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Reports: Apple targets spring launch for video service

Apple is reportedly planning to launch its much-anticipated video streaming service this spring, offering original…

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Amazon to increase video spend in 2019

Amazon’s chief financial officer, Brian Olsavsky, said he expects Prime Video spend to “increase even…

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Facebook expects Watch to become ‘more mainstream’ in 2019

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he expects the Watch video platform to become “more mainstream”…

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Apple: breakdown of the cable bundle to accelerate in 2019

Apple CEO Tim Cook has predicted that the “breakdown of the cable bundle” will take…

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WARC: short-form video to be key growth area for ads this year

Short-form video, usually defined as content under 10 seconds in length, will be a key…

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BASE: UK video sector grew 10% in 2018

The UK video sector grew by 10% in 2018 taking the total market value to…

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Brightcove: millennials more satisfied with streaming services

Millennial viewers feel “far more satisfied” watching content through streaming services compared to broadcast or…

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Facebook Watch claims 400m monthly viewers, outlines plans for 2019

Facebook Watch now has more than 400 million people a month and 75 million people…

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Ericsson: video will be 74% of mobile traffic in 2024 as 5G takes hold

Video’s share of the global mobile traffic is due to climb from 60% today to…

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Ampere: 32% of US web users watch videos daily on their smartphones

Almost a third of US internet users watch online video on their smartphones every day,…

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IAB: US digital ad revenues grew 23% in H1 2018

US digital advertising revenues grew 23% year-on-year in the first half of 2018 to reach…

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Facebook sees video growth but admits it is still ‘well behind YouTube’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is seeing video expand dramatically across its ecosystem,…

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Strategy Analytics: TV to account for 80% of video ad spend in five years

Even though digital video is the fastest growing digital advertising category, TV will still account…

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Ampere: Facebook video viewing audience in decline in US, Europe

Online video audiences for Netflix and Amazon are increasing, but Facebook is experiencing a decline…

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eMarketer: 2018 to be milestone year for digital video ads in the US

US video ad spend is tipped to grow nearly 30% to US$27.82 billion in 2018,…

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Global TV and video service revenue to reach US$559bn in 2022

Consumer and advertising spend on TV and video services will grow 14% globally from US$490…

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ONS: 46% of UK adults use services like Netflix

The proportion of UK adults who watched on-demand video from commercial services like Netflix has…

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Twitter signs 50 new video deals in Q2

Twitter signed 50 new video deals in Q2, including with major companies like ESPN, NBCUniversal…

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Spotify appoints Condé Nast exec as chief content officer

Spotify has appointed Condé Nast’s president of entertainment, Dawn Ostroff, as its chief content officer,…

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Purnell: BBC must ‘change faster’ to compete against global players

The BBC needs to “change faster” in order to reach more young people and compete…

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Report: Instagram to make a push into long-form video

Instagram is reportedly planning to allow video uploads of up to an hour and is…

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eMarketer: 16% mobile video time growth in UK this year

The time people in the UK spend watching video on smartphones is due to grow…

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YouGov: 3% of UK adults list video as ‘top priority’ on mobiles

Just 3% of UK adults listed watching videos as a top priority when using their…

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Facebook to up video investment in 2018 as it focuses on social interactions

Facebook plans to ramp up video investment throughout the rest of the year as it…

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Endeavor acquires NeuLion for US$250m

Endeavor, the parent brand of companies including WME, IMG and UFC, has agreed to buy…

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Global video revenues reach US$70bn driven by online services

Total global video revenues reached US$70.2 billion (€56.5 billion) in 2017 driven by the online…

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eMarketer: 78% of digital video viewers watch on their phone

More than three quarters of digital video viewers globally will use their mobile phones to…

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Facebook usage time down 5% following updates

Facebook has admitted that recent updates to prioritise personal interactions over posts from businesses, brands and media…

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Facebook to demote brand posts and videos to encourage ‘meaningful interactions’

Facebook is changing its news feed to focus more on “personal connections” in a move…

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eMarketer: UK programmatic ad spend to reach £3.39bn this year

Programmatic digital display ad spend in the UK will reach some £3.39 billion by the…