Surf star Jordy Smith uses stylish Plus 27 film to launch YouTube channel
Leading surfer Jordy Smith, a two-time Olympian, has used a lavishly-shot short film called Plus 27 to announce his presence on YouTube. The popular South African, who has around 570K followers on Instagram, opened his account this month by uploading Plus 27, a...
Roblox shares slide despite sharing nearly $1bn with creators
Roblox shares were hammered on the US stock markets at the end of last week, despite a set of seemingly positive results for Q4 2024 (October to December). The shares dropped 20 percent initially before recovering some ground, after the platform’s daily active users...
ITV Studios, BBC Studios and Paramount Global continue FAST channel rollout with deals across the US, UK and Spain
It has been another frantic week in the world of FAST channel launches, with ITV Studios, BBC Studios and Paramount Global all rolling out channels. In the UK, ITV Studios has secured a deal with Virgin Media O2 which will see Hell’s Kitchen and Eggheads FAST channels...
Digital i data on long-form YouTube viewing a “wake up call” for producers
Consumption of long-form YouTube content is rising rapidly in the US, according to streaming data analysis firm Digital i. New research shows that long-form accounted for 73% of all viewing time on the platform by the end of October 2024. Digital i’s findings indicate...