Media & Content

Cookies cements position in European eSports with SkillPro stake
Strengthening its position in the eSports market, VAS company Cookies has acquired a minority stake in SkillPro, an Italian company…

Technologies That Have Changed User Experience on YouTube
With over 2.7 billion users, YouTube is on the global market’s most popular and sought-after social media list. It focuses…

The power play: 6 dominant trends in sports media and broadcasting
How we watch sports has changed: now it is an interactive, engagement driven content business that combines media, content and…

WORLD TELEMEDIA 23 How quality, quantity and localisation drive the content market
Valentina Tranquilli, founder & COO of Cookies Digital dicusses how quality is now key to the content market, especially in…

Harness the power of a CDN at the right price
Sebastian Spies, Product Director Edge Network at Gcore, takes a look at how content delivery networks (CDNs) are now available…

GUEST OPINION PSA’s regulatory framework and special conditions
Telemedia readers will have noticed that The Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) published a number of documents last week, including statements…

Why I’m going to World Telemedia Marbella
As we gear up for World Telemedia Marbella on the 18-20 October, we asked some of the key speakers and…

WORLD TELEMEDIA PRAGUE Speaker line up takes shape
With World Telemedia Prague just two weeks away, the speakers in the main conference area have been revealed. This time…

WORLD TELEMEDIA PRAGUE Conference schedule outllined
The World Telemedia Show has unveiled the outline of the show’s ground breaking conference layout. With a no-nonsense theme of “Carrier…

WORLD TELEMEDIA PRAGUE Carrier Billing for Premium Content Services & Applications
Backed by Telemedia powerhouses including Oxygen 8, International Premiums, Telecom 2. Kwak, Talk Talk Business and Phonegroup, the 51st World…

Study reveals app publishers that don’t message users waste 95% of their acquisition spend
New data shows that when marketers don’t message new opt-in app users, they are wasting 95 cents of every dollar…

Global Spend on Facebook and Instagram mobile app install ads goes up 54%
Spend on mobile app install ads on Facebook and Instagram grew by 54% year-on-year (YoY) in the second quarter of…

Making content count: developing apps that deliver the ultimate user experience
With smartphones everywhere the need to get better content and services out there to grab your slice of the pie…

OPINION Mobile content in the 21st Century: High on the agenda at World Telemedia 2016
As Google restructures its search algorithms once again to prioritise mobile friendly sites in searches, all businesses must embrace mobile…

EDITOR’S BLOG 17-03-16 Chat apps – where media and messaging collide
The move by the BBC to start to use chat apps – particularly Viber and Whatsapp – to distribute content…

World Telemedia Marbella: The key issues
This year’s World Telemedia in Marbella on 18-20 October couldn’t come at a more pivotal time for the industry. In…

Why I’m going to World Telemedia Marbella
As we gear up for World Telemedia Marbella on the 18-20 October, we asked some of the key speakers and…

Fonix awarded Vodafone Platinum Partner status
Fonix has become one of only a handful of telemedia service providers to be awarded Vodafone Platinum Partner status –…

WORLD TELEMEDIA PRAGUE Conference drill down
The World Telemedia conference this year is focusing in on just four key ares, but looking to go in depth…

WORLD TELEMEDIA PRAGUE Speaker line up takes shape
With World Telemedia Prague just two weeks away, the speakers in the main conference area have been revealed. This time…

The dawn of micro payments for online publishers
Mention the word “Paywall” to an online publisher and you will get a stern stare back at best or sharp…

GUEST OPINION PSA’s regulatory framework and special conditions
Telemedia readers will have noticed that The Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) published a number of documents last week, including statements…

Click and collect…
Affiliate marketing is key to driving traffic, but can you know where that traffic comes from, how it was obtained…

Facebook – abuse of a dominant position?
Facebook is already in the news for censoring its newsfeed, but the issue goes far wider – right into what you…

World Telemedia Marbella: The key issues
This year’s World Telemedia in Marbella on 18-20 October couldn’t come at a more pivotal time for the industry. In…

WORLD TELEMEDIA 23 How quality, quantity and localisation drive the content market
Valentina Tranquilli, founder & COO of Cookies Digital dicusses how quality is now key to the content market, especially in…

WORLD TELEMEDIA 23 Growing the African content market from within
The African content market is booming, driving by a hunger for local and international content – not least football. But…

2021, What to expect from home
2020 reshaped and redefined daily life, with working from home, social distancing, travel restrictions and digital connections becoming new norms…

MWC18 Basebone on educating Africa using the power of mobile
Basebone’s James McNab outlines how the company is using mobile to help education in Africa and how it is looking…

World Telemedia 2017 RGK – Virtual Content Providers
Virual content providers provide a fast route to market, Vladimir Yuzak, Business Development Officer, RGK looks at the need for…

Just 1% of social video goes viral, but help is at hand for publishers
New research today reveals that only 1.2% of social video on Facebook goes viral (i.e. over 1 million views). Social…

Real Madrid and Telefónica seal deal to bring The White Team’s day-to-day activities to 500m subscribers
Real Madrid football club and Telefónica subsidiary Movistar have signed a deal whereby Movistar will connect more than 500million Real…

WEBINAR How to up conversions on mobile REGISTER FREE
We all know that mobile is taking over desktop browsing but, when it comes to conversions, mobile is still falling…

Mobile devices drive the most viewership for global AVOD services
Mobile devices attract the most video views for advertising video-on-demand (AVOD) services with global distribution. So finds a report from…

Egypt launches first ever user-generated current events show and kicks off global trend
ALTV, one of the fastest growing free streaming services recently launched in the Middle East and North Africa, is breaking…

Using Your Mobile Phone to Improve Your Social Media
It’s safe to say that social media is an important part of modern life. Twenty years ago, social media didn’t…

TELEMEDIA VIEWPOINT The real meaning of VAS
Mark Challinor explains what value added services means to the publishing world and outlines many of the the opportunities therein…

New direct bidder delivers 20-40% higher publisher revenue in war on ad blockers
Criteo, a performance marketing technology company, has launched Criteo Direct Bidder, header bidding technology that directly connects publishers’ inventory to…

Just 1% of social video goes viral, but help is at hand for publishers
New research today reveals that only 1.2% of social video on Facebook goes viral (i.e. over 1 million views). Social…

Oxygen8 rebrands as Dynamic Mobile Billing as its focus shifts
Oxygen8 has commenced a re-brand exercise to Dynamic Mobile Billing (DMB) to better reflect its changing focus on mobile payments –…

BBC appoints ex-Sky Grest as director of platform
The BBC has appointed a new director of platform. Matt Grest will join from Sky with a wealth of experience…

Why I’m going to World Telemedia Marbella
As we gear up for World Telemedia Marbella on the 18-20 October, we asked some of the key speakers and…

Heart Radio embraces mobile listeners for ‘who’s on heart’ with voice shortcodes – and volume increase dramatically
Global Radio’s Heart Radio network is re-running it’s hugely popular Who’s On Heart competition giving listeners the chance to win…

The dawn of micro payments for online publishers
Mention the word “Paywall” to an online publisher and you will get a stern stare back at best or sharp…

GUEST OPINION PSA’s regulatory framework and special conditions
Telemedia readers will have noticed that The Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) published a number of documents last week, including statements…

Click and collect…
Affiliate marketing is key to driving traffic, but can you know where that traffic comes from, how it was obtained…

Facebook – abuse of a dominant position?
Facebook is already in the news for censoring its newsfeed, but the issue goes far wider – right into what you…

World Telemedia Marbella: The key issues
This year’s World Telemedia in Marbella on 18-20 October couldn’t come at a more pivotal time for the industry. In…

A third of UK adults now using Facebook as their main source of news
More than a third of adults in the UK admit to using social networking site Facebook as their primary means…

Conversocial creates world’s first fully integrated social, messaging and chat platform for customer care
Conversocial, a leading social customer engagement platform, announced today its acquisition of HipMob, a Y Combinator Alumnus that developed an…

Social advertising market set for shake up with SmartFocus tool
SmartFocus, a specialist in personalised real-time digital interactions, has launched Smart Social, a tool that combines a single customer view…

Online sales restricted as shoppers shy away from buying through SMS, social and OTT
A survey of UK consumers by Aspect Software finds that, despite liking to buy on mobile through apps, most shoppers won’t…

GRABR launches BLINK: a secure mobile content distribution platform for brands
GRABR has launched BLINK, a proprietary suite of marketing tools that enables brands to securely distribute exclusive original content on…

AWG expands with a leading digital sports platform in Bolivia
AWG and Viva Bolivia have joined forces to create Hype Sports, the Bolivian company’s new white label sports platform. The…

Real Madrid and Telefónica seal deal to bring The White Team’s day-to-day activities to 500m subscribers
Real Madrid football club and Telefónica subsidiary Movistar have signed a deal whereby Movistar will connect more than 500million Real…

Core Telecom agrees sponsorship deal with boxer Qais Ashfaq
Core Telecom CEO Mahmood Mazhar has agreed a new sponsorship with Olympic GB Boxer Qais Ashfaq. The 23 year old…

Wearables: the future of sports broadcastings
You’re immersed in a football, rugby or boxing match and suddenly performance metrics appear on the screen in front of…

Fans set to experience Virtual Anfield in groundbreaking Facebook VR project
Liverpool FC and Standard Chartered are bringing Reds around the Globe even closer to Anfield through ‘Inside Anfield’ – a…

Almost 5 million Britons use “illegal” TV streaming services
Just shy of five million people in the UK use pirated TV streaming services and the number of users is…

Falcon Media House builds intelligent streaming for OTT sports
Falcon Media House, a global internet broadcast media group focused on the over-the-top (OTT) market, is pleased to announce it is…

Egypt launches first ever user-generated current events show and kicks off global trend
ALTV, one of the fastest growing free streaming services recently launched in the Middle East and North Africa, is breaking…

Investment Opportunity in Multiscreen TV Platform
We have been approached by an established international multiscreen TV platform operator to seek investment for further global expansion. Plans…

Will this be the last Olympics to be broadcast on television?
As the Rio Olympics get underway, many are expecting digital technology to reshape how users watch the games – especially across…

EDITORIAL World Telemedia Marbella 2023 – the show that quite literally rocked
World Telemedia Marbella 2023 rocked – almost literally as it was in the magnificent Hard Rock Hotel and featured members…

World Telemedia announces new 5 star venue for October ‘21 show’s return
With the much-anticipated return of World Telemedia, Marbella (13-15 Oct) comes news that the organisers have secured a fabulous new…

TELEMEDIA VIEWPOINT The real meaning of VAS
Mark Challinor explains what value added services means to the publishing world and outlines many of the the opportunities therein…

New Media Services announce #worldtelemedia sponsorship deal offering huge advantages for businesses across the sector.
Despite the current global shut down, leaders in digital monetisation continue to provide essential value-added services and premium billable content…

EDITORIAL World Telemedia Marbella show: a maturing industry uncovered
Another World Telemedia show is done and dusted and, bags unpacked, it is clear that the industry has come on…