Video sharing

The American video hosting, sharing, and services platform Vimeo has announced that it has raised $150 million in new equity funding alongside the third-quarter earnings of its parent company IAC. Thrive Capital and GIC has led the funding round. Vimeo’s revenue grew in Q3 by 44 percent year-on-year to $75.1 million, according to the earnings report. And it had a good EBITDA of 3.4 million dollars in its first quarter. Over the summer, the Match Group (owner of a number of dating services) separated itself from the…

Today's Daily MarTech Round-up covers latest in Cloud, Marketing Analytics, Automation, Customer experience AI and ML announcements from Brainshark, Inc., Airship, TIDAL, Singapore Airlines , and Druva, Inc. Brainshark Recognized in Gartner’s Market Guide for Sales Engagement Platforms Brainshark, Inc., delivering SaaS-based sales enablement and readiness solutions, announced its inclusion as a Representative Vendor in Gartner’s Market Guide for Sales Engagement Platforms (report available to Gartner subscribers). Airship…

If 2018 belonged to Instagram Advertising brands, 2019 is going to be the year of TikTok content marketers. In less than two years of its launch, this ByteDance video-sharing product has already become one of the most downloaded app of the year. In 2018, TikTok surpassed the app downloads recorded by PUBG Mobile, YouTube, WhatsApp and Instagram in the same period. This despite a brief ban on its Marketing and Services due to security and censorship policies. ByteDance is among the most high-valued startups in the tech…

New video research from Parks Associates reveals US broadband households watch an average of two hours of alternative content on a computer each week from sources including Facebook, SnapChat, YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion. 360 Deep Dive: Alternative Content Consumption examines alternative content such as livestreaming, user-generated content, short-form videos, and web video series that are available via social networking, video sharing, or similar apps or sites. Nearly one-half of US broadband households watch…