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Instagram Begins Testing Ads on IGTV, Its Long-Form Video Destination

Viewers of Instagram Live videos will also be able to buy badges

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Instagram began setting the stage for ads on IGTV in January.Instagram
By David Cohen

May 27, 2020

What has perhaps been one of the worst-kept secrets in the social media universe is now official: Instagram will begin testing ads next week on IGTV, its destination for long-form video, with a “small group” of U.S. creators and advertisers.

David Cohen

David Cohen is editor of Adweek's Social Pro Daily.

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