Traditional media develop online strategy for survival in digital age
BUILDING online communities is a key survival strategy for the operators of traditional media in an age of digital transition along with creating original content, media experts suggest.
“Viewership via both TV and online platforms is growing together. Digital content distribution will never kill or replace the way we consume TV shows on normal screens,” said Chalakorn Panyashom, chief operating officer of Workpoint Entertainment, broadcaster of the Workpoint TV digital channel.
Report to offer 'ideas' for stemming crisis in Canada's media sector
OTTAWA – Canada's news industry finds itself at a mission-critical crossroads, and needs a helping hand if it is to resume its role as a guardian of democracy, says the author of a major study coming Thursday that is expected to offer a road map of sorts.
The Public Policy Forum study, funded in part by the federal Heritage Department, explores the dramatic decline in the newspaper industry over the past two decades, and how massive layoffs and revenue declines in the professional news business are affecting democracy.
Forrester: Digital media spending to hit $118B by 2021
Forrester’s US Digital Marketing Forecast: 2016 to 2021, which the company shared with Marketing Dive, anticipates that digital media spending will reach $118 billion by 2021, but spending is expected to slow as marketers begin emphasizing quality over quantity in digital ad spending.
Facebook boosts longer videos in algorithm change
Facebook is changing the way it ranks videos in the news feed algorithm, per a company news post.
One of the signals Facebook uses to rank videos is percent completion and that signal previously unintentionally penalized longer videos. The revamped signal weights completion percentage more heavily the longer the video effectively removing the accidental penalty.
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