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Twitter’s Periscope passes 10 million users
Twitter’s live video streaming app, Periscope, has now passed the 10 million account mark, with…
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Ukraine launches English-language Twitter feed
Ukrainian free-to-air channel Ukraine has launched an English-language Twitter feed providing breaking news, interviews and…
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Twitter to up live event focus
Twitter is reportedly planning to up its focus on live event coverage with a major…
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Beamly claims higher Eurovision engagement than Twitter
Beamly claims that it topped 9 million ‘engagements’ during this year’s Eurovision Song Contest –…
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Twitter launches live video service Periscope
Twitter has launched Periscope, an app that lets users share and watch live video broadcasts…
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Twitter TV users are more engaged, says Nielsen
There is a strong correlation between Twitter TV engagement and engagement with programming among viewers,…
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Twitter to up video efforts, hits 1.5 billion Vine loops per day
Twitter has revealed that it has “a lot more coming on the mobile video front”…
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Super Bowl sets social records
Sunday’s Super Bowl drove the highest level of conversation on Facebook and more Tweets than…
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Twitter launched Vine Kids
Twitter has launched a child-friendly version of its mobile video service Vine. Vine Kids is…
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Ofcom deputy admits Twitter activity “not appropriate”, agrees to sell Verizon stock
Ofcom deputy chair and Conservative peer Baroness Sheila Noakes has acknowledge that her activity on…
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Twitter continuing to explore TV revenue opportunities
Tweets about TV shows can drive ratings, but ratings also drive Tweets, producing a cyclical…
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The Walking Dead the most social TV show on Twitter
The Walking Dead generated more Tweets and had a larger audience on Twitter than any…
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TF1 taps Ionoco for NRJ Music Awards Twitter integration
French broadcaster TF1 has tapped broadcast technology specialist Ionoco to provide Twitter integration for the…
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SnapStream launches new social tools
US-based SnapStream, a software firm focused on TV search, has launched new social TV tools,…
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Social media boosting catch-up viewing, says Nielsen
TV networks are in some instances now are seeing more than 50% of their 18…
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Kantar Media readies Twitter TV ratings tools
WPP-owned audience research firm Kantar Media is set to roll out its new Kantar Twitter TV…
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Top 30 shows account for half of Twitter use, says study
The top 30 UK TV series, excluding live sports and news, account for 50% all…
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Fewer than 20% of web users follow TV on Twitter
Some 18% of online TV viewers follow the show that they’re watching on Twitter, with…
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World Cup semi-final sets German TV and Twitter records
Last night’s Brazil vs Germany World Cup semi-final match set new TV viewing records and…
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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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Twitter buys video platform SnappyTV
Twitter has bought video platform SnappyTV in a deal it said would make it easy…
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Twitter and Starcom MediaVest reveal social TV findings
Twitter amplifies significant cultural moments far beyond original broadcast audiences, according to a new social…
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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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Twitter releases new-look Vine.co site
Twitter has launched a new-look website for its mobile video service Vine, designed to make…
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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo defends TV strategy
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has defended the firm’s investment in its social TV strategy, against…
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Vivendi names Twitter exec to board
Vivendi has nominated Twitter executive Katie Jacobs Stanton to join its supervisory board. Stanton is…
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Tumblr claims top social TV spot over Twitter
Yahoo-owned blogging platform Tumblr has staked its claim to the social TV crown after commissioning…
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Sky launches Twitter programming controls
UK pay TV operator Sky has started to trial #WatchOnSky, a new Twitter tool that…
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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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Kantar Media buys social TV analytics firm The Data Republic
Kantar Media, an audience research firm owned by ad giant WPP, has bought specialist social TV…