
LinkedIn launches autoplay mobile video ads
LinkedIn has announced a closed beta for testing video ad units as Sponsored Content. This comes just two months after enabling native...

Oculus looks to improve VR app discovery with content-based search
Oculus is giving developers more options for getting their virtual reality apps in front of the right people. Until now, owners of...

Live from Facebook-owned Oculus’s annual VR conference: Day 2
Welcome to the second day of Oculus Connect, the Facebook-owned virtual reality company’s annual developer conference. During yesterday’s...

How marketers are wrestling with virtual reality’s adoption issue
Virtual reality has yet to gain mainstream traction, but it has maintained its grip among marketers. The way marketers are approaching...

Live from Facebook-owned Oculus’s annual VR conference: Day 1
Virtual reality has largely remained stuck in the future, posing a dilemma for marketers. But Facebook-owned VR company Oculus is...

4 myths about video social media marketing, debunked
Today, we’re watching four times more Facebook Live content and 80 percent more video content on Instagram than we did a year ago....

USA Today Network’s VR ad studio head: We’ve shown there’s an audience for VR ads
USA Today Network’s in-house studio, GET Creative, developed 360-degree/virtual reality branded content for Pure Michigan promoting...

Vimeo launches its first live-streaming product & announces plan to acquire Livestream
“We’re focused on bringing a new level of quality, convenience and craft to this evolving medium,” says Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud, noting that...

Facebook’s 2-year NFL deal for Watch shows includes sharing ad revenue
Facebook’s NFL deal may serve as a playbook for how the social network plans to score TV viewers and advertisers. On Tuesday, Facebook...

Find your target audience with YouTube video advertising
billion hours of video content per day on the site. Within that large volume of traffic, advertisers are able to target specific...

YouTube unveils new tools to create custom ads at scale, sequence videos & more
In the race for user attention in an increasingly competitive video advertising landscape in which multiple players are bidding for...

YouTube Studio updates let creators schedule posts & see subscriber numbers in the app
According to an announcement on YouTube’s Creator Blog, creators can now schedule posts from their mobile devices via the app. “Now...

The Trade Desk integrates connected TV buying and measurement directly into its platform
In response to the increasing inventory supply available to advertisers through connected TV (CTV) as more consumers become...

Clash of Clans reclaims its lead on YouTube’s top 10 list of most popular video ads in August
After losing its No. 1 spot on YouTube’s top 10 list of video ads in June, Supercell’s “Clash of Clans” reclaimed its lead in August. The...

Samsung’s 6-second video spot ranks #1 on YouTube’s first bumper ad leaderboard
At the top of the list was a spot for Samsung’s Galaxy 8. Other US brands to make the list included Duracell, Sleep Number Mattress...

7 killer ad tips for YouTube & video
YouTube is incredibly popular; Alexa consistently ranks it as the second most trafficked site globally. Additionally, its content shows...

FAQ: Addressable TV & the convergence of digital video and TV ad buying
The line between TV and digital video is blurring. Increasingly, TV is becoming a digital ad buy, with the ability to automate...

How media companies are creating episodic series for Instagram Stories
At the same time as Facebook and Snapchat are stocking up on original shows, media companies are independently producing episodic series...

What YouTube’s upcoming swipe-next gesture may mean for advertisers
What if YouTube were able to swipe left on its brand-safety problem? Sometime “in the coming months,” YouTube will let people swipe from...
























