In less than two years, The Meet Group managed to diversify its revenue from a near total dependence on programmatic advertising to a healthy mix of ads, in-app purchases and subscriptions. “I’d say 90% of our revenue was ad-driven before we started to shift,” said Geoff Cook, CEO of The Meet Group, which owns a […]
Live-streamed video is hitting its stride. Both Twitter, which inked a 10-game streaming deal with the NFL, as well as Facebook, which gave consumers access to an expanded Facebook Live tab this week, want in on the action. And on Thursday, Al Roker Entertainment, the production company owned by longtime NBC Today co-host and weatherman […]
Before the battle of the live-streaming apps Meerkat and Periscope, live-streaming video platform Hang w/ had close to 2 million downloads of its iOS and Android apps. Although Hang w/ hasn’t generated the same level of attention as newcomers Meerkat (which has about 2 million users) and Twitter’s Periscope (which has about 10 million), the […]
