Multichannel Network provider Barcroft Media has launched a new YouTube channel dedicated to the world of animals. The MCN’s latest channel features animal stories from around the world. Barcroft Animals will focus on the genre that parent company Barcroft TV says has consistently been the most successful with its 2.3 million subscribers. Barcroft is, for […]
UK-based digital content business Barcroft Media has hired execs from News UK and Bloomberg for new senior editorial and commercial posts. Dom Smith, a former FHM Australia editor and FHM managing editor, has become head of editorial and will oversee the flow of content to the Barcroft video business, which has one of the UK’s […]
Barcroft Media has struck two virtual reality deals, marking the UK-based content company’s first moves in the growing VR sector. Barcroft, which makes content for its own suite of YouTube channels, and makes factual TV shows, has teamed with Jaunt, the VR firm that counts Disney, ProSiebenSat.1 and Sky among its investors. The pair will […]
Next-generation UK streaming platform Sky Q has acquired 400 short-form videos from indie Barcroft Media, and content from Electus Digital and Funny Or Die. This marks some of the first deals Sky Q has closed since parent satcaster Sky revealed the OTT service in November last year. Sky Q launches early this year, with a […]
YouTube channel Barcroft TV, owned by production outfit Barcroft Media, has passed the one-million subscriber milestone. The channel has recorded 155% growth in subscribers since April 1 last year, adding 571,638 subscribers over the last year. YouTube viewers watched a total of 917,265,329 minutes of content on the channel. The US accounts for 31% of […]
Adventurer Bear Grylls is partnering with UK production group Barcroft Media to create a adrenaline-fuelled YouTube channel. Bear Grylls Adventure launches on November 28 as a joint venture of Bear Grylls Ventures and Barcroft and will feature adventure-themed content from around the world. Powered by Barcroft’s YouTube channel, Barcroft TV, the channel will include bespoke […]
AOL has signed 14 new content partners to its premium AOL On platform. Sky News, British Pathe and former Channel 5 owner Northern & Shell are among the content companies that will maketheir video content available through AOL. Sky will make its news content available to consumers in North America via the platform and will […]
