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Little Dot Sport, WPLL extend social media partnership

Content studio and digital media network, Little Dot Studios – an All3Media company – has announced the renewal of its social media partnership with Women’s Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL), under its sports-specialist label, Little Dot Sport. The two-year extension will continue to drive the growth of women’s football fandom and engagement across all digital platforms. […]

February 20, 2025

DoubleVerify launches content-level controls on Meta

DoubleVerify, a software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, announced the launch of content-level controls for Meta’s Facebook & Instagram Feed and Reels – expanding the company’s footprint of independent brand suitability and media performance tools. This release will allow advertisers to avoid content they deem unsuitable before their ads are served, enhancing […]

February 18, 2025

France: Internet usage up, driven by mobile and AI 

With 94 per cent of French households having a broadband connection, Internet usage is more than ever a part of life. According to the The Internet Year 2024 (L’Année Internet 2024) survey from Médiamétrie, 48.5 million French people went online every day last year, 1.1 million more than in 2023. Digital consumption has continued to evolve, […]

February 14, 2025From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Channel 4’s social audiences thrive

Channel 4 has reported that YouTube audiences for full episodes of its hit shows such as First Dates, Murder Case: Digital Detectives and Grand Designs have grown by 169 per cent year on year. Newly released data for 2024 shows that Channel 4’s main YouTube channel saw higher average views per video than equivalent channels from […]

February 12, 2025

Report: MLB leads US sports leads for sponsorship exposure

Relo Metrics, an AI-powered sponsorship analytics platform that enables brands to track and optimise their sponsorship investments, just dropped the 2024 US Sports Scoreboard: Future of Sponsorship Report, offering a deep dive into the fast-growing world of sports sponsorships. The report reveals $11 billion (€10.58bn) in Sponsor Media Value (SMV) generated throughout 2024 across major leagues […]

February 7, 2025

Report: Social media increasingly important for brand discovery

Meltwater, a specialist in media, social and consumer intelligence, and We Are Social, the socially-led creative agency, have released Digital 2025, their latest annual report on social media and digital trends worldwide. Digital 2025 shows that AI’s momentum is accelerating, social media is increasingly important for brand discovery, and ad spend has increased significantly across digital, social […]

February 5, 2025

France: A third of content consumption now on-demand

In 2024, for the first time, smartphones outnumbered TV sets in French households, with 92 per cent owning at least one smartphone, versus 90 per cent for a TV set, 87 per cent for a laptop, 72 per cent for a connected TV and 48 per cent for a tablet, according to Médiamétrie’s TV year […]

January 29, 2025From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

BBC News Thai goes live on TikTok

BBC News Thai has expanded its offering by launching on social-media platform TikTok. The BBC News Thai TikTok channel features a range of content, from Thai politics and current affairs to science, history, and health – subjects that have proven to be popular among the BBC’s Thai-speaking audiences. BBC News Thai Editor, Kriddikorn Padermkurkulpong, commented: […]

January 29, 2025

Survey: Social video beats traditional TV for young viewers

Hub Entertainment Research’s annual Video Redefined survey confirms that social video on platforms such as YouTube and TikTok plays an outsized role in the lives of young viewers, at the expense of traditional premium TV. With only so many hours in the day, Video Redefined explores how traditional long-form content co-exists with the many new […]

January 28, 2025

Good Morning Britain launches TikTok news bulletins

Good Morning Britain has launched a new social media strand delivering presenter-led news bulletins on the programme’s TikTok platform. As Good Morning Britain continues to break the latest news and current affairs across the airwaves daily from 6am on ITV1 and ITVX, the programme has also seen strong growth across its social media platforms. In […]

January 27, 2025