Digital Media and Marketing Industry Trends Weekly

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Digital Media Updates from Feb 13th to Feb 19th, 2022

YouTube is stepping into the world of NFTs, metaverse, and Web3

YouTube TV to finally add picture-in-picture on iOS.

THEMA partners with Amagi for worldwide FAST distribution

CTV in 2022 to address new audiences

ShareChat to acquire MX TakaTak in $700 mn deal

YouTube's Bringing New Ways To Monetize Your Shorts

Google Allows Brands To Control Ad Frequency On YouTube, CTV Apps

Moj's creators are getting noticed by the best of Bollywood.

Disney+ Hotstar subscribers at 45.9 million, reveals Disney in an earnings call.

Twitter starts testing Playback Speed Controls for Videos

YouTube made $28 billion from ads in 2021

Analysts say CRTC lacks the expertise to regulate online streaming.

Dish TV Owned OTT Platform WATCHO Crosses 45 million Subscribers on the Platform

Molotov renews Ad Insertion Platform contract

African OTT to generate $2BN by 2027: Report

Sun TV Network's Q3 revenue increases 27.66% at Rs 975.16 crore

VlogBox and Echelon Studios Connect with the US Cord Cutters

Disney+ outshines Netflix with 11.8M new subscribers in Q1 and a strong forecast

Hayu to now be available on Prime Video Channels

Apple's AR/VR Headsets Might Run on a New 'realityOS'

YouTube Plans to Make Gaming Videos Immersive in Metaverse Push

YouTube sees 'incredible potential' in Web 3.0, NFTs

‘Play’ app lets you access YouTube videos directly from your home screen

YouTube TV offers better streaming deals than rival Hulu

The Meta Quest 2 VR headset is dominating Steam

ALTBalaji adds 3.48 mn subscriptions in 9MFY22

Instagram Music for stories now available to Pakistani users

Sony Launches Official PlayStation VR 2 Website

ZEE5 to increase originals by 2x, investment in content to be up by 50% in 2022

Set-Top Box Market will register growth at 9% CAGR between 2021 and 2031

Mixed Reality (AR and VR) to accelerate the Dermatophytic Onychomycosis Therapeutics Market

Meta Brings Privacy-Focused ‘Personal Boundary’ To VR Avatars

ShareChat, MX Media merge their short video apps in mega-deal

Instagram rolls out a feature that lets you delete content in bulk

Instagram videos have been randomly freezing on Android for months now

Twitch updates username policy to remove hateful words

Amazon becomes ‘biggest advertiser in history with a record $16.9bn spend

Google's DV360 allows brands to control ad frequency on YouTube, CTV apps

Influencer Marketing Platform Market Size Worth $337.74 Mn

Amazon Launches AWS IoT RoboRunner for Robot Fleet Management Applications

Google awarded $8.7 million to security researchers in 2021

Telegram is Said to Have Blocked 64 of Its Channels in Germany

Snapchat to add Director mode and Voiceover features

Facebook owner to offer employees metaverse vision details in a meeting - report

Mozilla and Meta (Facebook) are now actually working together

YouTube sees 'incredible potential' in Web 3.0, NFTs

Google ad label experiment makes it easier to distinguish paid results

Microsoft Teams on the laptop will consume 50% less power now, claims tech giant

Twitter complaint-tracking bot reveals most griped about tech products

‘Play’ app lets you access YouTube videos directly from your home screen

Kylie Jenner reveals the name of her baby boy on Instagram

WhatsApp starts rolling out a new calling interface for select Android users

Signal finally catches up with WhatsApp and lets you change numbers

Microsoft's Activision acquisition is a bet on Gaming and Metaverse

Microsoft ends support for older Visual Studio versions

Peacock close to clawing NBC shows away from Hulu: report

LinkedIn is testing a new feature that allows users to turn off political content in the feed

Amazon, MSME Will Work Together to Enhance Production in India: Narayan Rane

WhatsApp may enable users to add Facebook-like cover images to their profile

￡2.2bn damages claim filed against Facebook owner Meta on behalf of 45m Brits

WhatsApp's future update to allow group admins to create 'communities' on WhatsApp

Tata Consultancy Services surges on launching TCS Clever Energy, Intelligent Power Plant, TCS Envirozone on Azure IoT platform

DMI Finance partners Google Pay to offer loans to digital wallet’s users

Twitter tests new direct DM option from tweets, providing a streamlined way to start private chats

Google launches Cloud Scheduler to make scheduling jobs easier

Snapchat launches Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Series with AR Lens via CHEP

Amazon and Spotify mull bids for London-listed podcaster Audioboom

Google Assistant`s Guest Mode to support more languages, including Hindi

Microsoft cloud investments pay a dividend for Waverton

Google Rewards Indian Techie With ?65 Crore For Keeping Android, Chrome Safe

Facebook to begin laying cable through fishing grounds off Nova Scotia

Microsoft hires ex-Macquarie Cloud CTO Barry Silic

Google Voice for Android gets Smart Reply suggestions

OneDrive will soon help you locate Microsoft Teams files

YouTube launches more creator tools to rival TikTok and Instagram

YouTube Outlines Plans for Web3 and NFTs to Benefit Content Creators

Indian gaming sector gets a gentle push from the Budget

Streaming services boost ancillary content in thriving creator economy

MoMeta will be the first VR Metaverse to change the NFT markets

ZEE5 Intelligence Monitor lays out opportunities for E-gaming

VlogBox Creates A to Z Movie Box for Echelon Studios

Sandbox VR To Bring Virtual Reality Entertainment to The Interlock Mid-2022

Comcast launches NBC Olympics VR platform for Beijing 2022

Tata Play, Dish TV seeks a level-playing field with OTT players

Hisense selects NetRange as a content partner

AI helps entertainment marketers search awards video library

TEGNA and Mediacom Communications Reach New Retransmission Consent Agreement

Viacom18 and Mondelez India pair up to celebrate singledom this Valentine’s Day

Vi App Offers Hungama Music for Free

Canela Media Hires Award-Winning Producer to Lead Forthcoming Canela Kids

Xecutor video game piracy group member gets 3-year sentence

Cyber Group Studios partners with Peacock for the animated adventure series Press Start!

MENA SVOD revenues to reach $4bn

Snapchat to introduce revenue sharing ads in creators' stories: Report

Instagram Enables Likes on Stories With New 'Private Story Likes' Feature

Jeff Bezos Just Gave Away Nearly $100 Million Worth Of Amazon Stock

Twitter Announces the Winners of its 'Brand Bowl' Super Bowl Campaign Awards

Reliance Jio Invests $200 Mn In Google-backed Glance

Warren Buffet's Berkshire Bought Activision Shares Nearly Worth $1 Billion Right Before Microsoft Took Over

Facebook owner Meta sued by Texas over facial recognition

Google AdSense launches related search for content pages

LinkedIn Is Retiring Its LinkedIn Lite App

Google Ads Makes Changes To Automated Extensions

Google, Apple pulls down Chinese apps banned in India from app stores

The Oscars Will Let Twitter Users Vote For Their Favorite Movies In New Fan Poll - IGN

Google adds Journeys, new actions, more widgets for Chrome users

Amazon Alexa turns four in India

Google is making its VoIP service a whole lot cheaper?

Social media giant Facebook sued over biometric data use

YouTube Reveals Songs That Get Played More on Valentine's Day

YouTube terminates Sansad TV's account

YouTube Tests the Ability to Read Comments While Watching Videos on Desktop

TV9 Network to soon launch OTT news service platform as News9 Plus

India among fastest-growing markets for ad spends: GroupM

Dish TV Q3 operating revenue down 12.9% to Rs 710.7 crore

SWEET.TV increases the number of subscribers by 50% in 2021

African OTT revenue to top $2bn by 2027: Research?

SWEET.TV getting ready to enter European markets

TVP World goes on Sling TV

Evergent announces partnership with MBC GROUP'S streaming service Shahid

Canela Media Hires Award-Winning Producer to Lead Forthcoming Canela Kids

Beamr Supercharges NVIDIA NVENC to Accelerate Content-Adaptive Video Encoding by 10X

Chingari Launches Improved App With $GARI Token Integration

Streaming services boost ancillary content in thriving creator economy

New Snapchat feature will pay creators for ads placed within their stories

Reactions To Instagram Stories Will No Longer Clutter Your DMs

Chinese Tech giants made $8 trillion investments in the metaverse

AI-Driven App Combines Fitness, STEM for Elementary Schools

Meta assures advertisers it has limited underreporting of iOS conversions to 8%

TikTok, Instagram could prove beneficial in growing small business customer base

IBM Boosts Microsoft Azure Skills With Neudesic Acquisition

Meta's Facebook to pay $90 million to settle privacy lawsuit over user tracking

Google Docs gets content summary, allows users to create pageless documents

SaaS startup Lummo raises $80 million funding from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

LinkedIn Announces 2022 'Forward' Conference for HR Professionals

TikTok Introduces ‘TikTok Tactics’ Online Training For Marketers

Google starts rolling out 'Search Chips' in the Drive app

Pinterest Hosts Its Second ‘Pinterest Presents’ Marketers Summit

Meta Drops “News” from Facebook’s News Feed in its latest rebranding?

Google denies mass search ad disapprovals or bugs with ad policy enforcement

Google Introduces Topics API To Replace FLoC

Googles rumored Pixel foldable likely to launch in Q4, says report

Indian cybersecurity researcher Aman Pandey tops Google’s Android bug bounty program

YouTube again extends its iOS picture-in-picture test phase

Snap Sets Leadership Team for Arcadia Branded AR Creative Studio

Google's iOS-like app installation progress indicators are rolling out widely

Microsoft launches Surface Laptop Studio in India

Samsung makes Google Messages as default SMS app for Galaxy S22 series

Most Watched YouTube Video Baby Shark Gets Full Movie

YouTube sets out its plans for 2022?

YouTube announces plans to enter Metaverse!

Parliament TV channel removed from YouTube

YouTube is making close to $100m from advertising revenues every day

Publishers reassess revenue options for short-form shows post-YouTube Originals

YouTube again extends its iOS picture-in-picture test phase

Media and news company Filmygyan strengthens its digital game by joining hands with influencers

Eros Now and Airtel Xstream Premium announce partnership

WSC Sports extends growth, announces $100M in Series D round

Paramount+ hits 32.8 million subscribers

App Annie renamed as data.ai

Israeli Startup WSC Sports Raises $100M In Series D Round

Paramount+ and Showtime Ended 2021 With 56 Million Combined Global Subscribers

ViacomCBS, Canal Plus partner to launch Paramount Plus in France

ShipParts.com, SLM Solutions, and VO launch Cloud-to-Print solution

With 45% ad share, digital to overtake TV in 2022:Report

GCI Brings Next-Gen Broadband to the Alaskan Market with Harmonic

Super Bowl LVI viewed by 150 million people on TV and Streaming Platforms

ViacomCBS rebrands to Paramount, plans Asia expansion in 2023

Filmygyan's YouTube page is a full-page, lightweight, entertaining content package.

iPhone users may have to wait to use this YouTube feature

Spotter Raises $200M to Partner with Youtube Stars.

YouTube Rolls Out New Metadata For Educational Videos

YouTube sets out feature plans for 2022?

Digital content media company Jellysmack enters India.

Facebook Meta Employees To Be Called ‘Metamates’ From Now

Connected TV likely to have 120 million additional users by 2025: Vishal Chinchankar

Content creator Chebet Rono awarded YouTube a silver plaque.

OTT platforms changed entertainment for good Reason

Premiership Rugby launches PRTV Live OTT service.

Airtel Xstream Premium Announces Partnership With Eros Now

MUBI looks to rekindle PVR partnership as theatres open up

‘Con Prende,’ TelevisaUnivision Unveils New OTT Platform

Buzzer signs up DAZN as first multi-sport broadcast partner

The cloud-driven digital strategy helped us stay ahead in a pandemic: Tata Play.

Helbiz Media Brings Serie B Matches Live on Facebook

WSC Sports raises ￡73m to spur growth plans

4.6 million Hong Kongers spent 10.1 billion minutes in-home video?streaming for January 2022

US to add 104m SVOD subs by 2027: Report

Snapchat finally lets users change their username on the app.

Infosys was named a foundational partner in launching Google Cloud Cortex Framework.

YouTube Rolls Out New Metadata For Educational Videos

Twitter Finally Adds Ethereum Wallet Support to Send and Receive Tips

Google’s ‘smart canvas’ vision for Workspace brings a pageless interface to Docs.

Google Cloud to Announce 10-Year Deal With Dun & Bradstreet

Meta to pay $90M over Facebook user-tracking claims

WhatsApp for iOS Update Allows Users to Play Voice Messages While in Different Chat.

Twitter rolls out new labels to pick out bot accounts.

Google to keep Android ad tool till 2024, explores other options.

Google to restrict apps from tracking Android users, but not immediately

Policybazaar launches AI-enabled WhatsApp bot for smooth claim settlement.

Google commissions and releases ‘Roboto Serif’ as a new font ideal for reading

WhatsApp forced to roll back new contact list after user criticism.

Spotter to Invest $1 Billion Dollars in YouTube Creators

Google is testing Discover-like cards on its desktop site.

Ticketmaster and Snapchat partner on event discovery

Google wants to bring its Privacy Sandbox to Android.

Walmart hauls in $2.1 Billion from advertising while launching Ad Network

Microsoft announces hot patching for Windows Server Azure VMs

Facebook parent Metas social VR platform Horizon hits 300,000 users

Disney to build “Storyliving” communities across the US, beginning in California

Google introduces previews for Cloud Search

Twitter will now let you pin messages in your inbox

Sundar Pichai unveils $100 mn Google Career Certificates Fund

LinkedIn Adds New Elements to its 'Services' Listings to Help Freelancers Generate Business

Microsoft Partner RMON Networks Takes On NCE Changes

Google launches Google Business Profiles calls API

Spotify paid $200 million for Joe Rogan's podcast, says report

Google Cloud Introduces Certificate Manager

Microsoft Adds Lytics Cloud Connect to Azure Marketplace

Google confirms Standard Shopping campaigns will remain

Google Invests in Skills Training Program for Low-Income Workers

Twitter introduces new label for 'good bots'

Google dropping follow and welcome offers in local listings

Google issues a mid-month OTA update for Pixel 6 and 6 Pro

Spotify wants to beat YouTube at audio

YouTube Outlines Plans To Limit Spread Of Misinformation

Video commerce shoppers to reach 216 mn by end of 2022: Report

YouTube woos creators to fend off competition

YouTube plans to get into the Metaverse with NFTs and games

From DTH to streaming, Tata's OTT Play

ZEE5 announces its third collaboration with Applause

NBC Sports utilizes TAG Video Systems for Winter Games

Cinedigm and Exeest Partner To Launch Matchpoint Debut(TM), a New Distribution Platform?

Canal+ Group & VCNI Ink Deal for French Market

STV Player inks Sony Pictures Television content deal

Manoranjan Group to launch its new TV Channel?

75% of new-to-brand consumers are influenced by OTT advertising

Viant Announces Strategic Alliance With Commerce Signals

Tencent bets $280 million on TV and movie content to fend off short video challenge

Spotify acquires Podsights and Chartable to develop podcasting business

Video commerce to grow exponentially at 47% in 2022 over 2020: report

F1’s global TV audience hits 1.55bn in 2021

Tremor International Increases TV Data Reach to 44 Million US Households

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