3 YouTube Channels That Say A lot w/o Saying Anything; Twitch Dives Deeper into Political Content; Barcroft Media Launches New App for its Content;

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[Barcroft Media Doubles Down on Original Programming with Launch of New App]( In the latest [video industry news]( Barcroft Media, a UK-based content production and distribution company, has launched a new app dedicated to its digital channels. The app will house content from its [YouTube]( Channels: Barcroft...[Read More]( [Twitch Pushes Deeper into Political Programing as it Participates in National Voter Registration Day]( Twitch will be hosting a round of interviews with politically active community members as part of its participation in Voter Registration Day in partnership with Democracy Works’ [TurboVote]( an application that makes the voting....[Read More]( Send Us Your Digital Release Dates! Premiering your series on go90? Facebook Watch? YouTube? Snapchat? All of the above? We're tracking all digital series releases. Soon, thanks[to our members]( we'll be perfecting this offering and launching a new Digital Series Release Calendar. 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Amazon Secures Rights to Gangster Film '4 Blocks' Amazon Prime has secured global rights to “4 Blocks,” the Berlin-set gangster drama that made its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. The series, produced by TNT Serie and Wiedemann & Berg, was previously broadcast on TNT in Germany, Romania and Poland, where it was well received. Mashable is in Talks of Selling the Company (Report) Mashable has engaged in discussions with ProSiebenSat.1 about a possible sale, the Wall Street Journal reported. The New York-based company had been trying to raise additional investment from a strategic investor but is “now leaning toward an all-out sale, the Journal reported, citing unnamed sources. Instagram Now has 500 Million Active Users a Day Instagram has added 100 million monthly active users over the past five months. The company announced the news at Adweek in New York Monday. The Facebook-owned platform now has 800 million monthly active users and 500 million daily active users. Netflix is Pitching Airlines on In-Flight Streaming Starting in 2018, Netflix will extend bandwidth-efficient technology built for mobile devices to airline carriers across the globe. The company hopes that more airlines will partner with it to offer low-cost or free Wi-Fi entertainment to passengers. According to the streaming giant, using the mobile-encoding technology, passengers can watch Netflix in high quality while airline carriers save up to 75% in bandwidth costs. Data Bank According to the analyst firm Aberdeen, on a year-over-year basis, companies that use video and rich media are achieving significantly better results than companies that don’t, including: 50% increase in rate of total company revenue growth, 40% greater decrease in customer acquisition costs, 26% increase in rate of profit margin growth [-BrightCove]( Marketers that use video and other rich media achieved the following year-over-year results compared to companies that did not: 50% increase in marketing’s contribution to revenue, 66% increase in MQLs delivered to Sales, 34% higher website conversion rates [-BrightCove]( 70% of companies have already introduced video- based online training within their organizations [-BrightCove]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus]( [Google Plus]( [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [LinkedIn]( Copyright © 2016 VideoInk Inc, All rights reserved. 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