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On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore horizontal video support for IGTV and other video broadcasting updates with special guests, Luria Petrucci and David Foster.
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- 2:58 Instagram’s IGTV Supports Horizontal Video
- 23:20 Study Reports YouTube’s Trending Section Disadvantageous to Creators
- 38:50 Twitter Rolls Out Live Streaming Option with Friends
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Instagram’s IGTV Supports Horizontal Video: Instagram now supports traditional landscape videos in addition to vertical on IGTV. The horizontal videos will be shown full-screen when users turn their phones sideways while watching in IGTV’s standalone app or its hub within the main Instagram app.
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Study Reports YouTube’s Trending Section Disadvantageous to Creators: Using data crowdsourced from 40,000 videos, a new study reveals that creators need to reach about 11 million views on a video before it is shown in the Trending section. In comparison, segments from TV shows like The Tonight Show or Jimmy Kimmel Live only need a couple hundred thousand views to be shown in the Trending section.
YouTube’s Trending section puts creators at a huge disadvantage over big brands https://t.co/U2wWERJYRv pic.twitter.com/Fv53fez7YR
— The Verge (@verge) May 29, 2019
Twitter Rolls Out Live Streaming Option with Friends: Twitter mobile users can now start a live broadcast on the flagship app and invite up to three guests to join them on an audio-only basis. This new feature is available on both iOS and Android.
Go live with guests! It’s more fun than talking to yourself. We promise. pic.twitter.com/CB5qSLebwq
— Twitter (@Twitter) May 29, 2019
Other News Mentioned
- Twitter is Hiring a “Tweeter in Chief”
- Facebook Developing “Shake to Report” Feature
- Snapchat Looking to Add Music Licensing to the Platform
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