Instagram planning long-form videos?
Instagram is reportedly considering dropping video length constraints, that would let users post clips longer than one hour.
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World Cup 2018: Analytics reveals most anticipated matches
With the World Cup in Russia is set to kick off next week, new analytics reveals that Spain vs. Portugal and Sweden vs. Germany are the most anticipated matches worldwide, as the marketing battle for consumer attention begins.
Amazon to stream 20 live Premier League matches from next year
Amazon has won the rights to stream Premiere Leagues games, amounting to 20 matches per season, from 2019 onwards.
Top sports marketing tips: Score this World Cup with Dark Social
Most of this year’s online World Cup conversations won’t occur on Facebook or Twitter, but channels like WhatsApp and pasted links into office emails that brands can’t measure easily. Craig Tuck, UK MD of RhythmOne looks at how brands can score at Russia 2018 via ‘dark social’ channels.
The true value of attention: Do cinema ads offer better ROI than programmatic?
Once you start calculating the actual attention ads in media receive, cinema and TV – the most ‘expensive’ media – are, suddenly, surprisingly affordable, whereas ‘inexpensive’ media, such as programmatic digital, are in fact fairly expensive, according to new research.
Rise of eSports: Fortnite, football and an Olympic future boost popularity
With more people playing and watching computer games as a professional sport, the stakes are high for sponsors, with half of people seeing major benefits in competitive multiplayer video gaming.
Digital video usage in the UK: mobile viewing on the rise
Mobile viewing is on the rise in the UK and smartphones are becoming a popular choice for video entertainment, according to new data.
Mary Meeker’s Internet trends: The 2018 ‘privacy paradox’
There’s a “privacy paradox” surrounding data collection for profit, where data needs to be used to enrich people’s experiences without betraying their trust, according to the annual report from digital guru Mary Meeker.
Google Digital Audio Ads go live: Spotify, TuneIn and Soundcloud open to DoubleClick network
Google has begun the global roll out of Digital Audio Ads on DoubleClick Bid Manager, letting advertisers send radio-style programmatic ads to Google Play Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, TuneIn and soon Pandora.
Fuze Tea set to ‘Calm the Commute’ with first GB integrated marketing campaign
Fuze Tea, a new iced tea brand, has launched ‘Calm the Commute’ – a series of unexpected moments for Londoners on their commute home over the next few weeks.