YouTube’s ad-free subscription version, Red which enables people to pay to remove ads, is set to merge with Google Play Music to create a new music streaming service. The merger, which was revealed by YouTube’s head of music Lyor Cohen at a conference in New York, has long been on the cards since Google combined the […]
Snapchat will be partnering with BT Sport for an exclusive ‘Our Story’ coverage of the UEFA Champions League Final. This means Snapchat’s ‘Our Story’ coverage will include clips and match footage from BT Sport to complement the Snaps submitted from fans in the stadium, the teams and those watching at home. BT’s commercial partnership with […]
Qoruz, one of India’s leading influencer marketing intelligence platform, has announced the launch of its social campaign tracker. Focused on measuring user and influencer generated content and conversations during a brand campaign, this unique tracker helps brands monitor social media platforms for earned media content for specific keywords and ‘hashtags’. It also enables marketers discover […]
11th April 2017 sees the launch of a groundbreaking mixed-reality app from Gorillaz, which comes ahead of highly anticipated new album ‘Humanz’, to be released by Parlophone Records on 28th April. Pushing the boundaries of mobile technology, the Gorillaz App, which is available on both Android and iOS, will allow fans to immerse themselves in […]
Netflix launched a mobile experience that challenges users to test if they have the power of the “Iron Fist”. Danny Rand, the protagonist of Netflix’s new Marvel series “Iron Fist”, is a martial arts master whose right fist can punch through walls, split sabers and even cause earthquakes. Fans of the series now have the […]
In a global media first, Lipton Ice Tea has launched its latest campaign via PHD Sydney, which serves video content on Snapchat to help consumers ‘beat the heat’ with cool and dynamic footage. The idea, utilises Weather Targeting via a programmatic buy on Snapchat, automatically triggered when the temperature exceeds 26 degrees. Ads are served […]
AI Content marketing platform Codec has signed 14 new customers including Unilever, Universal Music and L’Oreal. Codec’s platform is said to enable marketers ‘to create better content by giving them an accurate prediction of what audiences care about before they plan’. It provides these marketers with visual insights, detailed views, an understanding of target audience data, […]
YouTube Go, an offline first Android app designed from scratch to reduce data usage and work with low or no connectivity, has launched following its initial announcement last September. The app lets the user choose, on a preview screen, whether they would like to stream their selected videos immediately in either basic quality or standard […]
BBC Worldwide has partnered with Snapchat to launch an exclusive Planet Earth II series on the Discover platform in the US and Canada. Audiences will be introduced to the first showing of ‘never-before-seen’ footage a day prior to the show’s 18 February debut on BBC America in the US and BBC Earth in Canada. Nick […]
“What should my caption be?” has become a ubiquitous phrase out of the mouths of Millennials following the evolution of social media. Nowadays, everyone is looking for the wittiest phrase, the best pun, the funniest quip to garner Likes and engagement. CapGenius is the newest app on the market to fill this social void. The […]