Hub’s annual Gaming 360 study underscores the central role of gaming, especially in the lives of young consumers. For young people, gaming is a part of daily life. The study shows that 91 per cent of those age 16-24 play mobile, console or PC video games. Half (53 per cent) play on a game console […]
TikTok will restore millions of Universal Music tracks to its social media platform after the two companes settling a dispute over royalties. In an email to staff published the BBC, Universal’s boss Sir Lucian Grainge said TikTok had agreed to “key changes”, adding “under the new agreement, artist and songwriter compensation will be greater than […]
New Hey Duggee episode, The Music Video Badge, is set to air on CBeebies on September 22nd and will be available on BBC iPlayer from September 18th. The musical episode features a number of pastiches and tributes to some of the most iconic music videos ever made, including Beyonce’s Single Ladies, Miley Cyrus’ Wrecking Ball, […]
From April 27th, all 10 seasons of American Horror Story will be available to stream on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland. Iconic seasons such as Murder House, Freak Show and Coven will join Double Feature and 1984, bringing together every episode of the horror anthology franchise to stream in one place. The cult-favourite show […]
cinch, the UK’s online car sales platform, is today announced as sponsor of ITV’s brand-new entertainment show Starstruck, hosted by Olly Murs. The sponsorship deal, which launches on ITV and ITV Hub from February 12th at 8.30pm, includes airtime in the new Saturday night family viewing blockbuster, and cinch idents around breaks on broadcast and […]
Data from the BBC shows there were a total of 364 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes on BBC Sounds last quarter and an average weekly audience of 3.8 million across the app, website and voice activated devices. The Christmas Sounds series proved popular last quarter, contributing to a record […]
The new ad-supported German streaming service, rlaxx TV, has partnered with Vevo to add Vevo Pop, the pop-genre music video linear channel, to its channel portfolio. rlaxx TV’s smart TV app functions like traditional TV, in which viewers can easily flip through various linear-programmed channels. Vevo Pop presents a curated offering, including official premium music […]
Vevo, the music video network, has released data to celebrate the 40th anniversary of music videos hitting the mainstream on August 1st 1981. This data, based on lifetime views across Vevo’s network, demonstrates the most popular music videos of each decade, both in the UK and globally. Since the first airing of Video Killed the […]
To describe Sir Richard Branson as a successful entrepreneur is perhaps an understatement, but the world knows that billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos tops that category. However, when it comes to sub-orbital space flight, the pair are almost neck and neck in their ambitions. On July 11th, while insisting there’s absolutely no rivalry with Bezos, […]
Friends: The Reunion has broken viewing records for Sky One with 5.3 million watching the long-awaited cast reunion. The one-off special, available exclusively on Sky and streaming service NOW in the UK and Ireland, pulled in the biggest ever audience in the channel’s history. The special was also one of the most-watched piece of content […]