Trade body HDR10+ Technologies has revealed additional strategic partners who have signed on as HDR10+ adopters. The organisation says it has been working to generate greater awareness about the video technology – and High Dynamic Range (HDR), in general – and is also rapidly expanding the roster of compatible content, devices, tools, and services. As […]
WarnerMedia’s POGO, India’s leading Kids TV channel, has announced the premiere date for its latest local original series, Lambu-G Tingu-G. The comedy series, produced by Cosmos Maya, is set to air on May 3 and weekdays at 12:35pm. The addition of Lambu-G Tingu-G to the channel line-up follows other recent homegrown hits Titoo – Har […]
Zig Zag productions will deliver the Raise Your Game with Gareth Southgate documentary in June as part of YouTube’s Originals series, ahead of the rescheduled Euro 2020 tournament. This feature documentary will provide an insight into the life of the current England manager. A line-up of YouTube creators – including ChrisMD, SV2, Yung Filly, and […]
Social media platform SaaS provider Tubular Labs has released its SVoD 2021 report, The New Battlefield: How SVODs Leverage Social Video to Win the Streaming Wars, which looks at how TV streaming platforms are competing not only for audience engagement online but for paid subscribers and TV programming tune-in. Among the key takeaways from the […]
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the death of Arsenal footballing legend David Rocastle, BT Sport is streaming the Rocky and Wrighty: From Brockley to the Big Time documentary for free on YouTube. Originally released in 2017, and part of the award-winning BT Sport Films series, Rocky and Wrighty examines the stories of two of […]
T-Mobile has announced plans to expand its collaboration with Google across a wide array of customer experiences later this year, which will see YouTube TV become T-Mobile’s premium TV solution in place of its TVision initiative. Messages by Google becomes the default rich messaging solution for millions of T-Mobile customers with Android smartphones; promoting Pixel […]
While health and fitness influencers have been popular on social media for some years now, the events of 2020 acted as a catalyst to firmly establish their place in society. With national lockdowns resulting in gym closures, many people turned to the likes of Instagram, YouTube and TikTok for workout guidance and nutrition advice. Health […]
During the pandemic year, Americans watched nearly 42 minutes of video per day on their mobile devices, with growth in time spent on video apps paced by Gen Z (up 44 per cent) and Baby Boomers (up 10 per cent). This data comes from The Pandemic Year in Mobile Apps report, obtained through GWS’ OneMeasure […]
Major League Baseball (MLB) and YouTube have announced the return of MLB Game of the Week Live on YouTube, featuring 21 games delivered directly and free of charge to fans around the world throughout the course of the 2021 regular season. This marks the third season of this deal. The first two seasons reached viewers […]
YouTube has removed more than 30,000 misleading Covid-19 vaccination videos in the past five months. A YouTube spokesperson told the BBC that the videos contradicted vaccine information from the World Health Organization (WHO) or health authorities such as the NHS. In October 2020, YouTube banned vaccine misinformation in a bid to clamp down on attempts […]