Instagram to Roll Out IGTV Advertising in Challenge to YouTube
- Instagram will share sales with app’s creators, YouTube-style
- YouTube generated $15 billion in advertising sales last year
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Instagram plans to sell advertisements in IGTV, its home for longer videos, a bid to compete with YouTube for a larger share of the booming market for online video.
Instagram started reaching out to its top video creators on Friday, asking them to partner on ad tests. Those in the program will receive a 55% share of all advertising in IGTV, the same rate as YouTube, according to people familiar with the matter. The company will start testing the ads this spring.