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UK regulator: ‘We must tackle tech giants’

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is calling on the government to introduce a new pro-competition regulatory regime to tackle Google and Facebook’s market power. The dynamic nature of digital advertising markets and the types of concerns identified by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in its market study are such that existing laws […]

July 1, 2020

Peacock on Google platforms; 3 month free

Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, will be available on Google platforms and devices including Android, Android TV devices, Chromecast and Chromecast built-in devices on July 15th. At that time, Peacock will offer a free tier featuring more than 7,500 hours of movies, shows, and timely live and on-demand programming across news, sports, reality and late […]

June 24, 2020

Honeycutt joins Blackbird board

Blackbird, the developer and seller of the cloud video editing platform Blackbird,  has announced that John Honeycutt will join the Board of the Company on June 24th as a Non-Executive Director. Honeycutt is a global Information and Media Technology leader who is an expert in cloud services, supply chain logistics and cyber security. He has […]

June 24, 2020

Report: Streaming leads US customer satisfaction

Americans staying home are happier with their Internet and subscription TV service, according to the ACSI Telecommunications Report 2019-2020 from The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Video streaming maintains its status leading customer satisfaction Covid-19 has dramatically changed the way Americans work and how they spend their leisure time. With stay-at-home and work-from-home becoming a […]

June 9, 2020

Research: TV fuels Facebook/Google ad effectiveness

Data from consumer analytics company ViewersLogic reveals that consumers who see brand specific ads on TV are much more likely to click on a Facebook or Google ad of the same brand. ViewersLogic passively measured consumer

June 5, 2020

BBC World Service calls for access to chat apps

The Director of the BBC World Service Group Jamie Angus has called on chat apps to open their platforms to trusted news sources like the BBC, as part of the global effort to counter misinformation during the global Covid-19 crisis. Speaking to the Media Masters podcast, Angus said: “WhatsApp has allowed the WHO to publish […]

June 4, 2020

Report: 1 in 3 Indians watches online videos, usually in Hindi

Who are the new Indian online video viewers? According to Google, they’re 15-34 year-olds (73 per cent) who Google videos whenever they wish to learn something. The search giant revealed these details in a report titled the Indian online video viewer based on viewership patterns and behaviour on its video-streaming platform, YouTube. The report highlights […]

June 4, 2020