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MarTech » Customer & Digital Experience » Facebook’s ‘Premieres’ video format will let publishers post prerecorded video as live footage

Facebook’s ‘Premieres’ video format will let publishers post prerecorded video as live footage

Facebook says its new video format is currently being tested among a group of creators, publishers and shows, with a wider rollout happening soon.

Amy Gesenhues on April 18, 2018 at 1:50 pm

Facebook is testing a new video format called Facebook Premieres that will let video creators, publishers and shows post prerecorded video as live footage.

The prerecorded videos will play similar to a livestream, allowing viewers the chance to interact with the video as it is broadcast on the site. Comments, reactions and interactions with the prerecorded Premieres video will happen in real time, as with Facebook’s Live videos. Once used as a Premiere video, the video becomes a normal VOD (video on demand).

“People will be able to experience Premieres of videos like movie trailers, new episodes of Facebook Watch shows, or new content from their favorite creators, alongside other fans together in real time — just like watching a Facebook Live video,” writes Facebook VP of Product for Video, Fidji Simo.

The new format is currently being tested among a group of creators, publishers and shows. Facebook said it wasn’t sharing the names of the initial partners in the test group but did offer the following screen shot of a Premieres video from FBE Shows, one of the content creators on Facebook Watch:

The Premieres video format is currently only available to a limited test group, but Facebook says it will be rolling out “more broadly” soon. The new format very well could benefit the site in two ways: giving video creators more opportunities to engage with audiences, and also helping Facebook put more eyes on programming developed specifically for Watch, the site’s video hub.

Launched in beta last August, Facebook Watch includes original programming from media companies and news outlets.


Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech. Staff authors are listed here.


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Amy Gesenhues
Amy Gesenhues was a senior editor for Third Door Media, covering the latest news and updates for Marketing Land, Search Engine Land and MarTech Today. From 2009 to 2012, she was an award-winning syndicated columnist for a number of daily newspapers from New York to Texas. With more than ten years of marketing management experience, she has contributed to a variety of traditional and online publications, including MarketingProfs, SoftwareCEO, and Sales and Marketing Management Magazine. Read more of Amy's articles.

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