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Youtube: Facebook Does not Create a threat


Is Facebook really eating into the territory of YouTube? The latter does not think so.

YouTube has played down the threat of Facebook shifting its online video domain, said both companies will be able to grow rapidly for years to cannibalize the market for television advertising.

Robert Kyncl, director of content and business operations on YouTube, was quoted as saying by the Financial Times that the online video market was expanding so fast that "it will be a decade before we dealt with each other". He said the arrival of Facebook and other players' shows that online video is "becoming mainstream," but would not derail the giant YouTube.

Facebook, which has 1.4 million monthly active users, has been putting video ads in foodstuffs of users for over a year. Recently, I was even more muscular territory with an essay YouTube to share advertising revenue with video creators who post on the social network.

Facebook coincide with revenue sharing that YouTube offers, giving content creators 55 percent of the revenue from ads that run alongside their videos.

According to a previous report, Facebook confirmed it is moving into video ads and share revenue with content creators, in a move that could compete with YouTube, owned by Google. An advertising model being tested by the leading online social network is part of a function of "Suggested Videos" clips designed to recommend for people based on fragments to tune in News Feed in Facebook.


Suggested videos are related to what is guarded by members of the network, perhaps focused on the same issues or similar published by our editors. The feature is being tested for some people to access the social network with iPhones, according to Facebook.

The revenue from ads appearing in the videos suggested supply will be shared, with 55% of the money goes to those who provide the content, according to Facebook. The social network based in California, said he is not taking any money on advertising as he plays with the formula for serving video marketing messages.

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