TVBEverywhere
Facebook scores two live FA Cup matches
Reading v Sheffield United, Leicester v Birmingham to stream on Facebook Watch
Business
Netflix could benefit from coronavirus concerns
The company's shares rose 0.8 per cent last week
Business
WARC: Tech giants’ ad revenue to exceed TV ad spend “for the first time”
Facebook and Google forecast to take 35 cents in every ad dollar in 2020
Data Centre
Video comprises “65 per cent of downstream mobile internet traffic”
"Video dominates mobile" according to Sandvine
Business
Facebook could challenge YouTube over music video rights
Is looking to offer music videos via Facebook Watch
Data Centre
YouTube attracts more viewers than iPlayer “for first time since 2016”
YouTube watched by 73 per cent of internet users in last month
Media Consumption
Viacom, Facebook announce short-form content partnership
Unveils slate of spin-offs from six MTV series
Production & Post
Facebook updates Live, Watch Party and Creator Studio
Announces new features at IBC
TVBEverywhere
Facebook ‘is preparing to launch smart TV device’
Expected to launch in time for 'the holiday season'
Features
This month in the world of streaming…
Catch up on all July's activity from the streamers
Videos
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Facebook ‘may release a streaming device’
Wants to include apps from Netflix, Amazon and Disney
Data Centre
TV is “most popular pastime” for consumers
40 per cent spend 10+ weekly hours watching TV
TVBEverywhere
Groovy Gecko deploys Facebook Live questions card
Lets Facebook viewers ask questions via live stream
Data Centre
Netflix, Amazon usage climbs as Facebook video declines
YouTube is the most popular service in all countries except the UK
Technology
Pixability unveils software platform for YouTube, Facebook campaigns
Only platform that reports on results across premier channels all in one interface
Content
Facebook Watch signs first European content deal
ProSiebenSat.1 will post short episodes and clips to the platform
Features
How to meet increasingly high audience demands without breaking the bank
Ooyala's director of global product marketing, Bea Alonso, on optimising the content supply chain
Content
UK viewers want more women’s sport
52 per cent think the BBC should be doing more to encourage women in sport
TVBEverywhere
Altice threatens action over PSG’s illegal Facebook stream
Altice is the exclusive rights owner for the UEFA Champions League in France
TVBEverywhere
PSG illegally stream Champions League match on Facebook
A reported 1.4 million viewers were able to watch the team's victory over Manchester United
TVBEverywhere
Eleven Sports to live stream Bundesliga match on Facebook in Poland and Portugal
Borussia Dortmund face Borussia Mönchengladbach this Friday
TVBEverywhere
More than 400 million people a month view Facebook Watch
Globally 75 million people a day view one minute of content on the platform
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Eleven Sports Portugal to show Bundesliga match live on Facebook
Stream marks the first time a Bundesliga game will be shown on the platform in Portugal
Business
What’s going on with the FAANG stocks?
FAANG stocks lost over $1 trillion in collective value from recent highs on Tuesday
Content
YouTube App VR goes Live on Oculus Go; BBC launches VR comedy
Video sharing network is now available on all major VR headsets following the launch of its app this summer
Business
Scottish Football League in talks with streamers over rights deals
Organisation reportedly in talks with Eleven Sports, as well as Amazon and Facebook
Data Centre
Millennials still love Netflix
Streamer tops poll of most-positively talked about brands for second year running
Business
Facebook Watch launches globally
Tech giant's customisable video platform is being rolled out internationally across a number of markets
Videos
Business
Facebook acquires social media video developer Vidpresso
Acquisition is aimed at enhancing interactive elements of Facebook Live
TVBEverywhere
Eleven Sports streams on social media in Portuguese first
French Super cup will be shown on Facebook ahead of the channel's linear launch
Production & Post
Facebook, RED partner on 3D VR camera
Companies have developed a bespoke 6DoF camera
Technology
Facebook begins AV1 trials
Social network is delivering AV1-encoded video over MPEG-DASH on Chrome Canary
TVBEverywhere
Facebook testing new video experience
Facebook Premieres allows content creators to release pre-recorded videos as a live moment
Videos
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“Smartphones are not little televisions” says Facebook content chief
Matthew Henick says it's time to stop viewing smartphones as an extension of the TV screen
TVBEverywhere
Facebook confirms hiring of Eurosport’s CEO
Peter Hutton appointed director of global live sports partnerships and programming
TVBEverywhere
Meetrics to verify Facebook and Instagram video views
It becomes the first non-US firm to be granted access to figures
Business
UK broadcasters must fight US to “protect British values”
BBC director general Tony Hall to speak out on preventing ‘social unease and division’
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Dutch Council for Culture calls for tax on FAANG
Report says 15 percent of SVoD content should be specifically aimed at Dutch subscribers
TVBEverywhere
Facebook ‘likes’ smart speakers
Company is reportedly planning to launch two speakers this summer
Business
Amazon, Facebook “not ready” to bid for EPL rights
Premier League launches its latest auction of domestic live broadcast rights today
TVBEverywhere
Eurosport partners with Facebook to extend Winter Games digital coverage
Daily short form highlights will be available in UK, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Norway
TVBEverywhere
Instagram surpasses Facebook for TV engagement
Organic reach of media posts on Facebook declined 40 per cent in 2017