Changing Habits According to Inc, 2019 will be the year Generation Z surpass Millennials as the largest generation, comprising about 32% of the population. Over the last decade or two, millennials have traditionally been the focus of most sales and marketing...
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“A Facebook Live with a Disruptive Twist”
A disruptive twist; That’s what The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) was striving for with its special (and first-ever) Facebook Live video on International Women’s Day. Hosted by the Director of Strategy at CMI, the stream featured a gender equality debate...
Empowering Women with Facebook Live
We already know that live video is a solid tool for consumer marketing, but what we didn’t know was just how effective it could be for launching and raising awareness of not-for-profit campaigns. Groovy Gecko recently helped Grazia UK to live stream from Instagram HQ...
It’s Awards Season for Groovy Gecko!
July is turning out to be an even sunnier month for Groovy Gecko than expected! That’s because we’ve nominated in two separate awards: the Streaming Media Europe Reader’s Choice Awards 2018 and the Digiday Marketing and Advertising Awards Europe 2018! The...
Amnesty International UK Creates a Living Installation on London’s South Bank
Interactive display will highlight the wonder of family life to celebrate Mother's Day weekend. Amnesty International UK is staging a living installation over Mother’s Day weekend: ‘The Undeniable Wonder of Family Life.’ The installation, created by VCCP, will...
Live Streaming for Virgin Games | Vlad the Vampire’s Hi-Lo Turkey
500-year old Vlad the vampire is at a loss once again – what’s left to do with an eternal life when you’ve done it all? You guessed it… a live game of ‘Hi-Lo Turkey'! On December 14th, we’ll be live streaming the event for Virgin Games directly into its Facebook page....
The Five Factors Most Commonly Overlooked Before Setting up a Live Stream
Live video content is steadily growing in popularity. Whether it be for marketing purposes, as a supplement to traditional broadcasting, to increase access to live events or just for fun amongst individuals, live video is adding another component to the way...
“Trading War Stories” at the Digital Leaders Banquet
In only a month's time, our Business Development Director, Jake Ward, will be attending the sixth Digital Leaders Banquet in London, which brings together some of the UK's most influential senior marketing leaders. Ahead of the banquet, he was interviewed by Digital...
Live Streaming Car Park Poker for Virgin Games
Groovy Gecko thoroughly enjoyed working on a recent project with Virgin Games in the UK. On the 28th September at 12.30pm we live streamed a giant game of poker on Virgin Games’ Facebook page. Groovy Gecko managed the event production, as well as streaming the...
Groovy Gecko at IBC
By Craig Moehl, CEO, Groovy Gecko The video industry continually develops at an extremely fast pace, therefore we are acutely aware of the need to keep up-to-date with all the cutting edge technology and changes. Tradeshows are...
Groovy Gecko Streams J.K. Rowling’s official launch of We Are Lumos Worldwide Live onto Facebook Live
Groovy Gecko live streams a Q&A with J.K. Rowling from a gala charity ball organised by Lumos. Lumos is an international charity, founded by the author, J.K. Rowling, which aims to get eight million children out of orphanages and back to family life. The gala ball...
Live Streaming Podcast with Jake Ward
Last month our Business Development Director, Jake Ward, spoke with Scott Ledbury, Founder of Slinky Productions, for the company’s Backlight Podcast Series regarding live video streaming and its pros and cons. The series offers listeners one-to-one access to industry...
Streaming Goodwood Festival of Speed in Live 360° Video
The Goodwood Festival of Speed has just come to an end after a thrilling weekend full of cars, cars and more cars, oh and some motorbikes, too. Around 100,000 petrol heads per day were attracted to the three-day festival, featuring the best of classic...
Groovy Gecko Enables Live Video on Workplace
F8, San Jose, 19th April 2017 – Groovy Gecko, specialist webcast provider, today announced that it is partnering with Facebook to enable richer communication using Live video on Workplace, its collaboration platform that helps organizations get more done. As part of...
Pancakes and Football!
The last couple of weeks have been pretty busy for us over here at Groovy Gecko. Busy, being an understatement! We’ve had the pleasure of partnering with some amazing, high-profile brands as well as exhibiting at BVE 2017, where we live streamed a 360° video directly...
Alibi launches world’s first live streamed escape room
Viewers challenged to solve a murder mystery via Facebook Live Framed launches on Thursday 13 October 2016, 8pm on facebook.com/alibichannel The event is launching alongside the brand new series of Crossing Lines on Thursday 13 October 2016, 9pm on Alibi UKTV's home...
Groovy Gecko streams Ricky Martin and Maluma’s new single
Groovy Gecko is to live stream the release of the latest single by the hit artists Ricky Martin and Maluma. The new song, “Vente Pa’Ca,” will be performed for the first time by the artists, live at Ricky’s show at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, tonight. The live...
Live 360 Football Puts Fans in Control
It is always exciting getting involved with cutting edge streaming projects. So, when we were asked to stream a live 360 pre-season friendly between Huddersfield and Liverpool FC, we were of course quick to oblige. The match was streamed live into the Liverpool FC...
Groovy Gecko Streams EU referendum event live on Facebook
Groovy Gecko, leading webcast provider, provided the live stream into Facebook of the EU referendum event. The event, which took place on 10th June was provided by BuzzFeed UK and Facebook. The event includes prominent representatives from both the Remain and Leave...
Groovy Gecko Starts a Revolution with Jamie Oliver
Groovy Gecko streamed Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution live into Facebook last week (20th May). The Food Revolution is a worldwide initiative being spearheaded by celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver. With 41 million children under the age of five overweight or obese, it aims...