Sports fans are eager to play a role in creating content and new video-based social media platforms are proving popular with them, according to data from Nielsen. Worldwide usage of TikTok and Twitch for sports news and content grew by 30 per cent and 21 per cent, respectively, between April 2020 and August 2021. This follows a […]
Viacom18’s and India’s leading kids’ entertainment franchise, Nickelodeon has been at the forefront of empowering and entertaining kids with the one-of-its-kind – Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. Dialling up the connect with young audiences and their parents over the years, Nickelodeon has been the perfect platform for young viewers, providing unique experiences delivered through category defining […]
South Africa’s Competition Commission has hit Facebook’s parent, Meta, with alleged “abuse of dominance” and is seeking a hefty fine for Facebook. The Commission, in a statement which included references to Meta subsidiaries WhatsApp and Facebook South Africa, says that it has cited the two companies for prosecution at the Competition Tribunal and would be […]
The invasion of Ukraine has led to a significant rise in numbers of people turning to Channel 4 News’ social media channels and its evening bulletins. Editor of Channel 4 News Esme Wren said: “This is Channel 4 at its very best. Our journalists are on the front line reporting the reality of what’s happening […]
DoubleVerify, a software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, today announced that it has been granted accreditation by the Media Rating Council (MRC) across its suite of programmatic targeting services. The following services are now accredited: Fraud/IVT (SIVT and GIVT) Avoidance for desktop, mobile web, mobile apps, and connected TV (CTV), including platform-wide […]
Telefónica and Meta (formerly Facebook) have partnered to launch Open2metaver – a Metaverse hub in Madrid – to develop Metaverse networks, services and apps with a global reach. The deal was announced during the Barcelona Mobile World Congress, with Telefónica inviting start-ups and developers “to benefit from (our) open innovation ecosystem as week as from […]
The Carabao Cup final on February 28th saw the highest in-home peak and average viewing figures on record for a League Cup Final on Sky Sports. The match averaged 3.16 million viewers and peaked at over 4 million – the highest in-home peak for any match since the Premier League clash between Liverpool and Manchester […]
Global streamers Netflix and YouTube have both acted to remove any content deemed as “Russian propaganda”. Netflix has refused to comply with a broadcast rule in the country – which came into efffect today (March 1st) requiring that all TV services carry state propaganda. “Given the current situation, we have no plans to add these […]
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) video industry grew revenue by 11 per cent Y/Y in 2021 to reach $1.9 billion (€1.6bn), according to the GCC Video & Broadband Distribution 2021 report from Media Partners Asia (MPA). The report provides analysis of telecoms, online video, pay-TV and free TV industries across the six Gulf Cooperation Council […]
The list of once important but now long forgotten social media sites is long: MySpace, Google Plus, Vine, YikYak, Friendster, Meerkat, Google Wave/Google Buzz, iTunesPing, FriendFeed and DailyBooth to name just a few. The list is far from exhaustive and there are dozens of other – usually national – sites that have failed or been […]