South Africa’s Competition Commission has hit Facebook’s parent, Meta, with alleged “abuse of dominance” and is seeking a hefty fine for Facebook. The Commission, in a statement which included references to Meta subsidiaries WhatsApp and Facebook South Africa, says that it has cited the two companies for prosecution at the Competition Tribunal and would be […]
Orange has published the third edition of the Observatory of Digital Uses, in partnership with OpinionWay. Created in 2018 by Orange and OpinionWay, the Observatory is returning in its third edition to provide feedback on digital uses in 2021. This year, the Observatory aimed to measure the development of digital behaviorus, the health crisis’ impact […]
The Hero Indian Super League, India’s top tier football league, has turned to Tellyo and the Tellyo Pro solution to help optimise their social media content strategy. “We needed a robust, efficient and cost effective media solution that would allow us to facilitate the dissemination of our match content across different social media platforms quickly,” […]
Netflix and TikTok have halted their services in Russia. Netflix, which has already suspended all production and acquisition activity in the country, said in a statement: “Given the circumstances on the ground, we have decided to suspend our service in Russia”. Netflix is believed to have around 1 million subscribers in Russia. Netflix was joined […]
Rangers Football club, the 55-time Scottish champions, has partnered with Grabyo to move social and digital video production to the cloud, bolstering video programming and real time content output . Rangers will use Grabyo’s live clipping and editing tools to create more videos around matchdays. “Partnering with Grabyo gives us the flexibility to scale our […]
Telefónica and Meta (formerly Facebook) have partnered to launch Open2metaver – a Metaverse hub in Madrid – to develop Metaverse networks, services and apps with a global reach. The deal was announced during the Barcelona Mobile World Congress, with Telefónica inviting start-ups and developers “to benefit from (our) open innovation ecosystem as week as from […]
Spain’s pay-TV platform, Movistar Plus, has added Twitter’s Living app to its offer that will enable its subscribers to have access to a wide selection of videos from the social network. All UHD STB-equipped subscribers will be able to access Twitter videos divided into different categories like music, sports, technology, travel, culture, food, cinema and […]
As the government declares its intention to remove all remaining Covid-19 restrictions in England, data reveals that Brits significantly increased their use of livestreaming and video calling apps to share important life events – or ‘milestone moments’ – during the countrywide lockdowns, and intend to keep doing so even now that restrictions are coming to […]
Phenix, a provider of real-time video streaming solutions, has reported that US streaming platforms, such as NBC Sports, Peacock, Hulu and YouTubeTV, were lagging behind the action on the field during the 2022 Super Bowl between 50 and 60 seconds. And when measuring the time difference between the same stream, there was up to a […]
European TV set manufacturer Vestel has confirmed the arrival of video sharing app TikTok on its range of Smart TVs. The collaboration will see Vestel now bring TikTok to more than twenty high-profile and premium TV brands, including its own portfolio of brand licences. Especially designed for TV, the TikTok app is already available on […]