Horizon Media today is announcing UNCVR, a division that will feature a partnership with entertainment-based tech player STXSurreal and focus on augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality and 360-degree videos. Sarah Bachman To get the endeavor off the ground, Horizon stayed in-house talent for the department leads, selecting Sarah Bachman, vp of mobile strategy, and...
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June 09, 2017
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ABC Entertainment and GSN have used the agency's service
By Christopher Heine
Horizon Media today is announcing UNCVR, a division that will feature a partnership with entertainment-based tech player STXSurreal and focus on augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality and 360-degree videos. Sarah Bachman To get the endeavor off the ground, Horizon stayed in-house talent for the department leads, selecting Sarah Bachman, vp of mobile strategy, and...
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It's moving beyond beta testing and adding OpenX as a partner
By Marty Swant
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AdColony debuts a system that offers custom creative
By Christopher Heine
Data for Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Snapchat and Pinterest
By Christopher Heine
Kantar Media just analyzed the $117.9 million spent on marketing in the U.S. last year by Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat and Pinterest. Facebook by far outspent its competitors in 2016, running campaigns to the tune of $80.7 million, which represents a 260 percent year-over-year increase. While LinkedIn increased its marketing spend by more than five...
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Publishers can add closed captions or work with third-party captioning companies
By David Cohen
Facebook announced Tuesday that publishers of Facebook Live videos can now add closed captions in order to make those videos more accessible to users who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Product manager Supratik Lahiri and director of accessibility Jeffrey Wieland said in a Newsroom post that daily watch time for Facebook Live videos has quadrupled over...
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Visual search technology will benefit, as will global expansion
By David Cohen
Pinterest announced Tuesday that it raised $150 million in capital from existing investors, valuing the company at $12.3 billion. The additional capital will be used to make further investments in visual search technology and global expansion, Pinterest said in an email to Social Pro Daily, adding more specific details: Advance computer vision in first-of-its-kind products...
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Obsessee is locked in on the app generation
By Sami Main
It's the Gen Z girl's world, and Obsessee is just living in it. Launched a little over a year ago, Obsessee is a lifestyle publisher that focuses on fashion, beauty, culture and social justice. But unlike most of its competitors, it doesn't have a website; instead, you can only find Obsessee on social media platforms--10...
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Google and Apple remain at the top of BrandZ's list
By Christopher Heine
Kantar Millward Brown's annual BrandZ top 100 study is being released today and suggests that Amazon is the tech company that's gaining the most ground. The ecommerce giant cracked BrandZ's top 5 for most valuable brands worldwide for the first time, coming in at No. 4 and jumping ahead of Facebook (5th), AT&T (6th) and...
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Placed connects digital ads to foot traffic
By Lauren Johnson
Snapchat has bought advertising data player Placed as the app builds out an ad-tech stack to track offline conversions from digital ads. Placed is a location-focused company that uses opt-in mobile panels to track foot traffic to stores for brands. As of February 2016, the company was collecting anonymous data about consumers' whereabouts from 600...
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