Instagram Television (IGTV) Officially Launched to Rival YouTube
Just few days ago, we talked about reports of Instagram being set to increase the video length on its platform to 60 minutes with monetization options, and yes! It is absolutely true.
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The popular video/photo sharing platform has announced a new feature—after hitting 1 billion monthly active users—called Instagram television (IGTV). The Facebook-owned company is set to rival YouTube with this latest addition, as anyone will be able to upload videos for Instagram’s new IGTV section, which will be displayed vertically in full-screen, the way a phone is normally held.
Instagram Television
Instagram Television will display contents from users who you already follow on their account, and you can have both the regular Instagram app and Instagram Television installed on your device. IGTV comes as a seperate mobile application on iOS and Android, where videos will start playing automatically when the app opens.
IGTV Features
The most interesting part is that you can upload or watch videos up to an hour long on Instagram TV, as video length on IGTV has been increased from 60 seconds to 60 minutes. You can also swipe up to discover more content creators, switch between “For You,” “Following,” “Popular” and “Continue Watching” all on the same screen. In addition, there is a like, comment and share button that let's you send videos to friends in Direct.
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How to Create and Watch Instagram Television Channels
Just like normal Television has channels, in IGTV, the creators are the channels. When you follow a creator on Instagram, their IGTV channel will show up for you to watch. Anyone can be a creator simply by uploading your own IGTV videos in the app or web platform to start your own channel.
IGTV Content, Adverts and Monetization
As of the time of this writing, all contents on the IGTV app are free and with no advertisement. But according to Instagram, users will be able to monetize their videos—in the future—if it gets popular and trending.
Download Instagram Television (IGTV)
Instagram TV has started rolling out, and the app is available for download on Android and iOS devices via Google Play Store and Apple App Store respectively.
source: Instagram
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Remember your last post when i told you about this
I'm glad you went to dig more insight about this as i only knew the surface,lol
This is definitely gonna beat YouTube hands down.
Its a huge competition and a good news to Instagram lovers
Personally, I didn't enjoy the One-minute video thingy though
Thanks for sharing @jesse12
Cheers
lol, same here though....
I just hope it doesn't spoil market for them....
Thanks for stopping by dear
Exactly youtube just got a great competitor
It looks nice but am still sticking to @dtube and @dlive.
Got no time to be wasting my data on that IGTV when i can make productive use same data on steem.
Nice digging though, you should try out steemhunt bro
Yeah that's way so true.....
Guess you know much about steemhunt...!
just a little, juliet is well grinded. you can ask her
This is nice, want to ask is it monetized like youtube?
It's there in the post
Didn't see that
okay.....
Lol, wao, funny and cool at the same time, it creates more possibilities of interaction between people, I think I like the sharing videos feature the most, really nice. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome
This is cool
Well, I'm not really a Instagram fan
Lol
BTW, have you heard that Instagram is about to take over Youtube with its new feature.....ability to upload a longer video up to an hour long and in a vertical format.
Yeah...
Hmm, this is serious, it's cool but I fear it's going to keep people's eyes glued to instagram the more😈, lol, tor, all the best to them sha