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Shooting the Breeze – Spectacular Weather User-Generated Video for TV and Film

Did you know the average person spends about six months of their life discussing the weather? It’s...

World Television Day 2021 – How Social Media Habits are Changing TV

On 21st and 22nd November 1996, the United Nations held the first World Television Forum. Leading...

Monumental Moments in History: Six Reasons Documentary and Factual Producers Need to Stop Using Stock Footage

Audience participation in documentary and factual show making may have a longer heritage than you...

Christmas 2021 Advertising Trends – Is Authenticity Still King with Consumers?

  The holiday season is drawing near, and the Christmas advertising extravaganza will soon be upon...

COP26: Why user-generated video is vital in telling the climate story and inspiring action

The COP26 Summit is under way, and the stakes couldn’t be higher for the most urgent issue of our...

Mind the gap – how independent producers can tap into user-generated video and compete with deep-pocketed streaming counterparts

  Online demand for content grew as the world went into lockdown, a demand that continues to surge...

From Marches to Protests – watch the videos captured of climate activists taking to the streets, demanding immediate action.

Thousands of campaigners and activists descend on Glasgow and are uniting to disrupt the Cop26...

It’s scary how much user-generated video Newsflare has this Halloween

  Halloween is not just an annual spooky day, but a huge celebration of fun costumes, creepy...

MIPCOM Factual Trends: Activism, social change and the importance of UGV in informing, educating and entertaining audiences through diverse storytelling

  There’s a long-standing three-way relationship between popular culture, social change, and the...

All-access sports shows, and how UGV can help drive established audiences to the factual genre

  Sport has always provided the playbook for successfully engaging audiences, and live sports shows...