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Facebook is reportedly testing a new ‘watch videos together’ feature for its Messenger app. It appears the feature would allow Facebook Messenger users to view and comment on videos playing simultaneously across devices in the Messenger chat window. The new feature was discovered in Messenger’s code by software developer Ananay Arora. The code included descriptions of feature, such as ‘Tap to watch together now’, ‘Try restarting the video to notify friends you want to watch together’, and ‘Chat about the same videos at the same time’. A Facebook spokesman confirmed with technology news site, TechCrunch, that the code represented an internal test. Facebook’s Watch Party is a similar feature, which allows simultaneous viewing of video and commentary in Facebook Groups. FACEBOOK MESSENGER TESTS ‘VIDEOS TOGETHER’ Verizon Digital Media Services has partnered with Unreel Entertainment to help customers launch branded OTT video streaming apps and online destinations. Unreel Entertainment is a developer of direct-to-consumer turnkey OTT solutions and currently provides OTT technology powering several Verizon Digital Media Services customers, including Bonnier Corporation, Level One, The Enthusiast Network’s Adventure Sports Network, World Poker Tour and Zazoom Media Group. The Verizon Digital Media Services platform offers a global content delivery network, with video streaming services, and compliance and monitoring services aimed at helping broadcasters, content owners and service providers deliver
high-quality OTT content at scale, regardless of location. Verizon Digital Media Services’ Channel Schedule API can stitch VOD content together to form a 24/7 ad-supported live channel for use within a customer’s branded app or online destination provided by Unreel. “We are committed to simplifying the OTT content delivery ecosystem for
broadcasters and content providers,” said Chris Carey, chief strategy officer for Verizon Digital Media Services. “Our customers can leverage Unreel Entertainment to manage multiple apps and online destinations, syndicate more than seven million videos into content streams and distribute their own content to millions of viewers within Unreel’s OTT network.”
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