Major TV companies reboot Social TV, on Snapchat
Television broadcasters’ radical innovation in mobile-native content and formats is rebooting a second-generation of Social TV, on Snapchat. This is the key finding in The New Social TV – on Snapchat,...
View ArticleSnapchat TV drives revenue – National Geographic
National Geographic, Snapchat and the advertising community all confirm the key finding of Futurescape’s latest research report, The New Social TV – on Snapchat: “Major television broadcasters are...
View ArticleMTV launches new shows on Snapchat before TV
MTV International is launching a slate of original shows exclusively on Snapchat, before they can be seen on television. The youth broadcaster is embarking on a radical Snapchat-first Social TV...
View ArticleWhy is Snapchat crucial for media companies’ strategic goals?
Snapchat is successfully pioneering the integration of media and social in a mobile platform. Forward-thinking media owners are using it to seize crucial opportunities in shaping the future of media.
View ArticleSnapchat Spectacles – see the innovative circular video format
First view of the unique circular video format shot by Snapchat Spectacles, which can be output as Snapchat native vertical video and also as horizontal video, for online.
View ArticleArte’s prototype chatbot offers TV viewers programme recommendations
Franco-German arts broadcaster Arte is running an intriguing experiment on the practical applications of chatbots for television, with a prototype bot which gives viewers programme recommendations.
View ArticleGerman broadcaster RBB launches Snapchat news service for teens
German public service broadcaster RBB (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg) has embraced Snapchat to launch a news service targeting 14 to 18 year-olds. The service, Hochkant (“vertical”), aims to reach teens...
View ArticleBBC and Snapchat Partner for Planet Earth II Mobile Series
The BBC is premiering a made-for-Snapchat show to promote the launch of its flagship nature documentary series Planet Earth II on broadcast television in the USA and Canada. It aims to use Snapchat to...
View ArticleTastemade praises Snapchat for delivering a global audience
A leading Snapchat content provider is publicly supporting the company in the face of advertiser criticism. Food video network Tastemade is acclaiming Snapchat for delivering viewers on an...
View ArticleSnapchat delivers TV tune-in for NBC’s Hairspray musical
US TV network NBC has run a successful Snapchat ad campaign for its Hairspray TV musical. Data gathered from a viewer survey shows the campaign led to a 122% increase in viewing by respondents. This...
View ArticleHow Traditional Media Companies Successfully Innovate On Snapchat
Older media brands are succeeding in attracting Snapchat’s younger Millennial users to view their innovative content, which is made specifically for the social network. American Millennials ages 13-24...
View ArticlePotato Dreams – surreal VR autobiographical doc
POTATO DREAMS | VR Film from Cargo Film & Releasing on Vimeo. Wes Hurley’s surreal VR autobiographical doc tells the story of Little Potato’s journey growing up gay in the Soviet Union before and...
View ArticleI am Echoborg – AI interactive theatre
About I am Echoborg from Rik Lander on Vimeo. I am Echoborg is a funny and thought-provoking performance that is created each night by the audience in conversation with an artificial intelligence. A...
View ArticleBarbican’s Life Rewired season questions our relationship with technology
The Barbican Centre’s 2019 ambitious season Life Rewired explores what it means to be human when technology is changing everything. Throughout the year, the season investigates the impact of the pace...
View ArticleFuture of StoryTelling Summit: Weds 3 – Thurs 4 Oct
The FoST Summit brings together 500 leaders from the worlds of business, technology, media, and the arts to explore how storytelling is evolving in the digital age. See insights from this year’s...
View ArticleImmersive content £8m funding competition opens
Production Innovation for Immersive Content is a new R&D fund offering £8m to improve production. The fund, from Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £8 million in...
View ArticleNetflix developing Black Mirror for interactive TV
Streaming TV giant Netflix is commissioning a slate of interactive TV shows which allow viewers to choose their own path through an episode. A forthcoming episode of award-winning scifi anthology...
View ArticleRun An Empire AR game – get fit and conquer a virtual world
The new augmented reality game Run An Empire encourages users to run through their city and capture real-world territory in a virtual strategy game. Produced by London-based production company PAN...
View ArticleExplore contemporary videogames, design and culture at the V&A
Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt provides a unique insight into one of the most significant design fields of our time, investigating the work of groundbreaking designers, creative player communities and...
View ArticleFacebook’s Social TV drama Sorry For Your Loss is a critical hit
Streaming service Facebook Watch has scored a critical hit for its first global entry into TV drama, Sorry For Your Loss, starring Elizabeth Olsen. The series follows young widow Leigh (Elizabeth...
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