YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen According to The Telegraph, the application is similar to Instagram and Twitter’s Vine, but with MixBit the emphasis is on collaboration and editing clips together. Users can upload up to around an hour of 16-second clips edited together, meaning the finished product could be far longer that possible on Vine or Instagram, added the report. YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen said: “The MixBit website is a community of … [Read more...] about YouTube founders introduce new video editing app
Nielsen reveals link between Twitter activity and TV viewership
New York - Nielsen has released findings, which, for the first time, provide statistical evidence of a two-way causal influence between broadcast TV tune-in for a programme and the Twitter conversation around that programme. Nielsen’s Twitter Causation Study included time series analysis to determine if Twitter activity drives increased tune-in rates for broadcast TV and if broadcast TV tune-in leads to increased Twitter activity. This latest study follows research released … [Read more...] about Nielsen reveals link between Twitter activity and TV viewership
MTV Asia hunts for first MTV World Stage Insider
Malaysia - MTV Asia, a unit of Viacom Inc., has announced the hunt for the first MTV World Stage Insider, who will represent fans and introduce them to the MTV experience from the inside, via minute-by-minute updates, videos, tweets, and pictures of MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2013, with an engagement fee worth US$10,000. The campaign targets music fans from aged 18 years of age, from Malaysia and around Southeast Asia, who already have an existing blog, an extended … [Read more...] about MTV Asia hunts for first MTV World Stage Insider
Viki reaches 10.2m app install mark
Global TV site Viki has surpassed 10.2m total installs of its apps in Q2 2013, a nearly seven-fold increase from last year. Over 41% of the app users watched content on a tablet platform, while iOS users watched on average 2.5 times more than Android users, according to the report from Viki. Facebook and Twitter were most frequently used for mobile video sharing on both Android and iOS systems. In addition, Bahasa Indonesia, Korean, Thai and Chinese are among the top ten subtitle … [Read more...] about Viki reaches 10.2m app install mark
ABS-CBN’s national TV ratings for June soar
ABS-CBN announced that it led all TV networks in terms of viewership as measured by the national TV ratings in June, with a recorded average total day audience share of 43%, up by a point from the previous month and 11 points higher than GMA’s 32%, according to Kantar Media. ABS-CBN also continued its winning streak on primetime (6PM-12MN) as Filipinos nationwide tuned in to its news and entertainment programmes, with a one-point increase to an average audience share of 47%, or 17 points … [Read more...] about ABS-CBN’s national TV ratings for June soar
SPT orders “Hannibal” S2 for AXN
Singapore – Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks has ordered a second season of Hannibal. The second season will run for 13 episodes and launch next year. In its debut season, Hannibal tripled Cable A 4+ viewers in India and drew 224 percent of the timeslot’s average ratings in 2012. In Singapore, the show delivered six times more Cable 4+ audiences and drew more than double the PMEB viewers in its timeslot. Hannibal was also a success in South … [Read more...] about SPT orders “Hannibal” S2 for AXN
