The series is part of the WarnerMedia-owned sports publishers’ recent shift to produce more mid- and long-form programming for platforms like YouTube.
November 11, 2019

Bleacher Report’s soccer property B/R Football will debut an interactive show on its YouTube channel on Nov. 12. The series is part of the WarnerMedia-owned sports publisher's recent shift to produce more mid- and long-form programming for platforms like YouTube rather than shorter fare made for social platforms like Instagram, said Travis Rettke, gm of B/R Football. Read more below.

  • Bleacher Report's B/R Football will debut its new YouTube show "Your Call," which will have viewers play the role of an up-and-coming soccer star, making choices like which soccer team to join and what the size of their contract should be.
  • Manly Bands is focusing its advertising efforts on video ads on Facebook and Instagram rather than display advertising to help drive brand awareness.
  • With media buyers becoming more picky about how and where they buy their programmatic ads, publishers are seeing more of an opportunity to prove they are worth more than just the inventory they sell using demand-side optimization tactics. Learn more.
  • Magazine group Immediate Media has been fleshing out ways advertisers can still identify audiences across its sites without relying on third-party cookies, which are increasingly being quashed by browsers and Europe’s tightening privacy laws.
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