BT Sport, the NBA and Facebook are combining to deliver sports fans an innovative digital experience of this year’s NBA Global Games London at The O2. Between 7.15pm and 8pm on January 15th, ‘The BT Sport Facebook Lounge’ will feature live appearances from many of the celebrities attending the event. NBA Global Games London 2015 […]
Facebook has published figures on how popular video has become on the social network. “In just one year, the number of video posts per person has increased 75% globally and 94% in the US,” said Facebook in a blog aimed at video creators who’ve been building large followings on YouTube. The post continues: “With people
Facebook has acquired video infrastructure specialist QuickFire Networks in a move that reflects the growing importance of video to the social networking site. An announcement on QuickFire’s website from Craig Y. Lee, CEO, noted that QuickFire Networks was founded on the premise that the current network infrastructure is not sufficient to support the massive consumption […]
Multiscreen video software SeaChange International has increased its ability to extend social news to multiscreen television service providers by agreeing to acquire California-based SaaS company TLL, LLC which does business as Timeline Labs in a cash and stock deal rising to $24.5 million. Timeline Labs enables local broadcasters, local and national news organisations, cable news […]
Strong growth in mobile advertising spend, increasing momentum in the mobile payments sector, and the rising influence of Asian companies on the global mobile media landscape are among over ten predictions highlighted in a report from Strategy Analytics’ Wireless Media Strategies (WMS) and Application Ecosystem Opportunities (AEO) services. The report highlights the key trends that […]
Audience research company Kantar Media has launched Kantar Twitter TV ratings, the first measurement tool to analyse social media TV audiences in Spain. It is the result of a global partnership with Twitter to implement a new suite of tools to support planning and analytics for the TV industry. Its first findings reveal that 61 […]
The Walking Dead Season 5 has proven to be a ratings-hit for Fox UK, breaking several viewing-figure records for the channel and achieving its biggest ever audience numbers. Consolidated data reveals premières of the horror drama averaged 1.3 million viewers, and a total of 2 million viewers watched each episode including repeat viewings*. The premières […]
TV viewers engaging with a second screen at the same time as watching broadcast television are ‘meerkating’, according to Dan Biddle, Head of Broadcast Partnerships at Twitter UK. Addressing a Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar on ‘TV and the second screen’, Biddle told delegates that the behaviour, whereby people repeatedly glance up from their companion […]
Real-time video specialist Grabyo has raised $2 million in funding from an array of major sports stars on the back of accelerating customer demand, ongoing momentum in social video and the rapid growth of mobile video advertising. The investors and global ambassadors include Premier League footballers Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie, New York Red […]
Mood Media, the global player in Experience Design, has formed partnership with Shazam that includes the official launch of Shazam In-Store, a location-based mobile marketing product. Shazam-In Store, part of Shazam’s larger expansion strategy into consumer-facing environments, is integrated into the existing Shazam app and offers brands the opportunity to connect to Shazam’s more than […]