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QuikPlace is at the core of it, a platform that exists to bridge the gap between content creators and artists, record labels, and brands. The marketplace was created when Co-Founders Tanner Kesel and Alex Boro noticed that many TikTok creators were not monetizing their followings. The platform has since integrated Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter to allow clients the ability to run multi-platform campaigns. “We realized there was no such thing as an influencer marketplace yet, at least a public one, and thought it would be…

Nutrisystem, the preeminent direct-to-consumer nutrition and weight management brand, announced today that its Delivered to Your Door campaign has been named Campaign of the Year, Ecommerce in the inaugural Adweek Performance Marketing Awards. The Adweek Performance Marketing Awards recognize the year's best campaigns and top executives who created results-driven targeted marketing that rose above the rest with strategies and innovation to deliver a lead, click or sale. The marketers embody the…

AdPlayer.Pro enhances the functional core of its video ad serving and management platform, expanding outstream video advertising opportunities for brands and agencies. AdPlayer.Pro, a global provider of outstream video ads solutions, has released essential updates for its video ad server users on the Demand side. Marketing Technology News: MarTech Interview with Clayton Ruebensaal, EVP of Global B2B Marketing at American Express According to the official announcement, one of the most crucial upgrades…

iQIYI, Inc. , an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, recently officially launched the third season of its original hit variety show Youth With You ("Youth With You 3" or the "Show") . The Show is scheduled for worldwide broadcast exclusively on iQIYI, Suike, QIYIGUO TV, and iQIYI International every Thursday and Saturday at 8pm CST from February 18 onwards. Youth With You 3 is an idol-selection show that brings together 119 candidates from 68 agencies for training and competition, of which at…

Viva Entertainment Group, Inc, the global entertainment and technology company connecting video content owners and distributors to deliver the world's TV options in all languages on any smart device with a screen, anytime anywhere is pleased to provide a detailed update on corporate highlights and discuss future strategic initiatives. The company announced that, with Vivalivetv having reached a million-plus downloads on Google Play, commencing immediately through June 30th, 2021 Viva has started the new marketing and…

PostcardMania's flagship marketing integration, Everywhere Small Business, has received a platinum upgrade. The newest iteration, dubbed Everywhere Small Business Platinum, is the first-of-its-kind on the market to bundle traditional direct mail marketing with five digital marketing platforms. The launch allows PostcardMania to deliver coordinated omnichannel advertising across today's most prominent physical and digital platforms in a single package built specifically for small businesses. Since its initial release in…

YouTube UK Shines a Spotlight on Some of the Platform’s Most Successful Pioneers and Rising Stars on Their Way to the Top YouTube UK announced ‘The Rise’, a celebration of British creative talent featuring some of the platform’s pioneers like Robbie Lyle of AFTV, Colin Furze, Daniel Howell, Yasmin Uddin of Yammy, Dina Tokio and Jay Flynn MBE in tandem with some of the UK’s most exciting rising talents making waves on the platform. According to ComScore, YouTube is used by over 96% of online adults in the UK each month,…

BBTV Holdings Inc., a media tech company that uses technology enabled solutions to help content owners become more successful, provides the following updates: BBTV signs new international gaming partners L'étoile Noire, Acenix, Games EduUu, Mustafa GAME OVER, and VinhMC, who collectively achieve 217 million monthly YouTube views and over 23 million YouTube subscribers. L'étoile Noire is 6th largest YouTube gaming creator in France, Games EduUu is the 12th largest gaming creator in Brazil. In addition, BBTV has…

Even before the coronavirus pandemic sent parents, educators, and kids entirely online for work, school, and socializing, the amount of time young kids spent watching online videos had doubled since 2017 to an average of 39 minutes per day in early 2020. For kids who are watching videos on YouTube, one in five videos viewed by children age 8 and under contained ads that often included pervasive and inappropriate advertising, violence, and other questionable content. These are among the key findings in two new research…

YouTube creators who use Spreadshop can now promote their merch across their channels Spreadshop, a Spread Group brand, is partnering with YouTube to enable creators to use YouTube’s merchandise features, which includes the merch shelf, store tab, and more. Both platforms champion self-expression on a global level and are excited to take this a step further through their collaboration. To use the merch features, YouTube creators will need to qualify for eligibility per these guidelines. “Our integration with YouTube is a…

Keeping up with advertising, marketing and customer-outreach trends might feel like an impossible hill to climb. Or maybe more like a footrace with 20 other brands, all of them sprinting at once, clambering up a narrow escalator headed down. There’s always some emerging technology, a new platform, another channel that must be understood and embraced. You’re always hustling to connect with an increasingly fragmented market – and to do it better, faster and more efficiently than your competitor. But the classics never die.…

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…

With an annual growth rate of 4.1 percent, the video streaming service is expected to reach $26 billion this year. Netflix founded way back in 1997, is probably the first name that comes to mind when talking about online streaming services. The growth of Netflix paved the path for others to join its race and now we have a dozen online streaming services competing with each other. Some prominent names that came alongside were YouTube, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, among others. When such prominent names have already…

Brands can rank high in Baidu organic searches even if they link to blocked US sites such as Facebook and YouTube You can rank on Page One of top Chinese search engine, Baidu, even if your website includes links to officially blocked sites such as Facebook and YouTube according to new research; and contrary to popular belief, over 75% of websites ranked in the top ten positions on Baidu are .com sites rather than local Chinese .cn or .com.cn domains. At the same time, it seems essential to reference at least one Chinese…

On Saturday, December 5, music fans will be able to tune in to an extraordinary benefit concert broadcast amplifying awareness for transformational racial, social, and food justice. The primetime one-hour special, PLAY ON: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make Change, will air on the CBS Network at 9/8c and will also be available streaming on YouTube at 10:00pmPT. The benefit concert special will raise funds for two long-standing and vital philanthropic organizations, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.…

Stitch Fix Inc., the leading online personal styling service, announced that Neal Mohan has joined Stitch Fix's Board of Directors, effective October 21, 2020. Neal Mohan is Chief Product Officer at YouTube. He is responsible for YouTube products, user experience, and trust and safety on all platforms and devices globally. This includes YouTube on mobile, desktop and TV devices, experiences like YouTube Music, Kids, and VR, and YouTube's two subscription services, YouTube Premium and YouTube TV.  Previously, Neal was…

Zefr, the leading contextual data platform for brands and agencies, has partnered with YouTube to provide a Brand Safety & Suitability Measurement solution, which will be developed and rolled out throughout the course of 2021. This product will provide clients with brand safety & suitability measurement directly mapped to the 4A and GARM industry standards, which were introduced to the marketplace in September 2020. The announcement comes on the heels of Zefr's inclusion in YouTube's Measurement Program (YTMP) as…

For 75 million sports video highlights consumers in the U.S., YouTube is the most popular social app for viewing highlights. Ring Digital's Fall 2020 #FutureOfTV Survey shows 53% used it on a regular basis vs. only 45% using Facebook, a dramatic shift from a 2017 survey. The August 2020 survey of 1,400 sports video highlights viewers represents a decline of eighteen points for Facebook from June 2017, when Facebook was the most popular app for highlights, used by 63% of respondents. YouTube saw a ten-point rise in the…

The Winner Will Be Bestowed With USD 2,500 Cash Prize, and Online Courses From One of the Most Respected International Universities APO Group, the leading pan-African communications and business consultancy, presents the second annual APO Group African Women in Media Award set to recognise, celebrate and empower African women journalists who support female entrepreneurship in Africa. The Award will be bestowed to the winner at the 6th Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum’s Virtual Conference and Awards…

YouTube’s Headstart In Brand Safety Efforts Help Them Top The Audit Rankings\ IPG Mediabrands released its Media Responsibility Audit, the first-of-its-kind, as part of a larger effort aimed at enhancing brand safety and media responsibility in advertising. The social media platform audit was based on the Media Responsibility Principles Mediabrands recently released to the public, which are geared toward protecting brands and the communities that a brand serves, weighing the impact of harmful content, and evaluating the…