Channels

WhatsApp launches voice updates and polls for Channels

WhatsApp is upgrading its broadcasting feature Channels with new abilities such as voice updates, polls and additional admins. The company said Channel owners can now voice updates to followers. This

Telegram spruces up its channels with new discovery and customization features

Telegram announced new features related to channels including better discovery of similar channels, emoji customization for reactions and stats for stories to compete better with WhatsApp. The Meta-ow

WhatsApp is launching its Channels feature globally

WhatsApp announced today that it is expanding its Channels feature aimed toward broadcasted messages. The company said Channels will be available to all users in more than 150 countries over the next

WhatsApp expands its Channels feature for broadcasting to seven more countries

WhatsApp has expanded its Channels features for broadcasts in seven more countries, including Egypt, Chile, Malaysia, Morocco, Ukraine, Kenya and Peru. The company made the announcement through a twee

Instagram is rolling out its Channels feature for broadcasting messages globally

Meta announced today that it’s rolling out Instagram’s Channels features for broadcasting messages globally. Until now, the feature was available to select creators and users. Mark Zuckerb

WhatsApp launches Channels feature for broadcast messages

Meta is rolling out a broadcast-based messaging feature, called Channels, on WhatsApp, similar to a recent update it sent out to Instagram, as the social juggernaut experiments with giving more conver

Planning your startup’s acquisition just got easier with Slack’s private shared channels

A few months ago Slack launched a beta feature called Shared Channels, which let two organizations share a common channel. So for example a startup could have a channel that it shared with its PR firm

A new app from Channels brings live TV to your iOS device

Channels has grown to become one of the more popular applications for cord cutters who want to watch, pause, rewind and fast-forward live television on their 4th-generation Apple TV. Now that same fu

YouTube Launches Embeddable Off-Site Subscribe Buttons To Boost Channel Subscriptions

Over the last few years, YouTube slowly started putting a larger emphasis on channels -- especially channel subscriptions -- but until now, the only way to subscribe to a channel was on YouTube itself

New XM Radio lineup leaked: No more classic hip-hop

This is the new XM channel lineup, which includes the “best of” Sirius. (The Sirius lineup, featuring the “best of” XM, should be revealed today, too.) A quick look shows that the good electro

XM and Sirius To Offer Cheap Al A Carte Offerings

Not a ton of info here, but apparently if this XM-Sirius merger actually goes through, you’ll be able to get your satellite radio on for cheap. Both companies plan to offer a low-cost $6.99 pack

Joost Scores Major VH1 Deal

Looks like hotshot startup Joost is gaining even more credibility as a true alternative to standard television. It just struck a deal with VH1 that will allow Joost to showcase the new series “I

Cablevision to Add 500 High-Def Channels By End of Year

Being a Cablevision subscriber, the news that the company will be able to offer more than 500 high-definition channels by the end of the year should make me happy. At least that’s what the compa