How’s the long-form video newbie doing?

July 3, 2018

IGTV is Instagram’s new dedicated solution for long-form vertical video solution. Don’t worry, it isn’t here to replace Stories! And it isn’t stepping on YouTube’s toes – not yet anyway…

In this week’s Serious Social, we’re having a natter about which platforms are doing it right when it comes to long-form video content. YouTube, Vimeo and IGTV are all contenders, but clearly YouTube boasts a great monetisation proposition and excellent content discovery opportunities. How does IGTV stack up? What does it do well and what’s it lacking? Tune in for a few minutes and learn all about it.

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