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A summary of the most exciting recent news in online video in the U.S., U.S.-Hispanic and Latin American markets. If you're trying to keep up, consider this your one-stop shop.

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A summary of the most exciting recent news in online video in the U.S., U.S.-Hispanic and Latin American markets. If you’re trying to keep up, consider this your one-stop shop.

US/US-HISPANIC MARKET

Warner Music Latina and Natcom Global have entered an agreement to collaborate on the production and distribution of online video. Warner Music Latina and its artists will share in the advertising revenue generated by the video on third-party platforms. The content will be regionally focused, with Latin American and US Latin artists, as well as international performers visiting the region.

The Azteca America network announced two new strategic partnerships with digital/TV programmatic and OTT platform providers, Videology and Zype. Azteca is the first Hispanic network to the market using the Ideology platform, and will be able to plan advertising campaigns using Videology’s proprietary software to gain access to Azteca’s inventory and optimize their buying plans programmatically for better targeting.

Sling TV expanded its Spanish-language offering with the addition of Estrella TV, Vme Kids and El Financiero|Bloomberg TV, to “Best of Spanish TV.” Additionally, Sling TV introduced its SHOWTIME premium, marking the first time an OTT service has offered content from the four leading premium networks.

Video streaming startup PhenixP2P announced on Monday that it has closed a $3.5 million Series A round of funding. KB Partners led the round, in which all of the startup’s existing investors also participated. Phenix will use the funding to support the continued development of its streaming platform, and to scale its sales and marketing efforts.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said that online video could continue to be the main “influencing factor” in the estimates for the next six quarters, Bernstein’s Bhavtosh Vajpayee said in a report.

Verizon Digital Media Services today announced that it will soon launch the Verizon Media Xperience Studio, a cloud-based content intelligence system (CIS), which will automate and simplify the online video production and distribution pipeline for broadcasters, OTT providers and online video distributors, all while offering timely and accurate performance, revenue and cost insights that are essential to building a profitable OTT business.

ChannelMeter, Inc., the leading online video analytics platform, has unveiled the ChannelMeter Creator and Influencer Management Suite. This new SaaS platform allows multi-channel networks (MCNs), digital media companies, creator networks, agencies, and now brands to automate large portions of their creator operations.

Google has announced more details about its launch of Programmatic Guaranteed, stating that it will provide support for audience lists, and grant media buyers improved targeting capabilities for desired audiences and sponsorships, meaning publishers can sell premium inventory via DFP on a flat-fee sponsorship basis.

Interpublic Group’s Magna announced that it expects global advertising to grow at 3.7% and reach $511 billion this year. Search and social video are expected to grow significantly, MediaPost reports.

Rocket Fuel, a predictive marketing platform, today announced, in partnership with Integral Ad Science, research showing that within a particular set of video impressions, up to 70% labelled as ‘in-stream’ were actually misrepresented as in-banner.

Snapchat is turning its data on location- and theme-based user-generated snaps into a searchable library.

Google has announced a deal with ComScore to provide independent verification that its inventory is brand safe.

Ooyala and the Digital Production Partnership (DPP) launched the industry’s first report analyzing the benefits of adopting Internet Protocol (IP)-based processes and technologies in video production.

LATAM MARKET

Yahoo has redesigned its homepage and updated its Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Sports pages for its Spanish-speaking audiences in the U.S. and Latin America. The new design encourages sharing, adds personalization and gave the site a more modern look.

Google and the Lemann Foundation, an education nonprofit in Brazil, announced an initiative that will send lesson plans directly to the cellphones of Brazilian elementary school teachers.

The Brazilian digital ad market grew significantly in 2016, as digital ad expenditure reached R$11.8bn (£3bn). This is a 26% year-on-year growth, far higher than the expected 12%, according the the most recent report unveiled by IAB Brazil, “Digital Ad Spend 2017”. 

Él Gráfico, Torneos‘s sports site, has joined the publisher co-op Real Premium Audiences Media (RPA Media Place), which already counts Clarín, Infobae, La Nación, Perfil, and Telefe among its members.

Data from Criteo’s “Ecommerce in a Cross Device Era” shows that in 2015, 45% of online retail transactions in Brazil happened after the user had browsed in two devices. 23% of transactions started on smartphones, and 44% of mobile purchases started on desktop. Criteo also reveal that almost 25% of online purchases in Brazil happen via mobile, a 26% growth.

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