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 […]
End-to-end OTT TV solutions provider SPB TV’s survey of a sample of 50,000 respondents out of its 60 million-user base digs looking for insights that elucidate viewer preferences highlight a growing demand for the ‘TV catch-up’ feature. Key findings: Content Anytime – Not a Feature, But a Habit The most striking finding of this year […]
Comcast and Google have announced a deal that will see the YouTube app launch on Xfinity X1 across the US later this year. X1 customers will be able to access and browse the entire YouTube catalogue of billions of videos alongside the live, on demand, DVR and web programming included with their Xfinity TV subscription. […]
YouTube is to set scrap “unskippable” 30-second advertisements on its video service. The Google-owned site has confirmed plans to instead focus on “formats that work well for both users and advertisers”, from 2018 onwards. According to YouTube, more than half of its video views come from mobile users, where a 30-second ad can negatively affect […]
Vimeo has announced the launch of all-new video review tools, which allow Vimeo PRO and Business members to seamlessly share, collect feedback and collaborate on video projects. With these new tools, creators can privately share videos with reviewers, and reviewers can leave time-coded feedback directly in the video. “Today’s launch is an exciting step forward […]
Adult videos and pirate content are secretly being hidden on YouTube. According to a report by TorrentFreak, pirates are using the site’s video hosting services to host the videos. YouTube has rules banning both sexual content and pirated videos, meaning that none of the videos should be available on the site. But many pirates have […]
Broadcasters and programme-makers can now incorporate user generated content into their edits and on social media with a new software development kit available on the Forscene cloud video platform. Dubbed Camera SDK, the tool is being used for the first time by Licklemor Productions to increase audience engagement on the popular Sky1 youth magazine show, […]
Online video portal YouTube has added support for 4K streaming. The first major 4K video stream will be live coverage of The Game Awards on December 1st. In a company blog post, Kurt Wilms, Senior Product Manager, wrote: “Back in 2010, we enabled 4K video support for the very first time. Since then, millions of […]
Futuresource has published findings from the 6th wave of Kids Tech, its consumer research programme specifically focused on children aged 3 through to 16 across the US, UK, Germany and China, providing ongoing monitoring of their digital media consumption and its influence on their habits and interests. This study captures the status quo of how […]
Sandvine, a provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, has released its latest Global Internet Phenomena Report focusing on Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. The report is based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 300-plus communications service provider (CSP) customers. Report highlights include: Video on mobile networks in Africa […]