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Irish regulator designates video-sharing platform services

Coimisiún na Meán, Ireland’s new body for regulating broadcasters, on-demand services, and online media, and supporting media development, has published details of the designation of ten services as named video-sharing platform services. The designation process for these services was completed during December 2023. The designated services are: • Facebook • Instagram • YouTube • Udemy […]

January 9, 2024By Colin Mann

Study: News broadcasters must adapt to keep Gen Z engaged

Vizrt, a specialist in real-time graphics and live production solutions for content creators, has released research signifying a shift in the viewing habits of Gen Z when it comes to news consumption.   As the first generation born into a fully digital world, this age group according to a new global study is no longer […]

December 18, 2023

Study: US ups news network social video consumption

Tubular Labs, the social video intelligence company, has released new October US viewership trends from its Audience Ratings product – giving insight into deduplicated, unique viewership, and minutes watched for trending video categories, creators and more. Tubular found that interest in the news category spiked last month with minutes-watched increasing far more than unique viewership. […]

November 28, 2023

Facebook, Instagram rolling out paid subscriptions

Facebook and Instagram are launching subscription tiers across Europe (but not in the UK) that will remove adverts from the social media platforms. From November, people using the platforms – which are both owned by Meta –  will be able to pay €9.99 per month on the web or €12.99 per month on iOS and […]

October 30, 2023

Zefr announces AI-powered brand suitability solution

Zefr, a specialist in brand safety and suitability technology, has announced its AI-Powered Brand Suitability Solution is now available across Facebook and Instagram Reels. This marks a significant evolution in ensuring brand safety and suitability across Meta, providing brands with unparalleled transparency into their content adjacencies on Reels – a video-rich format that demands sophisticated […]

October 11, 2023

Novocomedy partners with Little Dot Studios

Digital content studio and media network, Little Dot Studios, an All3Media Company, has been awarded the social media contract for Novocomedy, a distributor of non verbal, family focused funny content – from pranks to home videos and more. Starting with immediate effect, the partnership will see Little Dot Studios run Novocomedy’s official YouTube and Facebook […]

September 21, 2023

FOX News Digital marks 30 months as Top News Brand

FOX News Digital finished August marking 30 consecutive months as the top news brand with multiplatform minutes, according to Comscore. FOX News Digital also led news brands with multiplatform views and saw both monthly and yearly growth with multiplatform views, multiplatform minutes and multiplatform unique visitors. FOX News Digital closed out the month reaching 3.2 […]

September 18, 2023

Research: UK Gen Z favours social media for news

Online news sources – particularly social media sites and apps – are the dominant means by which younger people in the UK access news, meaning their direct relationships with traditional news brands are weakening, UK comms regulator Ofcom has found. Ofcom’s News Consumption in the UK 2022/23 report reveals that older teens and young adults […]

July 20, 2023

Study: Women’s World Cup interest up 57% on 2019

Ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia & New Zealand, research has revealed the extent to which interest in women’s football has grown in the four years since the 2019 tournament in France. The worldwide study commissioned by WSC Sports – a provider of AI-driven sports content – surveyed over 14,000 people spanning five […]

July 18, 2023

LADstudios expands into US

LADbible Group has  announced the launch of LADstudios,  its data-driven factual entertainment division, in the US. LADstudios will focus on producing dedicated content for an American audience, building AFP commissions and sponsorships and driving growth in direct revenue with UNILAD,  which currently has 58.6 followers multi-platform, becoming the central point of the Group’s offering in the […]

June 30, 2023