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Facebook looking to video to commercialise mobile drive
Video will play a key role in Facebook’s drive to commercialise its presence on mobile…
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TV5 Monde cyber-attacked by ISIS
French network TV5Monde was yesterday the victim of a cyber attack by individuals claiming to…
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Facebook opens up videos to the wider web
Facebook is now letting viewers watch and interact with Facebook videos from anywhere on the…
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Mobile video traffic to grow seventeen-fold
Total mobile video traffic in the next six years will be around 17 times that…
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Facebook buys video technology firm QuickFire Networks
Facebook has acquired QuickFire Networks, a firm that uses proprietary technology to reduce the bandwidth…
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Facebook reports ‘shift to video’
Facebook has reported an increasing shift towards visual content, claiming that in the past year…
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Wrenn leaves CNN for Facebook
CNN veteran Nick Wrenn has left the Turner-owned news channel to join social network Facebook….
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Nat Geo reaches 50 million Facebook fans
National Geographic has reached a milestone 50 million global fans on social network Facebook. The…
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More than one billion Facebook video views a day
Since June of this year, there has been an average of more than 1 billion…
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Facebook and Nielsen to track TV viewing
Facebook has reportedly partnered with Nielsen to help with digital TV ratings measurement by offering…
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One in seven TV viewers get social media recommendations
One in seven TV viewers now get recommendations about what to from social media, with…
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Facebook buys video ad platform LiveRail
Facebook as agreed to buy online video advertising platform LiveRail in an effort to make…
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Wimbledon clips available for Facebook, Twitter and Google+ users
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has teamed up with UK startup Grabyo to…
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TV companies must innovate and engage audiences, warns top media strategist
TV has “not innovated” in the past decade and programmers are losing control over their…
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Facebook adds audio recognition in social TV push
Facebook is making a bigger push into the social TV space, taking on the likes…
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Facebook expands TV-style video ads to UK, France Germany
Facebook is expanding its premium video ads outside of the US to seven new international…
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Mobile will pull ad revenues from TV to Facebook, says Sandberg
Facebook stands to benefit from a significant shift in consumer behaviour as people spend more…
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One in five Americans reached by ‘social TV’
Some 19% of online Americans aged 15 to 54 are reached by social media relating…
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Quarter of TV audiences discuss shows on Facebook
Up to 25% of TV audiences post content related to the show they are watching…
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BBC Worldwide launches Top Gear Facebook app
BBC Worldwide has launched a Top Gear virtual Facebook app, to coincide with the start…
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Endemol invests in social games firm Plumbee
Production and distribution group Endemol has invested in Plumbee, the sports technology firm that run…
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Optimal and Civolution launch TV ad synchronisation on Facebook
Advertisers can now implement second-screen advertising on Facebook that is synchronised with TV commercials thanks…
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Facebook referrals to media sites jump by 170%
The average referral traffic from Facebook to media sites has increased by over 170% throughout…
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Ads on social networks unpopular and ineffective, says study
Advertising via social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+ is both unpopular and largely…
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Facebook partners with European broadcasters
Facebook is now working with TV partners in Europe to provide them with data mined…
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Facebook to offer TV data to networks
Facebook is reportedly upping its TV credentials by starting to offer data from the social…
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Facebook targets broadcasters with new TV tools
Facebook is taking aim at the TV industry with two new tools that will allow…
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Facebook reportedly eyeing TV-style ads
Facebook is reportedly looking to sell 15 second TV-style ad spots for its site, with…
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Five times more TV activity on Facebook than Twitter
The amount of TV-related social activity on Facebook is roughly times as much as all…
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Twitter co-founder calls for premium Facebook
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has called on Facebook to introduce a premium, ad-free version of…