Facebook jumped on the GIF bandwagon and is now allowing the animated looping vids in its newsfeeds. However, marketers and brands have yet to be granted access. For now, only personal Facebook accounts can drop a GIF link into a status update, where it will play for all of the user’s connections.
Google revealed sales figures for its Chromecast OTT streaming device yesterday. Sundar Pichai, Senior Vice President of Products, said that more than 17 million Chromecasts have been bought since their 2013 introduction. Also, Chromecast-ers have hit the cast button a cumulative 1.5 billion times, a 50 percent increase since January. They’re watching 66 percent more […]
Google Play announced a new family-friendly discovery experience designed to help parents find apps, games, movies, TV shows and books that are appropriate for their kids. On the Apps and Games and Movies + TV homepages, parents can browse content by age group by tapping the Family Star and Children’s Books Star buttons. They can […]
Netflix will bring back Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin’s Grace and Frankie for another season; the announcement was made just weeks after its premiere. Marta Kauffman, G+F’s creator, said: “It’s so awesome to do a show on Netflix. Two and a half weeks after we launched, Miley Cyrus tweets about your show, and they call […]
Hulu snagged another midsize cable operator through a new deal with Suddenlink Communications. The operator will offer Hulu’s SVOD service by later this year; it already has a similar arrangement with Netflix. Most recently, Hulu teamed up with Cablevision Systems, Armstrong, Atlantic Broadband, Mediacom Communications, Midcontinent Communications and WideOpenWest. Suddenlink has nearly 1.1 million TV […]
Hulu is bringing back Deadbeat for a third season. The 13-episode order of the Lionsgate Television original comedy will once again star Tyler Labine (Tucker + Dale vs. Evil) as a medium who helps New York ghosts resolve unfinished business. Lionsgate is also developing Casual with Jason Reitman and a long form project with Freddie […]
Android users can now participate in the Periscope craze. Twitter’s latest app acquisition, which allows users to live stream content directly with from and to their phone, went live on Android devices yesterday. Twitter bought the app for a reported $100 million earlier this year.
Santa is giving Bill Murray fans quite the gift this holiday season: a Netflix Christmas special. Titled A Very Murray Christmas, Murray, Sofia Coppola (Murray’s Lost in Translation director) and Mitch Glazer wrote the script and Coppola directs. The December special revolves around Murray’s Xmas party, which takes a turn when a major snowstorm threatens […]
Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for May 25-31: – Yahoo live stream with Live Nation at Yahoo! Live available this week week: Ed Kowalcyzk on May 25 at 6:00p ET; The Rentals on May 26 at 10:15p ET; Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers on May 27 at 9:00p ET; The Glitch Mob on May 28 […]
Gamers, rejoice: YouTube updated its video to allow 60fps live streaming in HTML5. YouTube users can start a live stream on YouTube at 60fps, and Google’s video platform will transcode a stream into 720p60 and 1080p60, which means smoother playback for gaming and other fast-action videos. YT also partnered with Elgato and XSplit on new […]
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