in November. It said its monthly active users totaled 241 million in the fourth quarter, up 30 per cent from 185 million a […]

February 6, 2014

Millennials favour digital formats

The 2013 Most Memorable New Product Launch survey reveals significant findings when it comes to the Millennial generation’s media consumption, according to Sentient Decision Science and Schneider Associates. Evidence of the “M” factor in the US can be seen in specific media consumption patterns. Key findings in this year’s MMNPL survey include: · Millennials (also […]

February 5, 2014

RTP launches second screen app in Portugal

Public broadcaster RTP has launched 5i, the first second screen TV application in Portugal. While watching their favourite programmes on RTP (TV series, talk show, game show, etc.), viewers can open a special dedicated app on their smartphone or tablet. This will enable them to receive additional information on the programme, vote on their favourite […]

February 5, 2014From Branislav Pekic in Rome