The National Football League (NFL) and Facebook have announced a multi-year partnership extension which will see more NFL video content streamed globally through Facebook Watch. The move will expand on existing arrangements between the two which began in 2017. The NFL will continue distributing recaps from all 256 regular season games, as well as playoff […]
ListenFirst, the social analytics solution for the enterprise, has released its Q2 2019 State of Social TV report with key insights into social video trends and organic reach, how consumers are engaging with TV pages, and which TV genres, networks, and programmes are coming out on top on social media. ListenFirst’s report details the continued […]
Major League Baseball (MLB) and NTT, a global technology and business solutions leader, have partnered on a multi-year technology partnership. NTT is the first Japan based information technology company to be named an official MLB partner in the US. The announcement was made at MLB Headquarters in New York by Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, […]
Social media giant Facebook is linking with Hughes Network Systems to provide its Community WiFi access to Facebook users in Colombia. The system uses Facebook’s Express WiFi platform, and transmitted via Hughes’ (VSAT) Very Small Aperture Terminals. “Express Wi-Fi supports the Facebook Connectivity mission to bring more people online with faster Internet,” said Paul Monte, […]
Hisense, the television and appliance manufacturer, has launched its-new Social TV with Hi Table interactive system for large-screen social scenarios in Chinese market. Hisense Social TV will provide users with the experiences of highly futuristic interactive scenarios, including six-party video chat, cinema sharing, 3D Avatar Karaoke, AI fitness, AI visual recognition, multi-screen communication, future life […]
Conviva’s Q2 2019 State of Streaming report reveals new insights into industry shifts and viewer behaviour, as well as further exploration into trends highlighted in previous reports. Streaming recorded triple-digit increases in year-over-year
SpaceX was due to launch Tel Aviv-based Spacecom’s Amos-17 satellite on August 3rd and has delayed the launch for several days due to a technical problem with the Falcon 9 launch rocket. The earliest date for launch is August 6th, probably during an early evening launch window from SpaceX’s Florida launch pad. Spacecom’s CEO David […]
Facebook has reportedly approached the likes of Netflix, Disney, HBO and Amazon with regards to adding their streaming services to a TV chat device set to be released this autumn. The device, code-named ‘Catalina’, is a camera that can plug into a TV and double as a video-streaming device. It also comes with a remote, […]
A new US bill has proposed a ban on autoplaying videos on YouTube, Facebook’s infinite newsfeed and Snapchat’s Snapstreak badges. The Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology (Smart) Act takes aim at techniques and features that, according to its author, Republican Senator Josh Hawley, are created to encourage and deepen addictive behaviours among users. The bill […]
The Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) has released a survey showing that Millennial Americans – like older generations – are concerned about the privacy of their online personal information and whether online technology and social media companies are taking the appropriate steps to safeguard the personal information of consumers. As revealed by the survey, three-quarters