Video is a growing component of social media. Not only can we create and share our own videos, but now we can even broadcast content live to an increasingly growing audience. This gives a lot of potential for social networks, which can connect users to videos and earn revenue by monetizing through video ads. With […]
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Cordcutting Fortnightly provides readers with a collection of news in cordcutting that has occurred over the past two weeks. View last fortnight’s news. Twitter Starts New Shows After Twitter’s successful earnings call, where they beat expectations and shot the stock price up, they have continued to dive into live video as a central part of their […]
Since Facebook debuted live video on their social media platform, it has been adopted by a number of groups for a variety of reasons. It has been used to capture significant events without the classic need for journalists or television crews. From the Democrats sitting-in while C-SPAN cameras aren’t broadcasting, to activists protesting the Dakota […]
Facebook Live Adds Audio-Only for Citizen Radio
Radio was a major innovation in society, a tool that allowed the average person to learn of news around the world and hear the stories of others, fiction and non-fiction. This is something Facebook is now embracing in their Live Audio tool, a way to stream directly from your phone but only audio. It is […]
Twitch IRL, Facebook TV, Netflix Reality Series – Cordcutting Stories from Around the Web
Cordcutting has been a continuing phenomenon. It’s not just broadcast companies making their own over-the-top services and streaming content through the web. It’s also new creators and organizations who are trying to get into the media game. This is a recap of the most recent cordcutting news from around the web. Twitch IRL Twitch was […]
Facebook Extends Ad Network to Apple TV and Roku
Facebook has been putting ads in the sidebar and in their news feed for a while. These ads appear similar to posts, coming from a particular Facebook page and having an image and some text. However, Facebook is planning to extend its ad network for more video. A spokesperson from Facebook sent the following response […]
Instagram is building a live video service
Instagram is working on bringing a live video component to the service, something that has been added by several competitors in the space. Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, has its own live video service. This was originally found several weeks ago, according to the Russian site T Journal. Now this has been confirmed by Instagram’s CEO, […]
Photo Screensaver Now Shows Off Facebook, Flickr, 500px Photos
Since August, the app Photo Screensaver has gone through a substantial update. While it used to only show photos from your Google Photos library, the app now supports a new of new services from which to display your photos. It still is designed to provide a great screensaver experience for your Android TV. Now you […]
Facebook (Finally) Now Lets Cast Videos To Your TV
Facebook really likes being the center of attention, like really badly and slowly they’re sticking their hands in anything which is fine because they’re allowed to do that and competition is good. Over the past year they’ve been feuding with YouTube in a direct and indirect way. Direct through competition for the superior video and […]
Amazon’s Original Series Pilots Now on YouTube
Amazon is one of several online video services that has been investing in original content, much like Netflix and Hulu. A number of their shows have actually been received favorably, with Mozart in the Jungle receiving awards for best comedy. While that’s great for them, these shows may not be seen by too many people. […]
If you want the best gaming experience, you’ll probably use your TV. Your window into the game is huge, plus you’ll be taking advantage of the TVs great speakers. In order to play, you traditionally had to use a gamepad, an input device that is the same regardless of genre or gameplay. Recently, with the […]