Tuesday, April 11, 2017

YouTube settles the trouble with delayed gratification..kind of....


YouTube is finally changing their ad policy and viewer like me are rejoicing; however smaller channels are likely to lawyer up…

YouTube is instituting new rules for video creators, this is said to protect advertisers from having their content winding up on video channels they might consider unsafe. The new watermark is to have at least 10K views. When a channel reaches this benchmark “YouTube will review the creator’s activity to make sure it’s in line with its policies and safe for advertisers”. In the past advertisers have had their materials stolen and put on terrorist videos and racist biased channels.

 It’s a change in a policy from a few years ago; a policy that made it possible for anyone to make money from ads. It is meant to block channels that steal others’ content for revenue.

Unilever one of the largest ad producers announced it would produce 30% fewer ads and reduce the agencies it works with by half. Unilever says it produces more ads than consumers even see. Going forward Unilever will focus more on quality (time) over quantity.

I am sure that many viewers, myself, included are looking forward to getting to watch their favorite clips and how-to videos without having to watch a 30 second Tide commercial.

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