Snapchat has launched 18 new, exclusive shows in France with various partners that include M6, France Télévisions and its digital platform slash, as well as BFM TV, among others. The social media sharing app, which targets teens and young adults, is aiming at keeping users on its platform for longer and take and take on […]
Channel 4 News has formed a partnership with Facebook to produce Uncovered – a weekly news show exclusively for Facebook Watch. Scheduled to launch early next year, Uncovered will be an in-depth news and analysis programme from Channel 4 News’ team of correspondents, who will go beyond the headlines to tackle the stories that often […]
Snap has agreed a deal with independent factual production company Barcroft Media to bring eight of its digital series to its mobile sharing app Snapchat. Five new TV series — Ridiculous Rides, Snapped in the Wild, Beast Buddies, Born Different and Shake My Beauty — are already available already to Snapchat users across the globe. […]
GroupM, WPP’s media investment group, has released its second annual State of Video report offering intelligence on consumer video consumption, advertising platforms and demand. The report is co-authored by GroupM’s Futures Director, Adam Smith, and Senior Advisor, Rob Norman. It provides in-depth commentary on key trends concerning advertisers: declining linear TV viewing, new addressable television […]
The January-June 2018 issue of the Kids TV Report by Eurodata TV Worldwide reviews the latest trends in youth TV programming and analyses the latest children’s hits in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Kids daily viewing times and use of catch-up TV significantly differ between countries ; local production is high in the […]
Snapchat, the social media sharing app, is adding 26 new UK shows from the likes of Channel 4, Sky News, Vice and Manchester City FC in an attempt to broaden its offering and attract more UK users. A number of US shows produced by premium partners on the platform have already attracted five million UK […]
Ad-free open video platform Vimeo, has agreed a product integration with LinkedIn that will enable broader and more effective distribution from the video platform to the professional network. Anyone using video as a professional communications tool can now natively publish videos with a single click from their Vimeo account to their LinkedIn Company Page as […]
Openwave Mobility’s Mobile Video Industry Council (MVIC) meeting in London, which included Tier 1 mobile operators Deutsche Telekom, EE, KPN, MTS, Orange, Telefonica, Telus and Vodafone, expect that up to 90 per cent of 5G traffic could be mobile video. This projection is based on current trends and the upward trajectory of mobile video traffic, […]
Instagram has overtaken Snapchat as the most used social media app among US teens, according to a study by investment bank Piper Jaffray. A total of 8,600 teenagers were surveyed
Independent popular factual producer Barcroft Media has announced a new original interactive series revealing dream homes from around the world called ‘Most Incredible Homes’. The series will premiere on Facebook Watch on November 3rd with episodes dropped weekly. Each episode visits three incredible real-life homes to meet their owners. And each week, the ‘Most Incredible Homes’ […]