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Global VR Association launches with backing from Google, Facebook, HTC
Google, HTC VIVE and ’s Oculus are among the founding members of the Global Virtual…
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Social media platforms hail age of vertical videos
Content is increasingly being tailored for mobile devices, which are fast becoming the primary devices…
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YouTube, Twitter, Facebook: more live video but no plans to commission content
YouTube and Twitter plan to bring more live video to their respective platform, but neither…
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Brightcove launches social video solution
Brightcove has launched a solution designed to let organisations manage their video presence across social…
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Facebook ‘missed an iceberg’ with launch of Facebook Live
Facebook made a dramatic about-turn with the launch of Facebook Live, moving the social network…
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Facebook to expand dedicated video efforts
Facebook is due to roll out its dedicated Video Home section widely across the service…
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Facebook increases Chromecast integration
Facebook users will soon be able to cast videos from the social network to Chromecast-equipped…
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Facebook pledges another US$250m for VR content
Facebook has pledged a further US$250 million to fund the creation virtual reality content including…
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Facebook angers ad buyers over viewing time miscalculation
Facebook has attracted the wrath of advertising buyers and marketers after overestimating the average viewing…
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OTT adds US$25bn revenue to the global video industry
The global OTT market has added some US$25 billion in revenue to the video industry,…
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WPP boss predicts Google and Facebook ad ‘duopoly’
The CEO of advertising giant WPP, Martin Sorrell has predicted that Google and Facebook will…
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Amos-6 satellite destroyed after launch-pad explosion
Spacecom’s Amos-6 satellite has been destroyed following the launch-pad explosion of the SpaceX Falcon 9…
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Facebook taking on Snapchat and looking to video with Lifestage
Facebook has taken another step along the path to becoming more video and photo-centric by…
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Oculus Rift headsets launching in Europe
Virtual reality headsets from Facebook-owned Oculus will be available in Europe and Canada from next…
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Sky to simulcast football show on Facebook and YouTube
Sky is to simulcast its Soccer Saturday show across six channels and digital outlets including…
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Facebook adds new tools for 360° video
Facebook has added new publishing and analytics tools to boost its 360° video offering along…
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Facebook boss details ‘video first’ focus
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stressed the company’s commitment to video as the company announced bumper…
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Facebook updates Live video
Facebook is launching a number of updates to its Facebook Live video service, including the…
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MCN BuzzMyVideos goes social
YouTube MCN BuzzMyVideos says it is moving into socially distributed video by enabling its content…
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Netflix US overtakes YouTube
Netflix is now the most watched on-demand video service in the US, beating YouTube into…
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Facebook introduces 360-degree photos
Facebook has added 360-degree photo support, giving users an immersive experience when viewing panoramic pictures…
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CollegeHumor co-founder takes Facebook creative role
Ricky Van Veen, the co-founder of IAC/InterActiveCorp-owned comedy site CollegeHumor, is moving to Facebook to…
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Facebook CTO: VR will ‘erase geographic boundaries’
Facebook’s chief technology officer, Mike Schroepfer, has described virtual reality (VR) as a “transformational technology”…
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg rules out Disney move
Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg has poured cold water on speculation that she could…
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La Liga to broadcast football match via Facebook Live
Spain’s La Liga is to become the first European football league to broadcast a match…
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Fox to launch new drama Outcast on Facebook
The international arm of Fox is launching the first episode of its buzzy new drama Outcast on…
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Rightster rebrands as Brave Bison in content creation push
UK-based digital company Rightster is rebranding as Brave Bison as it prepares to reposition as…
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Facebook: more than 2m hours of Gear VR video consumed
More than 2 million hours of video have now been watched on Oculus-powered Gear VR…
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Facebook hails ‘social presence’ as next stage in VR revolution
Virtual reality can be used to connect people and reinvent social media according to chief technology…
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Grabyo named as Facebook Live streaming partner
UK-based social video startup Grabyo has been named as an official live streaming partner for Facebook…