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Report: Facebook and Twitter vie for live TV rights
Facebook and Twitter are vying for rights to stream live television through their respective services,…
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Oculus integrates 360-degree Facebook videos
From next week Facebook-owned Virtual Reality (VR) firm Oculus is adding a new Facebook Videos…
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Snapchat users ‘view 8 billion videos a day’
Users of social messaging app Snapchat reportedly now watch eight billion videos on the service…
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Half of UK population to use Facebook this year
This year an estimated 50.5% of UK residents – some 33.2 million users – will…
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Zuckerberg: 360-degree video and VR will be ‘killer app’ for 5G
Three hundred and sixty degree video and ultimately virtual reality will become mainstream ways of “sharing…
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Facebook sets up dedicated social VR team
Facebook is setting up a dedicated social VR team and has announced plans to launch…
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First Instagram scripted series launches
Picture-sharing platform Instagram has had its first exclusive scripted series launched. Shield 5 debuted on…
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Facebook expands live video streaming
Facebook has expanded live video sharing to all of its US iPhone users and has…
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Facebook looks to dedicated video offering
Facebook is looking to launch a dedicated video offering as engagement with video content on…
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Nielsen expands social TV ratings to include Facebook
Nielsen is expanding Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings to include Facebook conversations for the first time,…
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Facebook and YouTube reveal top TV and video of 2015
Game of Thrones was the most talked about TV show on Facebook this year, while…
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Facebook launches live video streaming
Facebook has started to test live video streaming in the US, allowing users to broadcast…
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Apple TV users can use Facebook to log in
Apple TV users will be able to use Facebook to log in to App Store…
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CCS Insight: BT to buy ITV by 2018
BT will buy UK public broadcaster ITV by 2018 in an effort to “broaden its…
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Facebook claims eight billion daily video views
Facebook now claims more than eight billion daily video views, with more than 500 million…
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Ooyala appoints former Facebook exec as ad manager
Ooyala has appointed former OpenX, Facebook and Microsoft sales executive, Scott Braley, as its general…
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Simplestream becomes Facebook Video Publishing Partner
Cloud-based video platform provider, Simplestream, has joined Facebook’s Video Publisher Partner scheme, allowing its clients…
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Facebook to overtake Twitter as top social TV platform
Facebook will overtake Twitter as the “chosen medium for social TV activity” in the next…
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Facebook challenges YouTube with new video section
Facebook is focusing its video efforts by trialling a new section designed to help people…
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AJ+ passes one billion milestone
Al Jazeera’s digital-only news platform AJ+ has passed the milestone of one billion online video…
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Two thirds of US adults now use social media
Some 65% of American adults now use social networking services, up from just 7% in…
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Eutelsat and Facebook team up to get Africans online via Amos-6
Satellite operator Eutelsat and Facebook have teamed up to use satellite technology to get Africans…
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Netflix, Hulu and others to launch on Gear VR headset
Netflix and Hulu are among the major content partners that will launch apps for the…
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Facebook introduces 360-degree videos
Facebook has started to roll out 360-degree videos in the service’s News Feed, in an…
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Facebook hits one billion user milestone
One billion people, or one in seven of the world’s population, used Facebook on a…
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Starz comedy debuts on Facebook without geo-blocking
The second season of LeBron James-inspired basketball comedy Survivor’s Remorse has launched internationally on Facebook,…
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Rightster signs deal for Jack Jones TV
Multichannel network Rightster has struck a deal with celebrity talent agency Big Talent to provide…
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Facebook reportedly sets sights on music videos
Facebook has reportedly held preliminary discussions with the major record labels about adding music video…
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Facebook steps up video efforts with ad plans
Facebook is stepping up its video efforts with a new ‘suggested video’ feature that will…
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Facebook set to ‘take on’ YouTube’s video dominance
Facebook is making a “serious play” for content owners and looks poised to take on…