FIFA World Cup 2014 on Facebook and Twitter: Less from more or more from less?

During the last FIFA World Cup, I have analysed the media coverage of 32 matches through web sites, mobile apps and social media. I had the opportunity to present part of this work in the Global Fusion Conference, that took place at the University of Texas at Austin, in October. The presentation “FIFA World Cup 2014 on Facebook and Twitter: Less from more or more from less?” shows the results of more than 700 posts on Facebook and 3000 on Twitter, from 13 media outlets representing 7 different countries.

My main intentions was to understand how media companies used both platforms to report this global competition and the strategies created for engagement. This is still a work in progress and I intend to develop it in the next months in order to publish a paper with more detailed results. Meanwhile, fell free to take a look using the link in the previous paragraph.

40 Years of Cellphone

BBC: iPlayer and Multiscreen experience

Dan Taylor, head of BBC iPlayer, has announced the BBC iPlayer version available for computers, tablets, mobiles and connected Tvs:

Fast forward to now and BBC iPlayer is available on over 1,000 different devices and serves 10 million programme requests a day. It now offers more than just catch-up, with live streaming, archive collections, exclusives and premieres. We’ve also introduced innovative new features such as mobile downloads, enabling you to watch offline and on the go, and Live Restart, enabling you to jump back to the start of a programme while it’s being broadcast. It’s a measure of how loved BBC iPlayer now is that it’s the number one brand in the UK according to YouGov’s BrandIndex Ranking.

However there’s always room for improvement and following extensive research and user testing, we are today rolling out a new web version of BBC iPlayer (accessible via bbc.co.uk/iplayer on computers, tablets and smart phones) and a new TV version (accessible via the existing BBC iPlayer app on a range of connected TV devices). The BBC iPlayer mobile and tablet apps will be updated with the new interface in the coming months.
The new iPlayer has been designed for a multiscreen world, so the experience is consistent, but optimised across PC, tablet, mobile and TV devices and we’ve built it in such a way that we can rapidly develop and release new features across those four screens.

Source: BBC Internet Blog

An Instagram Travel Diary

“I’ve been to 55 places in the past year. I pick a spot and some dates, and then whoever wants to come can come, even if I don’t know them that well. I look for naturally beautiful spots that I’ve never been to before. There was a phase last summer when it was only swimming holes in upstate New York. And then after that, I wanted to go only to places with the biggest, weirdest rocks”.

Source: The New York Times

 

From Twitter to the World

From Twitter to the World

Five photos posted on Twitter that are already part of the story of journalism.

 

BBC targets social media users with Instagram video news

BBC News is stepping up its efforts to reach new audiences on social media platforms after mobile and tablet viewing figures overtook desktop use for the first time in December.

Source: The Guardian

Pew Internet: Social Networking

The growing ubiquity of cell phones, especially the rise of smartphones, has made social networking just a finger tap away. Fully 40% of cell phone owners use a social networking site on their phone, and 28% do so on a typical day. Young people, blacks, Hispanics, the highly educated and those with a higher annual household income are more likely to use SNS on their phones than other groups.

Welcome to WIRED’s CES Smartphone Thunderdome

Welcome to WIRED’s CES Smartphone Thunderdome

This year at CES, our core crew of reporters can use only their phones to cover the show. No DSLRS, no laptops. No fancy compact-system cameras or iPads. Just phones.

Boomshakalaka! The Yahoo Sports App Just Got Way More Fun with Loops

With Loops, your creative spin on a sports moment (from diving catches, bloopers, crazy fan antics and more) is front and center – share it on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, text and email friends then sit back and bask in the reactions from your friends and community.

Fox exec: Platform proliferation a challenge because of unique content needs

“Fox Broadcasting has an active role in mobile, including offering the Fox Now mobile app, which enables users to watch full episodes of its programs and has Twitter and Facebook integrated into the app. Users can also sync the app with their TV to view bonus content”.

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