Dailymotion

Parks: US viewers watch two hours of ‘alternative content’ per week

US broadband households watch an average of two hours of “alternative content” on a computer each week from sources including Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion, according to Parks Associates. The research firm said that nearly one-half of US broadband homes watch user-generated content on a monthly basis and more than 10% watch livestreamed content – […]

Movistar+ and Dailymotion on Amazon Fire TV Stick

Telefónica’s Movistar+ TV service is now available on the Amazon Fire TV Stick following the integration of the Movistar+ app on the device. Users of Amazon Fire TV Sticks can now view the channels to which they subscribe, and all content that is available on-demand including movies, series, kids shows, documentaries and other programmes. Users […]

Dailymotion agrees content deal with MBC

French video streaming service Dailymotion has agreed a content syndication deal with South Korea’s MBC that will see it distribute programming from eight of MBC’s networks. The deal will see Dailymotion carry content from MBC Kpop, MBC Drama, MBC Entertainment, MBC News, MBC Documentary, Mbig News, TV-People and MBC Classic. Dailymotion will promote MBC’s catalogue […]

Dailymotion hires former Red Bull TV exec for LatAm role

Dailymotion has appointed former Red Bull TV executive, David Rios, to head up Latin American and US Hispanic content partnerships. Rios will lead the French video service’s ongoing efforts to expand its catalogue of Hispanic and Latin American content from premium brands and publishers. Most recently he was head of program and platform promotion at Red […]

We Are TV reaches 100,000 app downloads

We Are TV, the augmented reality TV app founded by former Dailymotion COO Martin Rogard, has reached 100,000 downloads since its launch last month. The New York-based company went live in France in early October and in the US later the same month with an AR app that uses the phone’s camera function to let users […]

Canal+ returns to growth, Vivendi chief confirms mediation in Italy

Vivendi has seen a return to growth for Canal+’s domestic French subscriber base for the first time since 2015. Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine has meanwhile confirmed that the group is in mediation to secure an end to its long-running and bitter battle with Mediaset in Italy. Vivendi also released numbers for short-form video initiative […]

New version of Dailymotion launches in UK and Switzerland

The new premium content-focused version of Vivendi-owned video portal Dailymotion has launched in the UK and Switzerland, following its debut in France in July. The new version of the free Dailymotion platform is launching in the UK as the next stage in its global rollout. The focus of the new service is to provide more […]

Vivendi ‘merging’ Dailymotion with Watchever

Vivendi is merging its struggling YouTube rival Dailymotion with video-on-demand technology unit Watchever, according to a French press report. According to the Journal du Net, which claimed to have obtained a copy of the internal document laying out the merger process, the move is designed to create a larger unit with a clear strategy and […]

Dailymotion revamps mobile, desktop offering

Vivendi-owned video-on-demand service Dailymotion has launched a new version of its app and its desktop offering in France. The new Dailymotion.fr site is organised around four main topic areas – news, sport, music and entertainment – with priority given to premium content. Dailymotion has content deals in place with Universal Music, CNN and Vice, as […]

Vivendi unveils new Dailymotion

Vivendi has unveiled a new look, strategic focus and content partnerships for its YouTube rival Dailymotion at the Cannes Lionis International Festival of Creativity in Cannes. Dailymotion chairman and CEO Maxime Saada unveiled what the company styled as a faster, more intuitive and fluid design including a new way of organising content within four themes […]