
Google restricts TrueView video ad rotation settings to “Optimize for views” only
Bloomicon / Shutterstock.com If you’re running video campaigns on Google properties and have set ad rotations to Optimize for conversions...

Top 10 YouTube ads in November: Clash of Clans ‘Hog Rider’ ranks #1 with 29M views
The most watched ad on YouTube in November was Clash of Clans’ “Hog Rider” spot, with 29 million views. The ad generated nearly triple...

YouTube’s top trending videos in 2016: Adele & James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke wins
In a year full of bad news from the music industry with the loss of Prince, David Bowie and Leonard Cohen, among others, YouTube’s list...

Top 10 YouTube ads in 2016: Mobile Strike’s Super Bowl 50 ad “Arnold’s Fight”
Bloomicon / Shutterstock.com Half of the top ten most watched ads on YouTube this year were Super Bowl spots, including the No. 1 ad from...

Top 10 most shared global ads of 2016: UK’s John Lewis holiday ad ranks #1 with nearly 2M shar
According to the London-based video analytics firm Unruly, the most shared video ad of 2016 is a spot from the UK retailer John Lewis....

Top 10 video creators in October: UNILAD & The LAD Bible hold at #1 & #2
UNILAD has held the top spot since July. The video creator’s view counts dropped slightly since last month, generating 3.1 billion views...

What brands should know about shooting with Snap’s Spectacles
Shooting videos with Snap Inc.’s newly released Spectacles seems super-simple. Put the sunglasses/camcorder on your face; tap a button to...

Top 10 YouTube ads in October: Google & Microsoft take the lead, but overall video views are do
Alexey Boldin / Shutterstock.com While Google and Microsoft took the lead on YouTube’s October ad leaderboard, the site saw a significant...

Facebook will try selling ads on TV screens next week
Facebook wants to see if it can bring its big ad business to the big screen. Next week Facebook plans to start a test that will have its...

5 ways to use personalized video in your next marketing campaign
We’re personalizing everything these days. From shoes to cars, businesses have discovered that the more something feels uniquely yours,...

Twitter will shut down its 6-second video service, Vine
Twitter is shutting down Vine, the six-second video service, it announced in a blog post on Thursday. Vine launched in January 2013 and...

YouTube’s new End Screens designed to keep viewers tuned-in on mobile & desktop
Kaspars Grinvalds / Shutterstock.com YouTube rolled out End Screens yesterday, a new “mobile-friendly” feature for creators, designed to...

Facebook set to launch international ad campaign for Facebook Live
Remember that thing earlier this year when a Facebook executive predicted that the News Feed will be “probably all video” in five years?...

Top 10 video creators in September: UNILAD holds at No. 1 for 3 months in a row
UNILAD, Lad Bible, Tasty and Viral Thread remained in the top four positions, and eight of the top ten video creators from August all...

Twitter’s Periscope wants to air more TV-style broadcasts
There are two types of live video online: the kind people shoot with their smartphones and the kind professionals produce with expensive...

Google acquires Famebit to give creators more branded content opportunities
In a move to help YouTube creators connect with brands and create more branded content opportunities, Google announced yesterday it was...

Twitter’s debate live stream viewership exceeds NFL audience — again
Maybe people’s interest in watching live broadcasts on Twitter is growing in general. Or maybe people are more into watching two people...

Top 10 YouTube ads in September: Apple ranks No. 1, Clash Royale wins 3 spots
Not only did Apple rank No. 1 on YouTube’s list of top 10 ads last month, it also had a spot at No. 5 — “iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in...

How to see all the Facebook Live video that’s happening around the world
From political stump speeches to local TV news to piracy to porn, there’s a lot of programming being broadcast through Facebook Live. But...
























