After discontinuing a program that paid selected publishers for live video at the end of the year, Facebook will instead be using a handful of new advertising strategies, some previously tested and some launching only in the testing phase. The changes, Facebook says, help to build different monetization tools for partners, while
The first change is to the mid-video ad breaks already in place. Facebook is doubling the 90-second limit to a three-minute requirement, which means those ads won’t be appearing in those super short videos anymore. The change also puts the first ad further into the video. Ad breaks could previously come as early as 20 seconds, but new requirements push the first ad back to the one-minute mark.
The change is likely a positive one for Facebook users that want to see fewer ads and
The same type of ads could also be migrating to more live videos. Facebook announced the tests for ad breaks for live video earlier in 2017, though the test now includes stricter requirements for users that can actually earn revenue from those ads. Now, while still in testing, users have to have a Page, not a personal profile, and have more than 50,000 followers in order to participate in the test of the feature. If live ad breaks move out of testing, the feature could help publishers that lost a revenue stream when
While users will be seeing fewer ad breaks on short videos, they could be seeing more in new locations in the form of pre-roll ads in the Watch tab. Pre-roll ads run before the video even starts — a popular option on YouTube. While Facebook says they don’t work well for the feed, it is testing the format in situations where the user seeks out that particular video, mainly through the Watch tab.
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