New media
Forms of media native to computers
Follow New media on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
We include updates on Internet, Internet pornography, Mobile phone, Blog, Electronic music, Web series, Ebook, Web 2.0, Krita, Live streaming, Streaming television, Firstpost, User-generated content, Online streamer, BBC iPlayer, Adobe Animate ... and more.
| 2025 |
Moho
The animated film 'Julián' by Cartoon Saloon was created using Moho.
|
| February 2025 |
Free ad-supported streaming television
Tubi simulcast Super Bowl LIX with Fox, drawing 13.6 million viewers (over 10% of overall viewership), contributing to it becoming the most-watched event in American television history.
|
| February 2025 |
BBC Sounds
BBC announced that international access to World Service and Radio 4 would be available on bbc.com and the BBC app, with plans to remove international access to BBC Sounds website and app in Spring.
|
| January 2025 |
Free ad-supported streaming television
Tubi reported that only 5% of its viewership came from live streaming channels, highlighting its focus on on-demand content.
|
| 2024 |
Lottie
The npm package lottie-player was temporarily compromised, with inserted code targeting cryptocurrency holders.
|
| 2024 |
Lottie
The Lottie Animation Community was established to standardize the file format.
|
| 2024 |
Mobile phone
Worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew to over 9.1 billion, providing enough phones for every person on Earth.
|
| 2024 |
Blender
Blender was used to produce the Academy Award-winning film Flow, highlighting the software's capability in professional film production.
|
| 2024 |
TVPaint Animation
TVPaint Animation used to animate two characters, Bloofy and Pouchey, in 'Inside Out 2', a Pixar animated feature film and the highest-grossing animated film of all-time.
|
| July 2024 |
Blender
EEVEE renderer received a major overhaul called EEVEE Next with the release of Blender 4.2 LTS, developed by lead developer Clément Foucault. The update introduced significant new features including screen-space global illumination, virtual shadowmapping, sunlight extraction from HDRIs, and improved rendering techniques.
|
| July 16 2024 |
Blender
Planned rewrite of EEVEE render engine to be closer to Cycles, addition of Ray Portal BSDF in Cycles, and GPU acceleration for the compositor.
|
| May 2024 |
Free ad-supported streaming television
Variety reported that the number of linear channels on major FAST platforms increased to 1,943, up from a previous estimate of 1,455 channels.
|
| May 2024 |
Standard Ebooks
Standard Ebooks published Ulysses as its thousandth title.
|
| February 2024 |
BBC iPlayer
BBC announced the closure of the iPlayer Downloads application, ending download capabilities for desktop and laptop computer users while maintaining download and streaming options for mobile devices and tablets.
|
| February 5 2024 |
Streaming television
Citytv free streaming service ends, transitioning to a paid model after this date.
|
| January 2024 |
Free ad-supported streaming television
Over 1,500 Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) TV channels were reported to be airing in the United States.
|
| 2023 |
Lottie
ThorVG began supporting the Lottie rendering feature.
|
| 2023 |
Moho
Titmouse produced 'Scavengers Reign' for Max/Netflix using Moho software.
|
| 2023 |
Moho
Moho was utilized in creating 'Puffin Rock and the New Friends' by Cartoon Saloon and the series 'Scavengers Reign' on Max/Netflix by Titmouse.
|
| 2023 |
Blender
Sony Pictures Imageworks used Blender's Grease Pencil for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. 14-year-old Preston Mutanga created the Lego-style sequence in the film using Blender.
|
| 2023 |
Streaming television
Streaming television became the dominant form of TV viewing in the United States, representing 38% of global TV viewing with 1.8 billion platform subscriptions.
|
| 2023 |
TVPaint Animation
TVPaint Animation used in 'Kensuke's Kingdom', a British-Luxembourgian-French animated film by Lupus Films, directed by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry.
|
| December 2023 | YouView announced it was collaborating with Everyone TV to help launch the new Freely service. |
| September 2023 |
Free ad-supported streaming television
Nielsen's monthly streaming ratings showed Tubi ranking fifth among streaming services with 1.3% of viewing, The Roku Channel ranking seventh with 1.1%, and Pluto TV ranking tenth with 0.8%.
|
| September 12 2023 |
Moho
Lost Marble LLC released Moho 14, featuring a new graphics engine, improved drawing and frame-by-frame tools, Liquid Shapes, Curvers, and various animation and interface enhancements.
|
| July 13 2023 | Corus announced the sale of Toon Boom to International Media Company (IMC), a portfolio of private equity firm TPG Inc., for US$111 million. |
| March 2023 |
Streaming television
Peacock expanded its subscriber base to 22 million paid subscribers, continuing its growth trajectory.
|
| March 29 2023 |
Blender
Introduced new hair system with Geometry nodes, asset browser, real-time viewport compositor, and vector displacement maps for sculpting.
|
| 2022 |
Internet
Global Internet users estimated at 5.4 billion, representing more than two-thirds of the world's population. Regional distribution included 54% in Asia, 14% in Europe, 7% in North America, 10% in Latin America and Caribbean, 11% in Africa, 4% in Middle East, and 1% in Oceania.
|
| 2022 |
Live streaming
Kick introduced a unique revenue model offering 95% revenue share to streamers and 5% to the platform, which was significantly more favorable compared to other streaming services.
|
| 2022 |
Moho
The animated film 'My Father's Dragon' by Cartoon Saloon was produced using Moho.
|
| 2022 |
Blender
Warner Bros. Animation started hiring Blender artists.
|
| 2022 |
Live streaming
McKinsey report projected live stream commerce sales in China to reach $423 billion by the end of the year.
|
| 2022 |
Live streaming
US live streaming industry valued at $17 billion.
|
| 2022 |
Live streaming
Notable streamers Hikaru Nakamura and Nickmercs migrated to Kick, helping to establish the platform's presence in the live streaming market.
|
| 2022 |
Live streaming
Kick was launched as a live video streaming service, positioning itself as an alternative to Twitch after gambling streams were restricted on the original platform.
|
| 2022 |
TVPaint Animation
TVPaint Animation used in 'Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia', a sequel to the 2012 film, directed by Jean-Christophe Roger and Julien Chheng.
|
| 2022 |
TVPaint Animation
TVPaint Animation used in the production of 'My Father's Dragon', an animated feature film from Cartoon Saloon, directed by Nora Twomey.
|
| 2022 |
TVPaint Animation
Release of 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse', a British Oscar-winning animated short directed by Peter Baynton and Charlie Mackesy, based on the book by Mackesy, created using TVPaint Animation.
|
| December 2022 |
Streaming television
Peacock reached 20 million paid subscribers, marking a significant milestone in its subscriber growth.
|
| September 2022 |
Streaming television
Max announced 92 million households as subscribers, though this number includes HBO channel subscribers.
|
| August 18 2022 |
Streaming television
Nielsen reported that streaming viewership surpassed cable television for the first time.
|
| March 9 2022 |
Blender
Added point cloud objects, Cycles Metal Backend, and new geometry nodes.
|
| January 2022 |
Blender
Blender Institute began work on migrating from Phabricator to Gitea after the announcement of Phabricator's discontinuation.
|
| January 2022 |
Streaming television
Max began implementing a 45-day window after theatrical releases for films to appear on the platform.
|
| 2021 |
Internet
Cybercrime predicted to cost the world economy US$6 trillion, with malware increasingly targeting critical infrastructure systems like electricity distribution networks.
|
| 2021 |
Moho
Moho was used in the animated series 'Clever Raccoon Dog' by SEK Studio and 'Invincible' by Skybound Entertainment.
|
| 2021 |
Standard Ebooks
Standard Ebooks began accepting donations and sponsorships to produce specific books.
|
| 2021 |
Blender
Netflix production Maya and the Three was created using Blender.
|
|
We are only showing the most recent entries for this topic. |
|
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Standard Ebooks, Toon Boom, Mobile phone, Free ad-supported streaming television, BBC Sounds, Moho (software), Internet, BBC iPlayer, Live streaming, Streaming television, Lottie (file format), Blender (software), YouView & TVPaint Animation, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.