YouTube has launched its standalone app for child-friendly content in the UK and Ireland, aiming to offer parents and carers a source of streaming video that they can be assured is suitable for young children. The YouTube Kids app launched nine months ago in the US, and has since been downloaded by over 10m American […]
Sky has launched Sky Q, a combined satellite TV and internet service that will broadcast Ultra HD programming and allow users to pause live TV and watch later on different devices. The service will launch in the UK and Ireland in 2016. The picture quality of its content will be broadcast with up to four […]
Apple has announced partnerships with 14 leading publishers as its news app launches in the UK. Apple News brings together content from titles including the BBC, Telegraph, Guardian, Sun and Sky News and present them in a single app that will replace the built-in newsstand app as part of the iOS 9.1 update. Other major […]
YouTube has confirmed long-rumoured plans for an ad-free subscription version of the online video streaming service, with users able to pay $9.99 (£6.45) a month starting from 28 October to access a service that combines an ad-free YouTube with its Play Music on-demand service. The service will be YouTube’s first attempt at creating a premium, […]
Yahoo has signed an agreement with Google as the new provider of Yahoo’s search ads, after ending its exclusive deal with Microsoft’s Bing in April. The deal, which covers both Yahoo’s own properties and certain affiliate sites, will see ads served through Google’s AdSense for Search. Yahoo will receive an undisclosed percentage of the resulting […]
Happy Finish, a pioneer and world-leader in augmented reality and virtual reality, announced that it has signed a strategic agreement with GroupM, the world’s leading media investment group owned by WPP. Happy Finish’s offices in India and China will work closely with GroupM’s content teams across the Asia Pacific region to help develop creative solutions […]
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner has taken the dramatic decision to back a ban on female nudity within his soft porn bible after agreeing with critics that full frontal shots are ‘passé’ in a world of ubiquitous online porn. The new edict will come into effect from March 2016, when the title will pursue ‘provocative’ […]
AOL UK will be the exclusive content supplier to TalkTalk’s online consumer portal and serve ads using its ad tech platform. The companies have announced a new syndication deal in which AOL will now power the news and TV guide sections of talktalk.co.uk, with content from The Huffington Post as well as AOL’s news, travel […]
Twitter has announced a new curated news feature called ‘Moments’ which aims to connect users with up to the minute current events from around the world by gathering together the most relevant tweets into a specialised feed. The feature is the result of the company’s Project Lightning, which was revealed earlier in 2015, and will […]
Condé Nast and Snapchat have announced a new partnership aimed at giving consumers exclusive access to seven of the publisher’s tentpole events, beginning with Teen Vogue’s Young Hollywood party. The partnership will make use of Snapchat’s Live Story feature and will provide users with behind the scenes footage from exclusive events by collating Snapchats by […]