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A June 2014 survey from Frank N. Magid Associates found that 33% of US digital video viewers used Facebook, trailing YouTube’s 75%, but a greater percentage than other well-known video services like Netflix and Hulu.
Social properties provide a different viewing experience than YouTube or a TV network’s streaming player. A key differentiating element is the ease with which users can share and comment.
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge typifies this difference. It showed that Facebook users were not only willing to upload video of themselves being doused with ice water, but also that they would use Facebook’s sharing and tagging features to encourage others to view and participate.
With the groundwork laid for social media to become a common place where consumers view and share video and where marketers distribute video, video advertising is poised to grow as well. Read the rest at eMarketer.
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