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Thaicom launches 2nd screen platform

Thaicom, one of Asia’s leading satellite operators, alongside a joint venture between Kantana Group and Intouch Holdings has launched its first 2nd Screen platform in Thailand. The service will first be used to air Gossip Girl, licensed from the Gossip Girl TV series in the US, on the Channel 3 Television Network. “2nd Screen is […]

June 1, 2015

$850bn mobile Internet revenues by 2018 



Smartphone sales growth is slowing to less than 10 per cent annually to 2018, and mobile networks saw just 5 per cent growth in the last decade. So while Apple continues to knock it out of the park and Xiaomi skyrockets, mobile internet is the mobile growth market. Digi-Capital now forecasts almost 3x mobile internet […]

May 27, 2015

Beamly beats Twitter for Eurovision engagement

Beamly, the social discovery network for TV, has announced the results of the live ‘Votelys’ (polls) it ran during this year’s Eurovision competition. By the end of the Grand Final, the viewing public from across Europe had used Beamly’s social network to cast 9,077,194 votes in total, significantly beating Twitter’s engagement figure around the show […]

May 27, 2015

20% of marketers will use video-streaming apps

One in five (19 per cent) marketers planning to use live streaming apps like Periscope and Meerkat in campaigns, according to Greenlight’s ‘Hype or Ripe’ study. However, with both apps caught in battle for users, marketers fear backing the wrong horse, with one in ten (12 per cent) having made this costly mistake before.  Greenlight […]

May 26, 2015

Formula E gets mobile video boost with Grabyo VIP

Formula E, the new FIA single-seater championship that’s bringing high speed racing to the streets of major cities worldwide, is partnering with London start-up Grabyo to bring the ultimate digital experience to fans and accelerate the growth of its digital audience. As well as using Grabyo Studio to share real-time highlights from the live broadcast to […]

May 21, 2015By Colin Mann

Time spent online doubles in a decade

People are spending twice as much time online compared to 10 years ago, fuelled by increasing use of tablets and smartphones, according to Ofcom research. Ofcom’s Media Use and Attitudes 2015 report shows

May 13, 2015

Teletrax integrates Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings

Teletrax, a Civolution company and provider of real time TV analytics and TV synchronised ads in the US, has launched its new TV Audience Sync product, with capabilities to reach specific audience segments powered by Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings. Teletrax’s TV Audience Sync is a cross-screen marketing solution that enables advertisers to reach TV audiences […]

May 12, 2015

HBO slams Twitter’s Periscope for piracy

Games of Thrones broadcaster HBO has sent “take down” notices to Periscope, the live-streaming video app owned by Twitter, after users of the app broadcast episodes of the show on Sunday night. Twitter maintains that the Periscope app complies with US copyright law. But HBO criticised the video streaming company. “In general, we feel developers […]

April 16, 2015

Average UK home owns 7.4 connected devices

The average UK household now owns 7.4 connected devices, with four out of 10 households buying a tablet in the last year, according to YouGov. Smartphones are the most common Internet-enabled device, at 1.7 per household, followed by laptops (1.3) and tablets (1.2), a YouGov poll of more than 2,000 consumers found. Seven out of […]

April 9, 2015

Beamly exceeds 10m users in 12 months

Beamly, the social discovery platform for TV, has unveiled new features that further meet the Millennial need to engage with their favourite TV programmes. The release of these new features comes on the heels of record growth for Beamly that has enjoyed an 11x lift in growth to 10.4 million unique users since its relaunch […]

April 9, 2015