IMG has renewed its partnership with the National Hockey League (NHL) to manage its international social media strategy. The extended agreement will see IMG continue to manage and deliver end-to-end content production, publishing and reporting for the NHL’s 28 international social media channels across eight markets. These include dedicated channels for audiences in Australia, Czech […]
Significant differences in the online lives of men and women in the UK have been revealed in Ofcom’s annual report into the nation’s digital habits. Across all adult age groups, women are spending more time online – on smartphones, tablets and computers – than men – clocking up an extra 33 minutes more each day […]
Integral Ad Science (IAS) has released its fifth annual Industry Pulse Report, revealing trends that it predicts will shape digital media in 2025 and the biggest challenges on the industry’s horizon. Conducted in partnership with YouGov, the survey leverages 250+ US advertisers, agencies, publishers and platforms, providing key insights surrounding the adtech landscape, the growth […]
Two-thirds of global sports executives are concerned about the relevance of live sports as more younger fans gravitate towards highlights, documentaries, and short-form videos from fans, teams, and players over watching live games on video, according to Altman Solon’s 2024 Global Sports Survey. The survey, which measures the habits of 3,000 global sports fans, reveals […]
After Party Studios has scored a second season of digital content production for the League of ’72 channel and socials for Sky Bet and the EFL (English Football League). This will now also incorporate a newly launched TikTok channel, which has attracted 1 million likes in the first week of launch, in addition to the […]
A survey by The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) reveals a concerning outlook for the global information environment, with an increasing majority of experts predicting further degradation due to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). The report entitled Expert Survey on the Global Information Environment 2024 – Searching for Solutions flags social media owners, […]
Channel 4 Sales’ Social Branded Ents team is launching a new social series dedicated to celebrating Ireland’s warmth and hospitality in a new collaboration with Tourism Ireland, for their second partnership in the last two years. After Stand Up Road Trip – a series launched in 2023 featuring comedians Suzi Ruffell and Seán Burke – the […]
Research from Verve has highlighted that while 68 per cent of UK and US consumers who shared their opinion agree they have more control over their app privacy settings than two years ago, 58 per cent of consumers are also more willing to share data on apps than before. The study surveyed 4,001 respondents across […]
Portugese footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, has reached 1 billion total followers across his various social media accounts – making him the first peron in the world to do so. The number is calculated by combining his total number of followers across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Weibo and Kuaishou. It does not equate to 1 billion individual […]
Research from Tata Comms Media reveals that global corporations overwhelmingly view video as a vital element of their communications strategies with customers, investors and employees, now and in the future. Moreover, almost half of companies are boosting their budgets in this area by more than 50 per cent. Tata Comms Media commissioned Sapio Research to conduct […]