Argentine TV broadcaster Telefe (Viacom) announced that its YouTube channel has surpassed 2 million subscribers, only eight months after receiving YouTube’s gold Play Button for reaching 1 million. Telefe’s official channel on YouTube has more than 75,000 videos and offers the best contents of each show. The channels of Susana Giménez, Humor Telefe and Novelas [...]
Viacom announced that it plans to acquire AwesomenessTV, the digital entertainment company focused on the so-called ‘Gen Z’. It will live under Viacom Digital Studios (VDS). Viacom confirmed the move in a blog post. In the past days, several U.S media had reported that the media conglomerate was interest in acquiring AwesomenessTV, which is currently [...]
Cloud-based gaming platform Gloud, owned by Turner Latin America, has launched “Los Glouder”, a weekly show focused on the gaming industry and available in five-minute capsules on YouTube. It is produced by digital agency Lanzallamas. “Los Glouder” is inspired by “Los Gumers”, an Argentine television show that explained different aspects of the videogame universe in [...]
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki revealed that the platform’s users watch over 180 million hours of video on TV screens every day. The executive also mentioned that YouTube has 1.9 billion logged-in monthly users. Wojcicki revealed this numbers in a blog post updating the ‘Five Creator Priorities for 2018’. The executive also mentioned that overall interactions, [...]
Telefónica Media Networks has signed an agreement with Viacom to become the exclusive advertising representative for the TV channels and digital platforms of MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and Paramount Channel in the Peruvian market. “We are pleased with this agreement. The contents of Viacom are highly appreciated by the Peruvian audience, “said José del Valle, [...]
Televisa Deportes has been awarded with YouTube’s Gold Play Button for quintupling its fan base by reaching more than 1 million subscribers on that video platform, where the company offered content of the World Cup in Russia. In a statement, Televisa said that this increase reflects the interest of Mexicans for soccer and sports content: [...]
Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) announced that it has initiated a formal process to explore the sale of the assets comprising the Gizmodo Media Group (GMG) and The Onion. According to the company, the transaction will allow UCI to focus on its core assets and further strengthen its position as the No. 1 media company serving [...]
Facebook and Golden Boy Promotions have signed an agreement to offer live boxing and original programming to a global community of fans on the social network. The action will be available in the U.S. on Facebook Watch and globally via the Golden Boy Promotions page. The first of five live fight nights on Facebook will [...]
A Irdeto, empresa de segurança para plataformas digitais, identificou 5.088 streams ilegais redistribuindo jogos da fase de grupos da Copa do Mundo de 2018, na Rússia. A seleção brasileira foi o time mais pirateado com mais de 582 streams ilegais. Logo atrás estão Marrocos (561 streams) e Portugal (535 streams). A Bélgica ficou no quarto [...]
US telecom company AT&T announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AppNexus, a technology company that operates a leading global advertising marketplace and provides enterprise products for digital advertising, serving publishers, agencies and marketers. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Last Week, The Wall Street Journal reported that AT&T was expected [...]