A new service drawing on the power of social media and the growing demand for movies on demand will let film fans around the UK take control of their local cinema. ourscreen allows users to create and attend screenings of their favourite films at their local cinema on the big screen and in all their […]
Using the Internet has almost eclipsed watching TV as Australian’s preferred source of entertainment and reading the news online has overtaken reading it in print, according to more than 2300 Australians surveyed for Deloitte’s annual media consumer survey. The key findings
Facebook has reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30th 2014. Revenue for the second quarter of 2014 totaled $2.91 billion, an increase of 61 per cent, compared with $1.81 billion in the second quarter of 2013. Excluding the impact of year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates, revenue would have increased by 59 per […]
Facebook users can now save items they see on their Facebook feed to view later when they have more time. Users save items like links, places, movies, TV and music. Only users can see the items they save unless they choose to share them with friends. Facebookers view the items you saved at any time […]
During the World Cup tournament, Engagor, the platform for real-time customer engagement, social media monitoring and analytics, took a look at World Cup sponsors and advertisers to gauge the overall success of their social campaigns. Highlights from their findings include: o – 12.3 million total mentions (Facebook/Twitter) o – KIA led with volume of brand […]
MTV UK will be using new mobile social network Tunepics in its social marketing campaigns across key music and entertainment shows and MTV branded live music events. Geordie Shore series 8 will be the first MTV series to utilise Tunepics, enabling key moments from the new series of the show to be shared with fans in real […]
Newstag, a Swedish-based crowd-curated video news service, has secured $1.3 million of seed funding. A group of private and institutional investors have backed the media start-up to develop its innovative approach to news sharing through social media. Newstag will bring together video news stories from content producers around the world, including AP and Reuters, as […]
4Music part of the Box TV Network, announces sponsorship deal with O2 as they join forces to find undiscovered UK vlog talent. Tapping into the global vlogging phenomenon and hunting for a new 4Music social screen star, the O2 sponsored Vlogstar talent competition opened on the 14th of July. To enter, aspiring vloggers will be […]
Germany’s World Cup final victory over Argentina smashed global records on Twitter, and has also become the biggest sporting event in Facebook’s history. Twitter said that Germany’s 1-0 victory peaked at 618,725 tweets a minute, easily breaking the previous record of 580,166 set during the team’s 7-1 crushing of Brazil in the semi-final. However, the […]
During some World Cup qualification matches, more than 400,000 dual-screeners participated at the same time, in sync with telecasts, according to Visiware. The World Cup has become a milestone event for global second screen TV apps, as evidenced by engagement on such diverse apps as Televisa’s Deportes (Mexico), ESPN-Sync, and “L’Equipe” Connect (France), powered by […]