One in five internet users share videos with their social networks more than once a week, according to a new report from Unruly. These “super-sharers” account for 82.4% of all video shares – with 59.4 percent worldwide taking place on Facebook, 13.8 percent on Twitter, 9.3 percent on Google+, 5.7 percent on Tumblr and 3.9 […]
Did Discovery bite off more than it can chew with Eaten Alive, a special featuring snake researcher Paul Rosolie being swallowed by a Giant Green Anaconda? Not if they wanted to grab attention for the special, kicking off the net’s “Mega Week,” Sunday, December 7 at 9p. While a Change.Org petition to boycott the special […]
IFC launched online destination IFC Comedy Crib, to feature original and acquired series from the network’s comedians and partnerships with AboveAverage and UCB Comedy. The first series to launch on the platform are unscripted series ClickBait Overload, six episodes of scripted series Laurie, John and Geoff are Married and reality series Comedy Drop. Rolling out […]
Yahoo confirmed its acquisition of video advertising network BrightRoll for a $640 million price tag. BrightRoll serves 87 of the largest U.S. advertisers, 18 of the top 20 ad networks, 15 top agencies, half of the top 50 publishers and 350 video platforms and clocked in $100 million revenue this year.
Fullscreen will acquire YouTube channel Rooster Teeth, and boost RT’s live events and merchandise businesses while integrating it into its own network. Additionally, Fullscreen will help develop current RT content production and bring new premium programming to the channel. RT is known for shows Red vs. Blue, The Gauntlet and The Slow Mo Guys, and […]
Endemol Beyond USA made a deal with comedian Andy Milonakis, known for his eponymous show, which was produced by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on MTV and MTV2 from 2002 to 2007. Milonakis will create projects with Endemol, starting with web series Andy’s Hungry Voyage and an updated version of his MTV series Milonakis 2.0. The […]
Why did Facebook make its 1.3 billion users download a separate messenger app last month? “On mobile, each app can really focus on doing one thing well, we think, and the primary focus of the Facebook app today is News Feed,” Mark Zuckerberg explained at a meeting at FB headquarters last week. “We saw that […]
Viewers watched branded video programming more than 2.9 billion times in Q3 2014, according to a new report from Visible Measures. The views are in part due to the World Cup and the launch of Apple’s iPhone 6. Almost 484 million views in Q3 were the results of campaigns from electronic brands, representing 16 percent […]
Yesterday, CBS’s President and CEO Les Moonves hinted at a streaming service for its Showtime properties, similar to the future HBO a la carte offering. Moonves told Deadline that the service would not have “the costs associated with cable news networks,” and “provide programming 24/7 to whole new audiences…we are following our viewers with CBS […]
PBS Digital Studios partnered with creators John and Hank Green to expand YouTube’s Crash Course educational series. Under the deal, PBS will help develop two new CC series focusing on the U.S. government and astronomy. The channel’s current library of videos will be distributed by PBS Digital Studios YT network, and made available to educators […]
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