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The Second Coming Of Silent Cinema

Tim Mulligan

16 Dec 2016

digital behaviour

Facebook

feature films

89 years ago The Jazz Singer was released and the moving image industry went through one of its periodic transformative moments. The jazz singer was the first “talkie”; a film with sound. At a stroke,...

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Facebook, India And The Video Download Test

Tim Mulligan

11 Jul 2016

emerging markets

Facebook

india

Last week it was announced by Techcrunch that Facebook had emailed media partners informing them that it will be trialling the ability to download videos to be viewed offline on the Facebook app. The trial...

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Why Facebook Is Tentatively Expanding Live Video Streaming

Tim Mulligan

6 Apr 2016

Facebook

Facebook Live

mobile video

Facebook announced today that it was expanding the functionality of its Live feature, enabling non-celebrities for the first time to broadcast live video to groups and respondents to events. Alongside...

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Netflix’s Global Learning Curve

Tim Mulligan

29 Feb 2016

mobile video

Netflix

Online video

Last Wednesday at the MMIX stream of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Scott Mirer, VP of the device partner ecosystem at Netflix gave a keynote speech where he shared newly acquired insights into global...

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Snapchat Video Comes Into Its Own

Tim Mulligan

18 Feb 2016

Grammys

Instagram

Mobile content

So something remarkable happened at this year’s Grammys awards. Not the who, where orwhat about the winners of the world’s most prestigious music awards ceremony. Something far more profound for the...

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Periscope’s About To Change Twitter Forever

Karol Severin

15 Jan 2016

live broadcast

Mobile content

mobile content strategy

Periscope now plays live streams directly in Twitter feeds on iPhones, with Android and desktop functionality to come. It is a move that will change the way Twitter works and its audience uses it. Though...

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MIDiA Data Point Of The Day: 16-24 Year Old's Mobile Video Usage

Mark Mulligan

29 Oct 2015

Data Point Of The Day

digital natives

Mobile content

43% of US 16-24 year olds watch TV shows on phones and tablets. 16-24 year olds are the first generation to engage in multi-screen viewing. TV viewing viewing for the Digital Native is as much about convenience...

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Verizon's Go90 And The Impact Of Mobile-First Content Strategy

Karol Severin

11 Sep 2015

Go 90

Go90

Mobile content

Verizon’s free, ad-supported mobile video streaming service Go90 launches this week. The service will be available to all users, regardless of being a Verizon customer. The product is aimed at 18-34...

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