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“Snackable” Content Growing In Popularity

Snackable, mobile-friendly content is growing in popularity among media companies looking to increase engagement and revenue. Indeed, Ooyala recently took a look at the most popular digital videos of 2015 across its publisher network and found that 95 per cent of the videos tracked for its latest State Of The Media Industry report were under 5 minutes in length, with the sweet spot being around 2.5 minutes.

Recent Parks Associates research also noted that around 70 per cent of Americans watch short-form videos daily on their smartphones.

From the article ,“Snackable” Content Growing In Popularity" by www.advanced-television.com
 

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