Look out, YouTube. Facebook is trialing mid-roll ads for videos that are viewed for at least 20 seconds, according to a report today by Recode, which cited unnamed industry sources. The digital giant declined to comment on the report. Simply put, Facebook wants to generate cash from the clips posted by publishers on its platform. According to Recode, video publishers will get 55 percent of the sales in a financial arrangement that mirrors how YouTube works with them. Billions of clips are viewed daily on Facebook, so the revenue-generating prospects appear to be tremendous for the publicly traded company. Publishers should also be intrigued by the potential for a new earnings stream. It will be interesting to watch whether the mid-roll ads—after viewers are engaged with the clip for 20 seconds—prove to be effective. "By only allowing ads 20 seconds into a video, Facebook is taking an interesting approach by sending a clear message to publishers—create engaging content, or else your ads won't be seen," commented Joe Hyland, CMO of webinar platform ON24. "Facebook realizes that with video, engagement is more valuable than just clicks. I think it's a shrewd move by Facebook to ensure only the most engaging content makes its way onto the platform." So, it appears that there will be more ads soon on Facebook newsfeeds, which could irk the platform's 1.8 billion users. Until now, video ads were limited to sponsored posts that brands purchased directly from... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Credit: Illustration by Tam Nguyen/ Ad AgeIf you can't beat the system, game the system.Facebook has made it clear that it will prioritize and reward publishers who post video on the platform. But publishers lacking in video content need not wory, though: One new tactic involves posting static... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MediaRadar is a cloud-based intelligence platform which uses data science to give ad sales advice on millions of brands. The company published a trend report on Tuesday, Vertical Video Market Snapshot: Q1 2017, which analyzed the use of vertical video advertising by media properties in the first... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brands advertising on Facebook will soon have more control over where their ads appear. The social network is rolling out several tools aimed at providing more transparency before campaigns go live. The latest additions, announced today, will provide advertisers with a list of publishers up... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook released a case study touting the success video-game publisher Activision experienced with a recent advertising campaign for Destiny 2, its upcoming first-person-shooter release. To start, Activision raised awareness of Destiny 2 across both Facebook and Instagram by releasing teaser... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Digiday Video Anywhere Summit, video publishers assess the challenges and opportunities in video. The post Digiday Research: YouTube and Facebook are where the action is in video appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook announced Tuesday that publishers of Facebook Live videos can now add closed captions in order to make those videos more accessible to users who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Product manager Supratik Lahiri and director of accessibility Jeffrey Wieland said in a Newsroom post that daily... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has enhanced its SDK so publishers can design once and post articles across IA, Google AMP and Apple News, but this doesn't address publishers' main concerns of driving revenue. The post ‘It doesn’t negate the negatives:’ Facebook’s Instant Articles update ignores revenue issues... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's initiative under which publishers are creating exclusive original video content for the social network continues to move forward, but on a revised timetable, according to reports. "Multiple sources" told Kurt Wagner and Peter Kafka of Recode that the initial plan was to roll out... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its bid to make the mobile web faster--and more profitable--Google is adding more capabilities to its accelerated mobile pages to help publishers make more money and users waste less battery power. At its annual I/O developer conference this week, Google unveiled several updates for its AMP... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Digiday Video Anywhere Summit, video publishers spoke honestly about the challenges in platform publishing, measurement and making money. The post Publishers’ candid thoughts on video: ‘Facebook is taking a cut of what used to be ours’ appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adverts contain a list of ten things to look out for when deciding whether a story is genuine. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's ad empire is facing worries including brand safety on the live video it carries and constraints on inventory growth, but it had a strong start to 2017 all the same.The social network said Wednesday that it took in $7.86 billion in ad revenue in the first quarter, a 51% jump from the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook wants video, but it's time-consuming and expensive, which is why, for better or for worse, publishers are turning to various hacks. The post ‘The audience there is huge’: A guide to the most popular publisher Facebook video hacks appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One theme of this year's NewFronts: publishers pitching themselves as the "brand-safe" alternatives to YouTube and Facebook. The post NewFronts publishers see an opening with recent YouTube, Facebook ad crises appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In an Adweek magazine feature story this week about Facebook's and Google's metrics issues, Treasure Data CMO Kiyoto Tamura offered what seemed like a novel idea. What if Twitter, Snapchat and Pinterest worked together--perhaps with either the Advertising Research Foundation or the Interactive... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authorities in several states were on the lookout Monday for a man police say shot a Cleveland retiree collecting aluminum cans and then posted video of the apparently random killing on Facebook. "He could be nearby. He could be far away or anywhere in between," FBI agent Stephen Anthony said on... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An Ohio man claimed to be angry at a woman when he shot and killed an elderly passerby Sunday afternoon and posted video of the killing on Facebook. Police urged the suspect to turn himself in, but he remained on the loose into the night. Law enforcement officials identified the suspect as Steve... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Monday announced a host of updates to its video metrics in page insights. The social network said in a Facebook Media blog post that it made the following changes "based on feedback from our publisher partners": Adding aggregate minutes viewed. Simplifying aggregate video views. Making... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is adding email and page like call-to-action units to its Instant Articles format for publishers, and the social network is testing CTA units for free trials and mobile application installations. Product manager Josh Roberts introduced the calls to action in a Facebook Media blog post,... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter has been promoting publishers' videos, which has helped publishers find new audiences and make money on the platform. The post In Facebook’s shadow, Twitter cozies up to video publishers with reliable cash appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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