Twitter’s Q2 revenue and earnings have beaten expectations, but co founder Jack Dorsey has said he is “not satisfied” with its user growth. The social media site posted revenue of $502 million (€321m), up 61 per cent year-on-year and beating its own top forecast of $485 million. But active users reached 316 million in the […]
Univision Communications, a media company reaching Hispanic America, has announced a partnership with Snapchat that will see Snapchat will create unique Live Stories around Univision events, including sports and entertainment. The partnership, which is one of the first between Snapchat and a television network, kicks off with the Gold Cup Final on July 26th. Univision […]
Research revealing the most shareable online video content has been unveiled by video sharing and collaboration service StreamSafe. By analysing the 100 most shared videos online, StreamSafe’s research revealed that ‘inspiration’ is the emotion most likely to encourage viewers to share a video. Just under half (48 per cent) of the 1,000 UK consumers surveyed […]
Shareablee, the social media audience analysis firm that partners with TV and cable networks CBS, NBC, ESPN, Univision, FOX News and CNN, among others, has released a June ranking of the most socially engaged TV Networks in the US The ranking, which includes all television shows and the main network brand accounts under their respective […]
Data from Juniper Research has shown that mobile and online messaging traffic will reach 160 trillion per annum by 2019, up from 94.2 trillion this year – equating to approximately 438 billion messages sent and received by users on a daily basis by 2019. These figures incorporate SMS, MMS, IM (Instant Messaging), social media and […]
Facebook is set to start paying some video creators for uploading clips as it seemingly seeks to directly take on YouTube. The social media giant is launching a ‘Suggested Videos’ feed that curates a sequence of clips, interspersed with adverts. Videos that keep users watching for longer will earn a greater share of the revenue […]
900 Seconds Oy, a Finnish media technology developer, has launched a live video broadcasting service for consumers: Eyeye TV. The service is currently available for iOS users. The Android app will be launched in July. Jari Ovaskainen, the chairman of the company, sees huge opportunities in live video broadcasting: “The social media, as we know […]
MTV International, which spans 160+ countries and territories and 32 languages, has announced that effective immediately the youth brand will evolve from “I want my MTV” to “I am my MTV.” The network will celebrate its audience and talent by spotlighting their social media videos between programming on-air and across all platforms with #MTVbump, the […]
Facebook is poised to take on YouTube’s dominance in video content, according to media analysis firm Ampere Analysis. Currently viewed as a platform for building awareness, Facebook hasn’t yet been able to compete with YouTube’s ability to deliver revenue returns to content creators through its huge engaged audiences across the globe. But now it appears […]
Sky Sports is asking cricket fans to send in their own images to feature in its new TV ad, celebrating “why an Ashes summer is like no other”. Using #MyAshesSummer, fans can send in their own content. Those user-generated images will sit alongside footage of great Ashes moments as well as behind the scenes content […]