YouTube v Twitch: battling for viewers, but both can grow
YouTube beefed up its live streaming and Amazon’s Twitch added video uploads, but it’s their gaming audiences that will define which advances fastest
PewDiePie and KSI take their YouTube fame to the mobile app stores
PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist is a non-freemium mobile game, while KSI: I Am A... is an augmented-reality spin-off from gamer’s first book
Facebook joins YouTube in showing 360-degree videos – including Star Wars
Social network giving virtual-reality content a boost in its news feed, with other partners including GoPro, LeBron James and Vice
Matt Damon apologises for diversity in film gaffe as #damonsplaining trends
Oscar-winning film-maker was criticised for telling an African American judge on HBO show Project Greenlight that winners should be picked purely on merit
Newsflush! Digital video’s bog-standard content
BBC4’s channel editor has revealed that 10% of all viewing is done while people are going about their lavatorial business
Deezer to take on Apple Music with launch of UK ad campaign
Warner Music company to air first commercial during Channel 4’s Gogglebox on Friday following equity stake deal with broadcaster agreed in June
Channel 5 to get ‘double-digit’ budget increase to boost programming
Viacom chief says broadcaster is set for on-screen overhaul following £450m takeover and voices concern over BBC’s plans for music network
The BBC licence fee lacks friends, but viewers love their TV subscriptions
Replacing the fee with a tax might open the BBC to political meddling. But cable and streaming services show there’s still an appetite to pay
Many questions, few answers in Hall’s speech on BBC’s future
With ideas sprayed around but few clear targets for cuts identified or costs attached to plans, the only certainty is that jobs will go at the broadcaster
FX boss: ‘The ties between the UK and US television are increasingly close’
John Landgraf on seeking talent, beating the slump in advertising – and making a Braveheart for the Welsh
The Diamond Minecart becomes most popular YouTube channel
British gamer Daniel Middleton’s Minecraft videos beat WWE wrestling, Little Baby Bum, BuzzFeed and Taylor Swift with 400m July views
BBC3 should follow Radio 1 in focusing on social media, says Google boss
Matt Brittin praises station for going to the right places for its audience and securing 2 million subscribers on YouTube
Angry Birds maker Rovio plans to cut up to 260 staff
Despite 50m downloads of Angry Birds 2 game, 38% headcount reduction aims to help ‘leaner and more agile’ company recover from over-expansion
Google launches YouTube Gaming to challenge Amazon-owned Twitch
Service aims to help Google-owned video streaming company compete for live gaming audience after it failed to buy market leader
BBC TV chief warns of US threat after big-money Amazon deals
Danny Cohen says BBC cannot compete with £160m deal for Jeremy Clarkson show and was rebuffed when it asked to co-produce £50m royal epic The Crown