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BT Sport and Snapchat partner for Champions League final

BT Sport is partnering with Snapchat in the UK on social coverage of Saturday’s UEFA…

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Lis Murdoch digital studio preps Snapchat originals

Social video platform Snapchat Discover has commissioned a pair of series from Elisabeth Murdoch’s Vertical…

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NBCUniversal ploughs US$500m into Snapchat

NBCUniversal has invested US$500 million (€470 million) in Snapchat’s IPO last week as the latest…

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Snapchat IPO values the company at US$28.3bn

Snapchat parent company, Snap, closed its first day of trading with a stockprice of US$24.48,…

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Ampere: Snapchat video users love comedy and sport

Snapchat allows content companies to reach young viewers in a way that other social and…

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Discovery to provide exclusive content for Snapchat

Discovery is to provide premium short-form video content exclusively for US users of social media…

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BBC and Snapchat team for Planet Earth II

BBC Worldwide will launch exclusive Planet Earth II content on Snapchat a day ahead of…

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Snapchat lists traditional TV among competitors in IPO filing

Snapchat cited traditional companies in the TV space among its competitors, as it filed papers…

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Report: Snapchat files for IPO

Snapchat has reportedly filed for an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the firm…

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Snapchat phasing out revenue share and moving to content licensing

Online messaging app Snapchat plans to move from sharing revenue with content providers to its…

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Report: Snapchat preparing for IPO

Snapchat is reportedly working on an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the firm…

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Snapchat makes hardware move with video Spectacles

Snapchat is making its first move into hardware with the launch of video camera-equipped sunglasses,…

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Snapchat ad revenues to reach nearly US$1bn next year

Snapchat is due to see “explosive growth” in ad revenues, with the messaging service set…

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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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AMC teams with Snapchat to cast Lens on Fear the Walking Dead

AMC Global has teamed up with Snapchat to create an exclusive Fear the Walking Dead…

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Instagram takes cue from Snapchat with Stories feature

Facebook-owned photo-sharing service, Instagram, is going head-to-head with Snapchat with the launch of Instagram Stories. The…

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Globo agrees Olympics content deal with Snapchat 

Brazilian broadcaster and Rio Olympics rights holder, Globo, has agreed to provide content to Snapchat…

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BT unveils social initiatives for Champions League final

BT has unveiled a range of initiatives to make coverage of the Champions League final…

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Snapchat video use goes up

Users of media sharing site Snapchat are now watching 10 billion videos a day on…

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MTV rebooting Cribs for Snapchat

Viacom cable net MTV is bringing back its iconic reality series Cribs, rebooting it for…

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Comedy Central readies slate of Snapchat originals

Comedy Central has unveiled a nine-strong slate of original programmes for messaging service Snapchat. The…

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NPD: 52% of US millennials make video calls

Some 52% of US smartphone users aged 18-34 now use their smartphones to conduct video…

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Report: Snapchat raises US$175 million in funding

Social messaging app Snapchat has reportedly raised US$175 million (€160 million) in funding at the…

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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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Snapchat scraps original content channel

Mobile messaging service Snapchat has closed down its Snap Channel content offering, which it launched…

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Snapchat hires Fox executive in content role

Messaging service Snapchat has hired former Fox Broadcasting exec Marcus Wiley for what is understood…

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Viacom turns to Snapchat to market new movie

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has struck a deal to air an exclusive premiere of…

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Snapchat moves into original series

A day after launching its editorial-driven app Discover, messaging service Snapchat has launched its first…

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Snapchat signs up TV partners for Discover launch

Mobile messaging service Snapchat has partnered with a host of major TV broadcasters and publishers…

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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…