MTV’s The Real World Is Making a Comeback … on Facebook Watch

The social network said at Mipcom 2018 that it will continue funding original shows

One of the forefathers of the reality TV genre has found a new home, as MTV Studios and Bunim/Murray Productions are teaming up to co-produce three seasons of MTV’s The Real World for Facebook Watch.

The comeback of The Real World was one of the highlights of a keynote at Mipcom 2018 in Cannes, France, by Facebook head of content planning and strategy Matthew Henick and head of video products Paresh Rajwat.

Rajwat said that since Facebook Watch’s debut in August 2017, the video destination has seen “incredible momentum,” with more than 50 million people spending at least one minute on Facebook Watch each month, and total time spent on Facebook Watch up 14 times since the beginning of the year.

He added that people watch Facebook Watch videos five times longer than they do videos in News Feed.

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