{"id":47859,"date":"2018-08-29T11:40:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T10:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=47859"},"modified":"2018-08-29T11:40:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T10:40:49","slug":"facebook-rolls-out-video-service-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/facebook-rolls-out-video-service-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook rolls out video service worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-47860\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>Facebook said Wednesday it is rolling out globally its Watch video service, which has already been available in the United States for more than a year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe designed the product not just in a mindless consumption but in order to get people engaged,\u201d said Fidji Simo, Facebook\u2019s vice president for video.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facebook launched Watch amid a shift in video viewing habits away from traditional television to online platforms including Netflix and Hulu, and with more people watching both professional and user content on services like YouTube.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facebook has been ramping up its video offerings with original shows and this week announced new formats including interactive game shows, quizzes and polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The announcement comes two weeks after Facebook revealed it would broadcast for free Spanish top flight division football matches in the Indian subcontinent, and Champions League matches in Latin America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cContents that we fund are a very small part of the contents available on Watch,\u201d said Simo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facebook is hoping instead that videos made by users themselves are what will keep people watching.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Simo said Facebook had spent a lot of time developing tools so creators of videos can integrate ads themselves.<br \/>\n\u201cWe remain confident that monetization will help creation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/facebook-rolls-out-video-service-worldwide\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook said Wednesday it is rolling out globally its Watch video service, which has already been available in the United States for more than a year. \u201cWe designed the product not just in a mindless consumption but in order to get people engaged,\u201d said Fidji Simo, Facebook\u2019s vice president for video. 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