Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a division of Viacom, has announced that MTV is joining forces with Facebook in the UK to launch a live and interactive quiz game show on Facebook Watch called MTV STAX. MTV will be one of the first UK partners to utilise Facebook Watch’s new game show functionality, which it […]
Goal, the DAZN Group-owned digital football news service, has announced a partnership with Twitter to live stream a selection of Champions League matches via the social network in Southeast Asia. Last year DAZN, the OTT streaming service available in multiple global territories, secured the digital rights to Europe’s top club competition in Southeast Asia through […]
Patrick Walker, Facebook’s Director of Media Partnerships, EMEA, has delivered a Keynote at the VidCon event in London, where he presented the social network’s ‘Creator Strategy’ following the launch of Watch in August 2018. Walker talked about how Facebook is developing social video experiences that encourage interaction between fans and creators, as well as building […]
There are two things we know without doubt about social media platforms: they are big and their main purpose in life is to be engines of profit. Long gone is any naive belief in their patronising mission statements reminiscent of 1970s cola adverts. Just like big food, big oil, big pharma or big anything else, […]
Optus Sport, the exclusive home of the Champions League and Europa League in Australia, is trialling a new arrangement that will give football fans the chance to watch selected matches via Twitter and YouTube. The arrangement will see Optus Sport transmit a total of 10 matches between February and April 2019 on the Optus Sport […]
Three leading clubs in England’s top-flight football tournament the Premier League are offering fans the possibility of watching a season-defining moment, then reliving it from any angle including from the perspective of their favourite player as they run up to take a penalty or make an improbable goal-line clearance. In partnership with Arsenal FC, Liverpool […]
As part of its continued investment across Sub-Saharan Africa and commitment to safety and security on its social media platform, Facebook is opening a new content review centre in Nairobi, Kenya. In partnership with Samasource – one of the largest digital employers in East Africa — the site in Nairobi will be Facebook’s first content […]
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has created a new digital division. The unit will have three key business lines: 1) Publishing: aufeminin (and its international equivalents: alfemminile, enfeminino, gofeminin, sofeminine), Marmiton, Livingly Media, MyLittleParis, Merci Alfred, Doctissimo, OnMeda, Les Numériques, CNET, ZDNET, GameKult, Parole de Mamans, Beauté Test 2) Brand Solutions and services: Ykone, Studio71, Vertical […]
Snapchat, the social media sharing app, has seen user numbers stabilise after two consecutive quarters of decline. Parent company Snap said the platform had 186 million daily active users in the three months to December 31st. The number is unchanged from the previous quarter but analysts had expected users to fall. Q4 revenue rose by […]
Market research firm Kids Insights, who conduct regular surveys into the attitudes and preferences of children and tweens, has published its latest trend predictions for the next 12 months. The Future Forecast report, which is based on Kids Insights’ surveying more than