Tubular Labs, a specialist in social video intelligence, has released its latest US viewership trends from its Audience Ratings product – giving insight into deduplicated, unique viewership and minutes watched of trending video categories, creators and more across YouTube and Facebook. Top takeaways include: WWE Still A Hit With Younger Audiences – In the middle […]

Sky Sports has released a new social-first docuseries called SCENES that will provide four different perspectives of a matchday experience – blending first-person storytelling with candid behind-the-scenes footage. Starting at Turf Moor where Vincent Kompany welcomed his former boss, Pep Guardiola, the YouTube series will follow a group of creators as they are sent to […]

A report, Regulating Video-Sharing Platforms (VSPs), from UK comms regulator Ofcom lifts the lid, for the first time, on how easy it is for people to access, use and understand the terms and conditions set by six platforms: BitChute, Brand New Tube, OnlyFans, Snapchat, TikTok and Twitch. It also scrutinises how these VSPs communicate what […]

The media diets of viewers and listeners in the UK appear to be more diverse and fragmented than ever, according to broadcast regulator Ofcom’s latest annual report on the TV, online video, radio and audio sectors. As competition for the nation’s attention intensifies, Media Nations 2023 finds that the proportion of viewers who tune in […]

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says has admitted that Threads has lost more than half its users. The Twitter rival surged to more than 100 million users within days of its launch earlier this month. But Zuckerberg has acknowledged those numbers have fallen away. “If you have more than 100 million people sign up, ideally it […]

Social media platforms, websites and services such as advertising display networks will have to take tougher action to stop children seeing age-restricted adverts for products such as alcohol or gambling. Fake celebrity scams and pop-up malware from hackers will also be clamped down on as part of new rules to make advertising regulation fit for […]

Following the completion of several deals in Asia, football’s governing body FIFA says it has put in place a global network of broadcast partners for the biggest ever FIFA Women’s World Cup. Recently-completed free-to-air deals include Japan with NHK and China PR with CCTV. Before kick-off in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand on July 20th, […]

Online news sources – particularly social media sites and apps – are the dominant means by which younger people in the UK access news, meaning their direct relationships with traditional news brands are weakening, UK comms regulator Ofcom has found. Ofcom’s News Consumption in the UK 2022/23 report reveals that older teens and young adults […]

Ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia & New Zealand, research has revealed the extent to which interest in women’s football has grown in the four years since the 2019 tournament in France. The worldwide study commissioned by WSC Sports – a provider of AI-driven sports content – surveyed over 14,000 people spanning five […]

Redbox and advertising platform Crackle Connex, both Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment companies, are now working with entertainment platform TikTok. The social media platform will provide Redbox with top content from the platform which will be featured on over 3,000 video screens on top of Redbox kiosks nationwide, and brands will have the opportunity […]