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NFL Game Pass on YouTube in UK, Germany

DAZN, the sports streaming service, and YouTube, have partnered to make NFL Game Pass available as a Primetime Channel in the UK and Germany. Marking the launch of their global partnership, the companies say this collaboration is step forward in delivering premium sports content to American football enthusiasts in the UK and Germany as conveniently […]

November 17, 2023

New YouTube AI guidelines

YouTube has issued new guidelines for AI-enhanced videos uploaded to its platform. It said the new approach will put guardrails around videos that appear realistic but rely on AI tools. The company is also rolling out new labels to inform viewers when the video they’re seeing has been altered or synthetically created. “This is especially […]

November 14, 2023

Data: Prime Video leads SVoD subs in US

Parks Associates has released its latest list of the top 10 US subscription streaming video services, based on estimated numbers of subscribers through September 2023 from the firm’s Streaming Video Tracker. Streaming leaders maintained their market position, including Prime Video in the top position above Netflix. Paramount+ moved ahead of ESPN+, and YouTube Premium pushed […]

November 1, 2023

YouTube Primetime Channels launches in UK

YouTube has announced the launch of Primetime Channels in the UK, which allows users to browse, subscribe to and watch premium content from a range of streaming services, all within YouTube. At the same time, the offering provides media partners with a new way to reach wider audiences – increasing user engagement – and subscriptions […]

October 10, 2023

Podcasts on YouTube Music UK

YouTube has launched a new Podcasts destination page on YouTube Music in the UK, which will provide an expansion as to how users can consume podcasts. Users now have the ability to watch and listen to podcasts on YouTube Music without requiring a paid membership, pivoting between an audio and audiovisual experience with the ability […]

October 10, 2023

Study: Ads prosper being adjacent to premium content

Vevo, the music video network, and UK broadcaster Channel 4, have released the findings of a joint study, Retaining Trust and Quality in a Sea of Content.  The survey of 1,000 British consumers (ages 16-40 years old who regularly watch video content) identified and quantified the factors that boost the value of ads consumed within […]

September 28, 2023

Data: Twitch viewing down 5% YoY

Data from Statista reveals that the minutes dedicated to watching game streaming platform Twitch are down year-on-year from 2021 to 2022. Additionally, minutes dedicated to watching Twitch are anticipated to diminish by 5 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year. This would mark the second consecutive year that Twitch has faced a decline in […]

September 22, 2023

Novocomedy partners with Little Dot Studios

Digital content studio and media network, Little Dot Studios, an All3Media Company, has been awarded the social media contract for Novocomedy, a distributor of non verbal, family focused funny content – from pranks to home videos and more. Starting with immediate effect, the partnership will see Little Dot Studios run Novocomedy’s official YouTube and Facebook […]

September 21, 2023

E4’s In Love & Toxic: Blue Therapy to air on October 5

The first iteration of Blue Therapy became an overnight success as a YouTube series for its deep dissection of modern Black British relationships, and now returning as a six-part entertainment series on E4 on October 5th, In Love & Toxic: Blue Therapy is even bigger and bolder for TV as viewers can expect more jaw-dropping […]

September 20, 2023

Little Dot Studios produces Wild World Of Extreme Weather for YCC

Digital content studio and media network, Little Dot Studios, has partnered with Yale Climate Connections (YCC), an initiative of Yale University’s School Of The Environment, to produce a 12-part YouTube series, on the ‘Wild World of Extreme Weather’, which connects the dots on the issues around climate change. With episodes dropping monthly on YCC’s YouTube […]

September 19, 2023