With the rise of streaming services and the trend towards cord cutting, the way U.S. consumers are watching video is also changing. Today, over two-thirds of U.S. homes have devices that are able to stream video, according to Nielsen . In a new report out this morning, the measurement firm looked at the impact these […]
View More Nielsen: Americans are streaming 8 billion hours of content per month on connected TVsCategory: Video
YouTube rolls out Stories to creators with over 10K subscribers
A year ago, YouTube launched its own take on Stories, with the addition of a new short-form video format called Reels. The feature, which was rebranded as “YouTube Stories” at last year’s VidCon, was initially available only to select YouTube creators. But in June, YouTube said it would expand Stories to all creators with over […]
View More YouTube rolls out Stories to creators with over 10K subscribersChina’s iQiyi to offer $500M convertible note as content costs balloon
Chinese video streaming service iQiyi is raising new cash as it feels the squeeze from surging content costs. The video business, which is owned by China’s online search giant Baidu, said on Wednesday that it will issue $500 million in convertible senior notes. Proceeds from the offering will go towards content and technology investments as […]
View More China’s iQiyi to offer $500M convertible note as content costs balloonMelania’s White House Christmas decorations are up, and there are blood red trees
‘Tis the season to see what winter wonderland the White House is transformed into, and ohhh boy are the 2018 decorations something.
In the minute-long Christmas decor trailer the White House dropped Monday morning, you can see Melania walk throug…
Gillmor Gang: Nation State
The Gillmor Gang — Keith Teare, Esteban Kolsky, Frank Radice, Michael Markman, and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Saturday November 17, 2018. Democracy saved, fiat currency, and Facebook rope-a-dope. Produced and directed by Tina Chase Gillmor @tinagillmor @kteare, @ekolsky, @fradice, @mickeleh, @stevegillmor Liner Notes Live chat stream The Gillmor Gang on Facebook
View More Gillmor Gang: Nation StateBunch scores $3.8M to turn mobile games into video chat LAN parties
The best parts of gaming are the jokes and trash talk with friends. Whether it was four-player Goldeneye or linking up PCs for Quake battles in the basement, the social element keeps video games exciting. Yet on mobile we’ve lost a lot of that, playing silently by ourselves even if we’re in a squad with […]
View More Bunch scores $3.8M to turn mobile games into video chat LAN partiesGet creative with Amazon’s Black Friday UK sale on photo, video, and music software
It’s good to have a creative outlet in your adult life. As kids, we run around splashing things with paint, building little cities, and making a lot of noise. But as we grow older, these opportunities to get creative start to diminish, and many of us…
View More Get creative with Amazon’s Black Friday UK sale on photo, video, and music softwareFacebook Lasso app lead Brady Voss leaves for Netflix right after launch
Facebook Lasso has a steep uphill climb ahead as it hopes to chase the musical video app it cloned, China’s TikTok (which merged with Musically). Lasso lets you overlay popular songs on 15-second clips of you lip syncing, dancing, or just being silly — kind of like Vine with a soundtrack. It’s off to a […]
View More Facebook Lasso app lead Brady Voss leaves for Netflix right after launchWhat’s next? The top media executives on the job market
Keep an eye out for the next moves by these entrepreneurs and executives. A number of the biggest names in media left their jobs over the last year (or announced they will be leaving soon), including a handful of now-billionaires who have resources, ambition, and time on their hands to explore something new. We are […]
View More What’s next? The top media executives on the job marketVine creator announces the name of his new app and it bites… er, it’s byte!
/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F880055%2Fff795230-d6e8-471f-a4f5-5ea8d5df4b10.jpg)
If you’re one of the many people who miss the looping video app Vine, we have some good news for you.
Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann has just confirmed his plans to bring the popular app back are coming to fruition. On Wednesday, he tweeted out that the new looping video app will simply be called byte (with a lower-case “b”).
our new looping video app is called byte. launching spring 2019 pic.twitter.com/C3FMvkcIwc
— dom hofmann (@dhof) November 8, 2018
Hofmann has been teasing a Vine revival under the name ‘v2’ since November 2017. Earlier this year, however, Hofmann claimed development of ‘v2’ was indefinitely postponed due to the costs associated with developing the new video app. Read more…
More about Twitter, Video, Vine, Tech, and Social Media Companies
View More Vine creator announces the name of his new app and it bites… er, it’s byte!Tencent is launching its own version of Snap Spectacles
Some were surprised to see Snap release a second version of its “face-camera” Spectacles gadget, since the original version failed to convert hype into sales. But those lackluster sales — which dropped to as low as 42,000 per quarter — didn’t only fail to dissuade the U.S. social firm from making more specs, because now […]
View More Tencent is launching its own version of Snap SpectaclesThis spooky doorbell successfully scared a ton of trick-or-treaters
Halloween may be over, but if you wish the spooky tricks would live on we have just the thing for you: A video of people ringing an utterly cursed doorbell.
They came for the candy, but before these unlucky trick-or-treaters got their sweets they…