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# video ads

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# video push

Facebook begins muscling in on YouTube's turf by courting its top talent

The company has been encouraging some of YouTube’s largest content producers to post their videos on Facebook instead.

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Sep 15th 2014, 12:50 PM

# watch and listen

Using Spotify for free? Expect video ads to make an appearance soon

The music streaming service will offer two video ad formats, one for desktop and one for mobile, as it capitalises upon the 30 million using it for free.

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Sep 8th 2014, 2:11 PM

# TV ads

Facebook's auto-play video ads are arriving this week

The first video ads are expected to appear on both desktop and smartphones later this week.

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Dec 17th 2013, 10:52 AM