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What The New Season Of Game Of Thrones Tells Us About YouTube Engagement

Tim Mulligan

20 Jul 2017

Game of Thrones

HBO

Online video

YouTube has been notoriously coy about its user growth, with the official PR line for the company still stating that it has ‘Over one billion users.’ For a company that has been the driving force behind online video consumption for the last 12 years, YouTube has been both derided for the superfi...

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Facebook Gatecrashes VidCon

Tim Mulligan

21 Jun 2017

Facebook

Mobile content

Online video

Today sees the start of VidCon 2017, an annual event that is synonymous with the YouTubers who have used the world’s largest video platforms to create social talent- driven media businesses unique to the digital space YouTube’s video rival Facebook is now muscling in on proceedings.

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