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UGC

TV helps YouTube to 1.5bn monthly viewers

YouTube is racking up 1.5 billion monthly viewers in part through a big jump in big-screen viewing, according to parent company Alphabet at its Q2 results. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said

July 25, 2017

BuzzMyVideos launches Thumbnail Editor

BuzzMyVideos, the next-generation and creator-first digital media company, has announced the launch of a Thumbnail Editor, their new audience development tool, which is designed to increase content discoverability and reach in today’s crowded content space of social video platforms. With the launch of Thumbnail Editor, BuzzMyVideos says it has has expanded its content optimisation and […]

July 17, 2017

UK swaying towards UGC for trustful news

A study from Newsflare reveals the current level of mistrust for the UK media, with findings showing just 22 per cent of people always believe the information reported by news sources. A further 42 per cent of people say they have seen or read a piece of news recently that they didn’t believe to be […]

July 5, 2017

Nielsen mobile measurement for YouTube ads

Nielsen has introduced advertising measurement on YouTube’s mobile app with Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings. The service, which expands Nielsen’s current measurement coverage of YouTube ads on desktop and mobile web browsers, will now provide marketers independent and comprehensive cross-device measurement of advertising audiences on YouTube across computer and mobile devices. With this launch, Nielsen Digital […]

June 23, 2017

Saudis biggest consumers of TV on phones & tablets

In a 13-country study by Ampere Analysis, Saudi Arabian internet users top the list for accessing TV and video content online. They are also setting the pace for viewing that content on their smartphones and tablets. 87 per cent of viewers in Saudi Arabia watch online video content on their smartphones versus a survey average […]

June 2, 2017

AP, SAM launching AP Social Newswire

The Associated Press will work with social media management platform SAM to launch the AP Social Newswire, a feed of user-generated content (UGC) being vetted and verified by AP’s social media experts and editors across the globe. The AP Social Newswire will allow customers to discover and inspect user-generated content as it comes into the […]

May 16, 2017

YouTube: “We are good for music industry”

The music industry is navigating a period of significant change. But while physical sales have been on the decline, advertising- and subscription-funded streaming have been a source of growth. In a new paper published by YouTube, it says it paid out over $1 billion to the music industry from ad revenue alone in 2016; and […]

May 15, 2017

YouTube workshops tackle fake news

YouTube is launching a new campaign to take on the issue of fake news. The Google-owned video streaming giant says it will put on workshops aimed at 13 to 18-year-olds in cities across the UK.  The plans, promoted as part of Internet Citizens day, also aim to raise awareness of issues around free speech, comment […]

April 21, 2017

YouTube blocks ads on channels under 10K views

YouTube is pulling ads on channels with under 10,000 views, sot it can “determine the validity” of a channel before it is monetised. YouTube said that by upping the threshold required to join its YouTube Partner Programme, it is helping to “protect creators”. It also claimed that the 10,000 views would give YouTube enough information […]

April 7, 2017

Google to overhaul ad policies

Google has has vowed to overhaul its advertising policies in response to a growing boycott of the company’s platforms – most noticably YouTube – from various brands and advertisers. Last week Advanced-Television reported that the UK government, Channel 4 and The Guardian had pulled their ads from YouTube after concerns that they were appearing alongside […]

March 21, 2017