YouTube has confirmed that it will add live-streaming capabilities into its mobile app. Akin to other live-streaming services such as Periscope and Facebook Live, YouTube will also let viewers leave live comments. Although YouTube has been offering live-streaming of events to users since 2011, the feature was not available in the YouTube app. In a […]
As the subscriber base of SVoD services continues to grow (9 million subscriptions in the UK, 91 million subscriptions in the US), social video platform YouTube still enjoys the biggest share of viewers in the UK, whilst subscription service Netflix takes the top slot in the US. Across the 10 countries in the research, 46 […]
Data from comScore and Barb for the first quarter of 2016 shows that YouTube reached more 18 to 34 year olds via mobile devices than any commercial TV channel in the UK. The Google-owned video portal has also conducted a YouGov
Streambox, a live streaming pioneer, has announced live 360 video streaming to YouTube. Combining Streambox Cloud Services with the beta release of the Cloud Encoder – 360 gives users a simple solution to the complex problems involved with live 360 streaming. Streambox invites content producers to become beta testers and start streaming live 360 video […]
The newest addition to LG Electronics’ (LG) Friend ecosystem is the first action camera to be available globally with LTE connectivity built-in, allowing users to stream directly to sites such as YouTube Live without a smartphone. The device, LG Action CAM, will launch in South Korea next month followed by key markets worldwide including North America […]
Amazon has launched Amazon Video Direct, which allows video content owners to specify a range of different business models to generate revenue from their content. Content rights are also granted to Amazon on a non-exclusive base, meaning that videos can be used on, or taken from, other video platforms associated with content owners. However, in […]
Futuresource Consulting has released the results from its latest wave of ‘Kids Tech’ consumer research programme. Now in its third year, it accesses the digital leisure habits of kids between 3 and 16 years old, in the UK, US, China and Germany. It highlights
Peter Mensch, the manager of rock bands including Muse, Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers, says YouTube is killing the record industry. “YouTube, they’re the devil,” he told a BBC Radio 4 documentary on the music business. “We don’t get paid at all.” He said the site’s business model, in which artists make money by […]
Netflix gained 1.8 million accounts in the course of 2015 (+37 per cent) to 5.2 million, surpassing the 1.3 million VoD-enabled homes added by fixed-line telcos Sky (including Now TV), Virgin Media, BT and TalkTalk according to Enders’ analysis of the home entertainment market in the UK. The majority of SVoD homes overlap with pay-TV […]
DEFY Media, the digital producer and programmer focused, has published findings from its fourth annual ACUMEN Report: Youth Video Diet, conducted in partnership with Kelton Global and Hunter Qualitative. While last year’s findings illuminated 13-24 year old consumers’ deep connection with digital content and its rising stars – this year’s report focused on uncovering exactly where […]