Beverly Hills, CA – With nearly 15 million channel views and 45,000 subscribers for SpacePOP on YouTube since launching in summer 2016, Genius Brands International, Inc. Genius Brands, continues the momentum and expansion in 2017 with new content license agreements for distribution of the hit music-driven animated series in China with WeKids Asia Ltd. and SpacePOP music videos in the U.K with U Music TV. Additionally, Genius Brands has greenlit the development of season two of SpacePOP for … [Read more...] about Genius Brands expands distribution for SpacePOP
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YouTube celebrates growth of online creators in India
Mumbai — YouTube today recognised the fastest growing online creators in India on the eve of fourth edition of YouTube FanFest in Mumbai, presented by Be Beautiful, 5 Star, Gionee and Maruti Ignis. With over 14 independent creators hitting the one million subscribers mark across Entertainment, Music, Tech and Food, YouTube is continuing to see massive growth in online video viewership in India, reaching over 180 million users per month in India on mobile alone, according to App Annie. With … [Read more...] about YouTube celebrates growth of online creators in India
Changing Platforms
15 years ago, it was very simple, we just had to count TVs and DVD players but now, we have to count everything from tablets to mobile handsets to games consoles to OTT streamers and increasingly VR, which has mounted its’ place so it’s much more complicated than it has been for a number of years. The Asia-Pacific region is very interesting to us because it’s still one of the markets which many individual territories still have a lot of great potential for pay-TV. Many of the markets are … [Read more...] about Changing Platforms
BBC Urdu presents Murder and Honour
BBC Urdu brings the so-called honour killing of women in the spotlight as the new series, Qatal o Ghairat (Murder and Honour), rolls out on TV, radio, online at bbcurdu.com and social media. For three weeks, BBC Urdu will deliver a comprehensive look at these killings, through special reports, animation, infographics and other digital tools as well as discussions at universities and colleges across Pakistan. BBC Urdu Editor, Mehvish Hussain, says, “BBC Urdu has reported on so-called honour … [Read more...] about BBC Urdu presents Murder and Honour
VR & 360-video discussion at MIPCOM
RT’s panel discussion, “VR & Immersive Journalism: The Future of News”, will take place on the second day of MIPCOM and will bring together leading experts from the news industry as well as documentary filmmakers – including VR professionals from Euronews and London studio Immersiv.ly – to discuss the key challenges, opportunities and best practices in VR news-making. MIPCOM guests will also be able to visit the RT booth and experience panoramic videos produced by the channel using … [Read more...] about VR & 360-video discussion at MIPCOM
The New Television: The Value of Content
Does television risk going the same way as the music or newspaper industries? That is the question asked in a far-reaching new report, The Value of Content, by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The report, commissioned by Liberty Global, argues that a major industry shake-up is on the way because of the increasing popularity of online content. It forecasts that this could happen much more quickly than anticipated and that “significant numbers” of TV channels could fail. Television is, … [Read more...] about The New Television: The Value of Content