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Wow, what a year. We’ve had record numbers pretty much across the board and we’re STILL the UKs biggest music video network!  From my point of view there’s a few key things that have driven our success in 2014; All of this is against a backdrop of declining (c. 6%) 1634 TV viewing for general

Interesting piece of analysis from OpenSlate/VentureBeat on the earning power of the top YouTube channels. Number 2 in the list is the Taylor Swift Vevo channel with what seems an impressive 341m video views per month or 4Bn (!?!) views a year. Whilst impressive numbers, they then go on to estimate that this usage earns

I’m still buzzing after our second live show last night.  Our resident 4Music DJ, Shortee Blitz, smashed another set out of the park crunching together some bad ass tunes whilst whipping up a social media storm that, at one point, had us trending #1 worldwide on twitter. The idea started as just trying to inject

Leading UK music video tv channel Box TV is bringing Spotify to what used to be the small screen aka the television. In what is apparently just the beginning of a partnership, the two are launching “The Official Box+ Streaming Chart” which is described as a “brand new music TV show.” What’s kind of weird

Last week I had the unexpected pleasure of attending the UK Music Video Awards.  I say unexpected as I was completely surprised by how inspiring the night was – these things are usually so dull.  It’s the awards for the all the people who make music videos and so is rather artsy, but given I

Global Radio have hired Matt Rennie from internet TV company SeeSaw in a newly-created position of Enterprise Director. He joins the Capital, Heart and Classic FM owner from Monday and will oversee a team of 10 working on new revenue streams and existing partnerships. We’re told Matt will report to Mike Gordon, Global’s Managing Director

The struggling web-TV service loses Channel 5 shows and three key executives. Channel 5 programmes have slipped off SeeSaw, as the struggling online TV website also suffers the blow of three key executives departing. Platform controller John Keeling, commercial director Matt Rennie and product director Richard Dines have all resigned from the firm, reports Paid:Content. The

Online TV service SeeSaw has been saved from closure by a consortium of investors including the former Channel 4 chief executive, Michael Jackson, in a deal led by the US private equity firm that snapped up Bebo for a knockdown price. Criterion Capital Partners has taken a controlling stake in SeeSaw, which is owned by transmission

So everyone keeps on telling me that online video is just a fad, it’s all about getting your service on to the TV set in the living room. I’m not convinced the numbers agree. We’ve been looking at iPlayer data and benchmarking it against the penetrated user base of the devices on which you can

Online video service SeeSaw has launched a new “NonStop” feature, giving viewers the choice to either watch their programmes free with adverts or pay a small fee to enjoy uninterrupted viewing. The service will launch for an introductory price of 99p until 31st of December, going up to its standard price of £2.99 per month