Brands are going long on Snapchat—at least with video. After beginning to test the first "swipe to view" video ad with Activision's Call of Duty in November, a series of brands are now experimenting with ads that promote clips longer than 10 seconds. On Wednesday, three entertainment brands—Fox, Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures—ran video ads that encouraged users to "swipe up" to watch longer videos. The promos ran in The Daily Mail, National Geographic and Cosmopolitan's channels within Discover, the section of the app that publishers use to crank out daily content. Snapchat and publishers share the revenue from Discover ads. Unlike the typical Snapchat ads that are capped at 10 seconds, the studios' promotions prompted people to view longer clips. Universal Pictures promoted the movie Neighbors 2 with a full-length trailer that is two-and-a-half minutes long. Fox's ad plugged a minute-long teaser for Grease Live, the network's reboot of the 1971 musical that airs on Jan. 31. And Paramount's promo served up a 90-second trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane, a sci-fi mystery movie that comes out on March 11. A Snapchat rep said the longer ad format is still in a testing period, and it isn't surprising that entertainment marketers are some of the initial brands to experiment with the videos. Universal Pictures was the first brand to advertise on Snapchat in 2014. And Twentieth Century Fox bought the first Sponsored Selfie this fall, while Sony Pictures bought a... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter is on a pre-roll.The service is opening its pre-roll video ad program to popular Twitter users, giving them a way to make money for their efforts.The ads play before the videos that people share on the platform, and they come with a skip button, much like the one on YouTube. Twitter has... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As a "digital-first company," Time Inc. is now trying to keep pace with tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Comcast, in addition to fellow magazine publishers like Hearst and Cond Nast.That's one of the big reasons why Time Inc. is embracing a category-focused, more streamlined approach to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has started running tests of mid-roll video ads inside live video broadcasts from top publishing partners, the company confirmed Monday.These are Facebook's first ads that get served directly inside videos on the social network. "We're running a small test where a group of publishers... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advertising on the websites of premium publishers, such as The New York Times and Hearst properties, is three times as effective as it is on those of nonpremium publishers at boosting brand favorability and making users more likely to recommend products or services, according to a study by... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Car Throttle, the auto community, gets 80 percent of its revenue from branded content. In all of these programs, brands are asking for live video. The live videos often focus on car reviews and events. On Snapchat, the publisher has been posting daily stories for two years, which often get up to... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new report that used eye tracking to understand user engagement with mobile video suggests certain types of video ads on publishers' websites perform better than those on social media. According to a study by Teads, a video technology platform that works with many of the world's top... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The rise of social video has changed the game for publishers like Business Insider, which owns a Facebook-based property called Insider that generates more than 1.3 billion video views a month across all platforms. In April, Facebook updated its branded-content policies that opened a path for... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft has launched an iOS version of its mobile design app, Sprightly, which helps small businesses design snazzy promotional materials without needing a PC or complicated tools.Sprightly helps people create flyers, e-cards, catalogs and price lists on their phones. Designs can then... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat's got a brand-new look today. The red-hot messaging app is revamping its feed with a new design that mashes up Discover with Live Stories—the strings of photos and videos that users collect at events—with subscribe buttons, creative headlines and new placements geared at helping... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat is developing an algorithm to control how publishers’ content is doled out to followers, according to sources familiar with the plans. Publishers are becoming increasingly beholden to Snapchat for audiences, especially young ones, and an algorithm would affect the reach of their... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a major expansion of the Facebook Audience Network, Facebook is now extending its capabilities by adding pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll video ads for brands advertising on third-party publishers websites and apps. Third-party publishers such as USA Today Sports Media Group and Daily Mail... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Overall, a good day for the legacy publisher. The post Time Inc. Reveals Branded OTT Video Channels, VR Programming at NewFronts appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Branded content and product placement are now A-OK with Facebook if marketers with verified pages on the platform follow the rules. The social media giant today began offering tags that companies can use to mark their videos and other content as branded content, though they are not allowed to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lexus dealers were so unnerved by online ad fraud a couple years back that they began urging Monica Mellier, group media director at the agency Team One, to redirect their ad dollars from digital media to legacy platforms such as TV or outdoor signs."We had a lot of conversations about how we... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From a user's perspective, Facebook Instant Articles are a no-brainer. Just tap the relevant link in your News Feed and the piece is visible immediately. Brilliant. For publishers, however, the feature is a little more complicated. There's a trade-of... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2016-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brit + Co. is bringing its DIY lifestyle to Snapchat for the Easter and the rest of holidays going forward, thanks to a deal it struck with the media messaging app, which was being announced today. Brit Morin is the face of the digital media and commerce-focused publisher, and is now the latest... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you visit Playboy.com between now and St. Patrick's Day (March 17), you'll see ads for Tullamore D.E.W., the blended Irish whiskey. Then, if you jump onto Instagram, you'll be retargeted with a 30-second video commercial from the same marketer. Such retargeting isn't at all new, but... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Atlas, the social platform's ad server that extends far beyond its own site and apps, is getting a few noteworthy updates today. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company is announcing Offline Actions, which lets Atlas-using marketers upload their own point-of-sale data and view it... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are a lot of famous faces in this week’s compilation of new adverts including an appearance for IBM by Carrie Fisher; William H Macy in a Samsung commercial; Benicio Del Toro for Heineken; Joey Essex for Batchelors Cup a Soup; and Prince Charles and the Queen for The Body Shop! And once... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Snapchat’s ad platform evolves, the top publishers that helped pioneer advertising there could lose some autonomy to strike their own deals. The messaging and media app wants to stop looking at Discover, where publishers like BuzzFeed, Vox, Cosmo, IGN, MTV and others post daily editions, as... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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