Portals are Coming for Our Video

April 03, 2019 by Taylor Wiegert in Video

We seem to be entering a new era of online video content consumption. Last week, Apple announced an overhaul to its Apple TV app. The service will be available across multiple platforms, not just Apple devices, and users will be able to integrate multiple services (or as Apple refers to them as “channels”) into this single app. Apple TV will become a one-stop shop for all of the content services users subscribe to (except for a few holdouts like Netflix). In addition, it will have some exclusive content of its own from the likes of Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Anniston, Steve Carrell and others.

Two Visions for Going Live

July 28, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in Facebook, Twitter, Video

It’s amazing how quickly live video has permeated the industry. It’s gone from nowhere to everywhere, and there are perhaps no bigger leaders in pushing live video forward than Facebook and Twitter. What’s interesting, though, is the differences in the platforms’ approaches and what they seem to view as live video’s role in their businesses.

Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 220

January 04, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

2016 is here and so is the first episode of the podcast for the new year!

This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches Yelp Competitor, Pinterest Allows Users to Track Price Drops and Facebook Testing Interest-Based News Feeds.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Adds Video Embed Options, Topsy Shuts Down, Facebook Allows All Verified Pages to Live Stream, Facebook Updates Year In Review Video Feature and Twitter Revises User Conduct Policy.

Get caught up on all the news you may have missed over the holidays. You can get this episode and many others in the podcast section, and be sure to subscribe via iTunes.